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Counseling services for children and young people, parents and professionals in Bremen-North

Advice center of the German Child Protection Association, the Bremen Child Protection Center.

For over 40 years, the Bremen Child Protection Centre has been advising families in Bremen in which children or young people are exposed to sexual, physical or psychological violence, experience domestic violence or neglect.

In addition to its services at Schlachte, the Child Protection Centre also offers outreach counselling for children, adolescents and families experiencing domestic violence.

The consultations take place in the premises of the ReBUZ-Nord (Regional Advice and Support Center).

Children and young people, parents and relatives, as well as everyone who deals with children professionally or privately, can take advantage of these offers.

Consultation hours (by phone)

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM;
Thursdays, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Appointments by arrangement

call 0421/240112-20 or
send inquiries by email to ksz@dksb-bremen.de

The Helpline for
Children and Young People: For over 30 years, the Helpline for Children and Young People has offered telephone counseling. You can get advice there. The counselors provide quick, anonymous, and free help in all kinds of difficult situations.

Monday to Saturday from 2 pm to 8 pm
116111 (free from German landlines and mobile networks) or via online counselling

 

Venue:
ReBUZ North

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
Free

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Link it – Network for children from families affected by addiction

The starting point for our model project is the precarious situation of children from families affected by addiction. Due to the illness of their parents, the needs of the young people are often neglected, which in turn puts their own healthy development at serious risk.

Possible consequences include:

  • Physical damage resulting from prenatal consumption, e.g., FASD or NAS
  • Psychological problems include severe insecurity, suppression of one's own needs, depression…

Furthermore, other difficult life circumstances often play a role in families affected by addiction. Addiction is frequently accompanied by social exclusion, a higher rate of unemployment, or low socioeconomic conditions.

Link it – Network for Children from Families Affected by Addiction is a project of Therapiehilfe Bremen gGmbH and was initially funded for one year by the Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection. It is initially being implemented as a pilot project in Bremen's western districts and is intended to be expanded to the whole of Bremen in the future.

Goals | Offers

contact
point for professionals from various professions dealing with the topic of children from families affected by addiction, bringing them into contact and networking them so that the existing services can work together more effectively.

The aim is to ensure that the various stakeholders enrich and support each other's work, thereby enabling them to provide children with effective and individually tailored support at an early stage. The foundation of this work is the protection of the child's welfare.

Furthermore, we can be contact persons for institutions and people who work with and come into contact with children, such as employees in daycare centers, schools and leisure facilities.

Information and training:
This section aims to raise awareness and provide information about children from families affected by addiction. Training courses are offered on topics such as:

  • How can I recognize a child with a family history of addiction?
  • How do I approach a child if I have a suspicion?
  • How do I approach the parents, how do I address the topic?

Network meetings
: To bring together the stakeholders involved, regular network meetings will be organized where cooperation partners can get to know each other and exchange information. Anonymous case discussions will also be available for those interested in discussing individual cases.

>> Next date and further information

Anyone interested in participating can join the network.
As a network partner, you will receive regular updates on the topic of children from families affected by addiction and be invited to network meetings at least four times a year to exchange ideas and take advantage of multi-professional case discussions.

If you are interested, please feel free to contact us without obligation.

Public Relations:
Another goal is to raise public awareness about children from families affected by addiction and addiction in general. When society perceives parental addiction as an illness, it makes it easier for people to seek and accept support services.

Contact persons for children and group offers
In a later stage, it is planned to also be contact persons for children, to inform them about the support services and opportunities in Bremen and to make it easier for them to access the appropriate support.

In the long term, group activities are also planned for children from families affected by addiction, in which they can share their experiences and create new, enjoyable experiences together.

 

Contact persons:

Ina Kuhn
, certified social worker/social pedagogue,
Telephone: 01573 5733455

Saskia Tarillion,
student in a dual study program in Social Work,
Phone: 01573-9134626

Next appointment:

Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 2 pm to 4 pm
 

Meeting frequency:
4 times per year

Participation requirements:
Anyone who is interested in participating can join the network.

Working level
Bremen West, see description

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Network for Labor Market Integration

Network of labor market experts on the topic of labor market integration of women with refugee and migration backgrounds.

The network was established as part of the ZGF project "Women and Flight" (2017-end of 2018). Experts, representatives from counseling centers, education and employment providers, the labor department, job centers and the employment agency exchange information, inform each other about their services, organize expert input and develop political and professional statements.

Furthermore, the network continuously identifies the current needs of the target group and strives to develop new access channels.

The network initiates and supports labor market policy projects and measures.

The aim is to identify and dismantle the obstacles that refugee women and women with a migration background who have been living here for some time face in the Bremen labor market
 

Meeting location:
Central Office for the Realization of Equal Rights for Women

Meeting frequency:
4 times per year

Participation requirements:
Professionals from integration work, further education and employment providers, women's counselling centers, mothers' centers and labor market policy actors.

