Professional development for newcomers and career changers in youth services
This professional development course is perfect for you if you want to better support and guide young people in difficult situations.
Working in youth services is challenging and demanding. It requires knowledge of pedagogical approaches and methods, as well as legal frameworks, to provide appropriate support to young people and their guardians. This professional development program builds upon existing experience and explores various topics in youth services through both theory and practice. You will learn to reflect on your own pedagogical work and to collaborate professionally within a team.
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Requirements for participation
You can participate in the professional development program…
- if you work professionally in outpatient or inpatient youth services.
- if you can demonstrate German language skills at level B2 CEFR or better.
Contents:
- Module 1: Pedagogical Approaches in Youth Welfare
- Module 2: Legal framework in youth welfare
- Module 3: Methodological competence
To support the learning process and the transfer of knowledge into practice, you will receive practical assignments to complete between seminars. Where possible, a practical mentor will support you at your workplace to reflect on the seminar content and apply it to your work.
Depending on requirements and/or by arrangement, we conduct parts of the training online.
Course duration:
02.06.2025 – 10.03.2026
Cost contribution:
2.200,- €
Course scope:
184 teaching units (TU) + approx. 16 hours of work on assignments for the transfer of theory into practice + 2 hours final colloquium
Class times:
9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Participants:
maximum 18 people
Registration information:
Registration required
Cost:
2200 €
Association for the Promotion of Health and Medical Care for Uninsured and Undocumented People in Bremen e.V., represented by the Board of Directors
The MVP association is building and developing a network to improve or even make possible the health and medical care of people without health insurance or without proof of a right of residence.
The network consists of medical practices, midwives, physiotherapists, hospitals and other healthcare providers.
MVP Bremen e.V. can cover the costs of completed treatments within certain limits and under certain conditions. To make this possible, the association receives funding from the Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection.
If you are a healthcare provider and are interested in participating and contributing, please contact us!
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The network “Growing Older in Bremen West” is an open interdisciplinary network for full-time professionals and citizens and sees itself as an independent forum and is committed to healthy and self-determined aging in Bremen West.
The aim is to identify needs and requirements through both direct feedback from older people and professional assessment, and to communicate these needs effectively to the public.
The working group wants to:
- To help shape social and health policy frameworks in the interest of older people.
- Raising public awareness about the topic of "aging"
- To make existing services known to each other, to network them, and to provide impetus for further development
- Promote communication and cooperation among the various institutions
- As part of joint activities that strengthen the concerns of older people and their environment
- Reaching people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds
- Making information accessible and publishing support services"
Meeting location
varies. The network is managed by a core group.
Meeting frequency
6-7 times a year
Participation requirements:
Participation is open to all those working in the field of aging and care.
Working level
: district level; Bremen West
Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
The working group collaborates with community centers and parishes in Bremen West, the GTP (Community Partnership), the local library, and many others, and strives to maintain contact with local politicians.
The Heimathafen working group has been offering cultural and informational programs for people with and without dementia for many years.
The S-Team West consists of social workers and people who work in social counseling, who come from many different fields and advise on a wide variety of social issues.
Furthermore, it offers a platform for networking, exchange, cooperation, and mutual support among social workers. This provides opportunities for contact across different topics and departments. In particular, it aims to provide an overview of the diverse range of services available and to enable users to get to know the services and the people behind them.
The meetings take place four times a year.
The network is not centrally controlled but operates on a rotating system. However, the following people can be contacted:
- David Brazier; David.brazier@awo-bremen.de
- Maria Kroustis; maria.kroustis@performanord.bremen.de
Meeting location
changes
Meetings are held
4 times a year.
Participation requirements:
Participation is open to all who are active in social counseling/social work in any form.
Working level
: district level; Bremen West
Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
The S-Team offers social workers and social advisors from Bremen West the opportunity to network. Therefore, there are areas of overlap, but no official collaborations.
The Northern Network for Exiting the Right is the network of civil society disengagement and disengagement programs in the northern German states. It works closely together across state borders and connects actors to facilitate exit from and disengagement processes from (extreme) right-wing attitudes, contexts, and conspiracy narratives.
The Northern Network for Leaving the Right Wing is the contact point for multipliers, mainstream organizations, authorities, and all other interested parties on the topic of "leaving and distancing oneself from right-wing extremism." In addition to counseling and support, further training is offered for multipliers, for example, in areas such as "Educational approaches to dealing with people who make (extreme) right-wing statements." Together, they operate an online counseling service that provides an anonymous contact option for those interested in leaving the right wing, as well as for multipliers and family members.
A key focus of our work is offering support to leaders and functionaries of the (far) right-wing scene as they attempt to leave it. The network also develops and expands concrete tools and methods based on the quality standards of the nationwide umbrella organization Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft „Ausstieg zum Einstieg“ eV (Federal Working Group "Exit to Entry"), of which we are a member.
The “Northern Network for Exiting the Right” is made possible through a cooperation between the state democracy centers and the respective advisory networks of the participating states, and is funded by the federal program “Democracy Live!” as well as, where applicable, the state programs against right-wing extremism.
