Educational aids
Description
The upbringing and care of a child is primarily carried out by the parents. Sometimes, however, additional assistance from the state may be necessary in education.
Although the assistance is granted to the parents, it is oriented towards the interests of the child or young person. This means that the child or adolescent must be involved in the decisions concerning him/her. Among other things, educational counselling, social group work, educational assistance, care assistants, socio-educational family help, education in a day group, full-time care, home education and other assisted living forms or intensive socio-educational individual care are offered. In addition, the Youth Welfare Office decides on the granting of integration assistance and assistance for young adults and common forms of housing for mothers/fathers and children.
Information for Kassel: Hilfen zur Erziehung
Parents always want to be good parents and they are interested in raising their children well. They do not always succeed in this, and the reasons for this vary greatly. Conflicts that arise as a result are often resolved within the family. However, there are also conflicts between parents and children that cannot be resolved within the family, but only with the help of third parties. The Youth Department offers a wide range of outpatient and inpatient help for the whole family and/or for individual children in the family.
A family receives support through
- the deployment of a socio-educational family assistant or a parenting support worker in the family
- children attending a day group or after-school care,
- the support of a youth helper to help a young person become independent,
without the children having to be separated from their parents.
Contact point
The youth welfare office of your district or your independent city.
Contact person
Forms
Please submit applications for educational assistance to the youth welfare office of your district or your independent city.
Basis for legal action
Costs
The financing of the help for education is provided by the Youth Welfare Office. This provides the services itself and assumes the costs agreed with the carriers. The use of the costs incurred will be decided on a case-by-case basis.
Notes (specifics)
Information on child and youth welfare can also be found on the website of the "FamilienAtlas".
Area of validity
Hesse
Keywords
Erziehungshilfe, Jugendhilfe, Kinder und Jugendhilfe, Jugendämter, Jugendamt