Child protection service
of the General Social Service in the Youth Welfare Office
The city of Chemnitz has been offering a wide range of support for Chemnitz families in all areas of life for years. The variety ranges from sufficient daycare places for the youngest children to educational programmes for parents. Help, advice and support are available for almost every conceivable situation in the lives of family members of all ages.
The ASD has set up a "Socio-educational Child Protection Service" to protect children. As early help for families, this child protection service is a central point of contact for those seeking advice on the topic of child welfare and the prevention of child endangerment. The child protection service is also your point of contact in acute crises when the safety of children is at risk.
The child protection service in the ASD can be contacted directly by citizens, educators, teachers, doctors, police and other reporters. This avoids delays in taking action and enables counselling or immediate action to be taken if there is a suspicion that a child's welfare is at risk.
Child and youth emergency service
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Tasks of the socio-educational child protection service:
- Receiving reports and descriptions of suspected cases (in person, by telephone and by e-mail/fax)
- Checking reports and initiating measures, for example on-site visits
- Counselling families and referring them to appropriate services that offer support and preventative services
- Counselling families and referring them to the ASD if there is a recognisable need for help
- Safeguarding the welfare of children in acute endangerment situations through crisis intervention and further case clearing until the case is handed over to ASD or other specialised services
- Referral to the family court to guarantee the duty to protect children and young people
- Carrying out the clearing procedure for all custody cases up to the age of 18
- Telephone and personal counselling on the subject of child welfare/child endangerment.
The staff of the Social Education Child Protection Service also advise the following professional groups on request to assess the risk of danger in the event of a suspected threat to the child's welfare:
- Medical professionals
- Employees of other departments of the city administration
- Teachers, school social workers and school social workers
- Employees of independent organisations
- Employees of health insurance companies
- Employees of police departments and judicial authorities
- Landlords
In addition, people who are in professional contact with children or young people are entitled to counselling from an experienced professional (ieFK) in accordance with Section 8b Para. 1 SGB VIII2 when assessing a risk to the child's welfare in individual cases vis-à-vis the local youth welfare organisation.
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