Contact:
CJD Hamburg
20095 Hamburg
Tel. (0800) 565 780 056
koordination@nordverbund-ausstieg.de
Working level
Northern Germany
Cooperation with other working groups and committees;
cooperation between the state democracy centers and the respective advisory networks of the participating states
The focus of the network “Health Equity Bremen North (GCBN)” is to promote cross-sectoral exchange in the WiN areas in Bremen North and to develop interventions and strategies that have a positive impact on the health development of Bremen North.
Each network meeting is dedicated to a specific overarching theme (for example, mental health or media consumption), which resulted from the needs assessment conducted at the kick-off event.
The working group is aimed at all stakeholders from Bremen North who wish to improve health equity in Bremen North or exchange information on this topic. Prior registration can be done via Tanja Murawska, Elizaveta Gidion, Lisann Focke, or Carolin Wittek (see contact persons).
Contact persons:
Carolin Wittek
Tel.: 0176 57887212
Email: carolin.wittek@gesundheit-nds-hb.de
Website: https://www.gesundheitsfachkraefte-im-quartier.de/luessum
Tanja Murawska
Tel.: 0176 88094226
Email: tanja.murawska@gesundheit-nds-hb.de
Website: https://www.gesundheitsfachkraefte-im-quartier.de/grohn
Elizaveta Gidion
Tel.: 0176 88 09 42 28
Email: elizaveta.gidion@gesundheit-nds-hb.de
Lisann Focke
Phone: 0159 / 06380389
Email: lisann.focke@gesundheit-nds-hb.de
Meeting location:
The meeting location changes at each meeting.
Meeting frequency:
Meetings take place twice a year.
Participation Requirements:
This working group is aimed at all stakeholders from Bremen North who wish to improve health equity in Bremen North or exchange information on this topic. Prior registration can be done via the contact persons.
Working level,
district level: Bremen North
Cooperation with other working groups and committees
: No cooperation to date.
The goal of the Huchting Health Working Group is to strengthen health-related issues in the district.
This includes networking, mutual information sharing about news, the development of an overview of available services, the determination of needs and requirements, and subsequently the (further) development of action plans and their implementation.
Meeting location
varies, but is usually: Huchting Civic and Social Center
Meeting schedule:
The group meets four times a year.
Participation requirements:
The health working group consists of multipliers who deal with the topic of health in the Huchting district.
Working level,
district level: Huchting
The aim of the round table is the professional exchange and the holistic consideration of health as well as socially significant topics at the municipal level.
This involves strengthening and expanding existing cooperation and coordination mechanisms to further develop constructive approaches to health promotion and prevention, with the premise of focusing on the citizens of Kattenturm.
Contact persons:
State Association for Health and Academy for Social Medicine Lower Saxony Bremen e. V.
Mecbure-Arzu Işik (Community Health Professional)
Tel. (+)49 (0)159 06 37 51 48
Mail: mecbure-arzu.isik@gesundheit-nds-hb.de
Kattenturm Neighborhood Management
Sandra Ahlers
Tel. (+)49 (0)421/ 30 38 41 92
Mail: Sandra.Ahlers@afsd.bremen.de
Further information: Neighborhood center at Sonnenplatz
Meeting location:
The meeting location is variable.
Meeting frequency:
Meetings take place every 3-4 months. Additional meetings are scheduled as needed.
Participation requirements
: Open to all interested parties, invitation via the Kattenturm neighborhood management and the health professional in the Kattenturm neighborhood.
Working level
: District level: Kattenturm + across Bremen
Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
Cooperation within the framework of other existing working groups in the district as well as across districts.
The Health Working Group consists of multipliers who are involved with health issues in the Neue Vahr district. Its goal is to promote a health-promoting living environment and strengthen health-promoting activities. This includes networking, sharing information about new developments, creating an overview of available services, assessing needs and requirements, and subsequently developing and implementing action plans.
Meeting location
changes
Meeting frequency:
3-4 times a year
Participation requirements:
There are no specific participation requirements; all institutions and stakeholders from the Neue Vahr district are welcome.
Working level,
district level: Neue Vahr
Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
Neighborhood Conference, Working Group Children, Working Group Seniors
The AG Gesundheit Blockdiek is a network of stakeholders whose goal is to sustainably strengthen the health of the residents in Blockdiek.
The Health Working Group aims to initiate discussions on health-related issues and to ensure transparency.
Contact persons:
Esra Aksoy
Tel.: 0159 06382427
Email: esra.aksoy@gesundheit-nds-hb.de
Website: https://www.gesundheitsfachkraefte-im-quartier.de/blockdiek
Elizaveta Gidion
Tel.: 0176 88094228
Email: elizaveta.gidion@gesundheit-nds-hb.de
Website: https://www.gesundheitsfachkraefte-im-quartier.de/blockdiek
Meeting
location varies, previously: Kultur-Aula, Ilse-Kaisen Str. 5, 28327 Bremen
Meeting frequency:
Once a quarter, Thursdays: 10:00-12:00
Participation requirements
: Stakeholders in the district are requested to register.
Working level,
district level: Blockdiek
Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
Forum Blockdiek, Project Group Neighborhood Education Center Blockdiek, Network “Health in Osterholz”