Working level
State of Bremen

Cooperation with other working groups and committees
: Working Group on Professional Perspectives Bremen and Bremerhaven; Network of Single Parents; network

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Network “Children of mentally ill parents in Bremen”

This is a networking project with the target group: children of mentally ill parents in Bremen.

Since 2004, the network has pursued the goal of optimizing the cooperation between the systems of "child and adolescent psychiatry" and "adult psychiatry" (outpatient and inpatient) in order to provide constructive and sustainable help to the affected children and their parents.

Underlying thoughts on networking:

  • The needs of the children and the affected parents can only be met through active cooperation between the systems of "child and youth welfare", "child and adolescent psychiatry" and "adult psychiatry" (outpatient and/or inpatient).
  • The encounter and cooperation between the systems of "child and youth welfare", "child and adolescent psychiatry" and "adult psychiatry" are not the goal, but an integral part of network formation.
  • Respect and appreciation for the perspectives of other systems support cooperation and engagement.
  • Previous experience in dealing with the target group, existing projects and models are used.
  • Development from existing structures and integration into existing structures ensure consistency and sustainability.

The network and its regional groups

Following the formation of the network "Children of mentally ill parents", four regional groups have been formed

  • Western Regional Group
  • Southern Regional Group
  • Eastern Regional Group
  • Northern Regional Group

Contact person for the NETWORK:

Hans-Jürgen Lahann
0172-4197352
hjlahann@hwst.de

Monika Meyer
0152-56460505
monika.meyer@stpetribremen.de

Information and current dates can be found on the website

 
 

Meeting location:
Seminar House Hans-Wendt-Foundation

Meetings
are held quarterly.

Participation requirements
: none

Working level
State level

cooperation with other working groups and committees
No

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bemil | Mobile Movement and Nutrition Unit

bemil mobile exercise nutrition unit

The bemil movement nutrition mobile is a flexibly usable movement landscape that, supervised by professionals or unsupervised as a loan, is used on many occasions, from street festivals, school and kindergarten events to large play festivals.

The central element is the movement construction site – colorful wooden boxes combined with boards, square and round logs, tree slices, and ladders. Children can independently assemble a variety of balancing and movement landscapes. They creatively implement their own movement ideas, have lots of fun moving around, and interact with other children. Free play is encouraged, and modifying and rebuilding the construction site is absolutely essential. Through independent experimentation and exploration of the construction site, children experience their environment and their bodies, and gain confidence in their movements.

Nutrition Action Box

The nutrition activity kit is modular and offers numerous suggestions for healthy eating, cooking, tasting, smelling, and games that promote physical activity. Children are given nutritional advice such as drinking enough fluids, choosing whole-grain bread over white, drinking some milk a day, preferring organic products, and consuming food as fresh as possible and as processed as necessary. They can test their taste buds, for example, with juice or milk taste tests. The children can make their own butter from a little cream in just a few minutes and then taste it with delicious whole-grain bread. They can decorate their bread with bell peppers, carrots, fresh herbs, cucumbers, and other healthy foods, creating funny faces.

Bemil rental (car trailer)

The Bemil can be rented as a car trailer (from €60.00 per day for private individuals and non-profit organizations. Prices for other interested parties available upon request). Transport must be arranged independently. The movement-based construction site and the elements of the nutrition box are easy to use and largely self-explanatory. A brief introduction by us is possible.

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Bremen Sponsorship Network

The network aims to raise public awareness of mentoring projects in Bremen and highlight the urgent need in almost all areas of activity. Furthermore, there is a lively exchange of information among the participating projects.

The network currently includes nineteen sponsorship projects from all areas (children, families, students or refugees), whose work often makes a difference all around.

The 50-page mentoring guide published by the Volunteer Agency of the Bremen Mentoring Network compiles information and contact details for participating mentoring projects. You can download the brochure as a PDF or order a free copy from us by email.

The sponsorship guide was made possible through funding from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) via the federal program “Action Growing Together”.
 

Meeting location:
Volunteer Agency; currently, meetings are held digitally.

Meetings are
held every six months.

Participation requirements
for mentoring/sponsorship projects

Working level:
no information

regarding collaborations with other working groups and committees.
No information available

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Bremen Child and Youth Emergency Service

24/7 emergency service: Advice and help in crisis situations

Do you want to report that a child or young person is at risk, or are you and your own children in an acute crisis situation? Then call the child and youth protection hotline.

The child and youth emergency service in Bremen can be reached day and night: Telephone number (0421) 699 11 33

Experienced professionals from the Office for Social Services and independent organizations are available here around the clock, including weekends, to provide advice and assistance in crisis situations affecting children and young people. In cases of suspected child endangerment, an emergency child and youth services team ensures that home visits are conducted immediately and, if necessary, protective measures are taken.

Parents who find themselves in a situation where their children are at risk and need help can and should call. Neighbors, relatives, or friends should also contact us if they have any indications of child neglect or abuse.

Of course, children and young people can and should also call 6 99 11 33 if they need help.

Process:

From Monday to Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., reports are accepted by the coordinators of the Child and Youth Emergency Service and forwarded to the Youth Social Services department at the responsible social center. Outside of these hours, at night and on weekends, an on-call service ensures immediate access to help for children and young people in crisis and emergency situations.

Those affected, citizens and professionals, should call the child and youth protection hotline when reporting an acute or suspected risk to a child's welfare, or when advice on this issue is desired.

Inquiries to the child and youth emergency service will be processed immediately.

The process is as follows:

  • Acceptance of reports,
  • Initial assessment and consultation,
  • Documentation,
  • The report will be forwarded to the responsible social service or to the on-call service of the child and youth emergency service.

Legal basis: Social Code (SGB) – Book Eight (VIII) – Child and Youth Welfare

Further information

 

Venue:
by phone only

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Cooperative youth work MöV

Within the framework of our working groups, networking meetings and cooperation rounds in the districts of Findorff, Mitte and Östliche Vorstadt, municipal departments, independent organizations, politicians, associations and initiatives as well as other stakeholders come together to exchange ideas and make contacts.

The main focus is on topics related to children, youth and family.

The aim of the work in our socio-spatial committees is to ensure functioning communication and networking among the participants, as well as to activate and involve the individual actors.

The aim is to network the actors in the social space, to support their ideas and their implementation in the form of developing services and assistance, and to organize coordinated action.

We would like to encourage an exchange of information about the offers, needs and problems of the respective social spaces, coordinate local activities, and initiate a dialogue on key topics and needs with the aim of passing these on to the levels of administration and political bodies if necessary.

In order to ensure professional development within our committees, we have decided to regularly invite speakers to address selected key topics.
 

Meeting location:
Various facilities in the central/eastern suburbs

Meeting frequency:
Once a quarter

Participation requirements:
Field of activity in the city districts of Mitte and Östliche Vorstadt in youth work

Working level:
City districts of Mitte and Eastern Suburb

Cooperation with other working groups and committees
AK Familie MöV

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AK Children & Families MöV

Within the framework of our working groups, networking meetings and cooperation rounds in the districts of Findorff, Mitte and Östliche Vorstadt, municipal departments, independent organizations, politicians, associations and initiatives as well as other stakeholders come together to exchange ideas and make contacts.

The main focus is on topics related to children, youth and family.

The aim of the work in our socio-spatial committees is to ensure functioning communication and networking among the participants, as well as to activate and involve the individual actors.

The aim is to network the actors in the social space, to support their ideas and their implementation in the form of developing services and assistance, and to organize coordinated action.

We would like to encourage an exchange of information about the offers, needs and problems of the respective social spaces, coordinate local activities, and initiate a dialogue on key topics and needs with the aim of passing these on to the levels of administration and political bodies if necessary.

In order to ensure professional development in our committees, we have decided to regularly invite speakers to address selected key topics.
 

Meeting location:
Various facilities in the central/eastern suburbs

Meeting frequency:
Once a quarter

Participation requirements:
Field of activity in the city districts of Mitte and Östliche Vorstadt in the area of ​​children and families

Working level:
City districts of Mitte and Eastern Suburb

Cooperation with other working groups and committees,
Youth Work Cooperation Group MöV

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Networking meeting for youth work in Findorff

Within the framework of our working groups, networking meetings and cooperation rounds in the districts of Findorff, Mitte and Östliche Vorstadt, municipal departments, independent organizations, politicians, associations and initiatives as well as other stakeholders come together to exchange ideas and make contacts.

The main focus is on topics related to children, youth and family.

The aim of the work in our socio-spatial committees is to ensure functioning communication and networking among the participants, as well as to activate and involve the individual actors.

The aim is to network the actors in the social space, to support their ideas and their implementation in the form of developing services and assistance, and to organize coordinated action.

We would like to encourage an exchange of information about the offers, needs and problems of the respective social spaces, coordinate local activities, and initiate a dialogue on key topics and needs with the aim of passing these on to the levels of administration and political bodies if necessary.

In order to ensure professional development in our committees, we have decided to regularly invite speakers to address selected key topics.
 

Meeting location:
Changing facilities in Findorff

Meeting frequency:
Once a quarter

Participation requirements
for the field of activity in youth work in Findorff

Working level,
Findorff district

Cooperation with other working groups and committees
AK Families and Children Findorff