Counselling and assistance
Pregnancy and pregnancy conflict counselling
In the pregnancy counselling service, staff provide advice on family planning, pregnancy and birth. Topics include financial assistance such as parental or child benefit, help for pregnant women in emergency situations and counselling in pregnancy conflicts >>more
Addiction counselling
The addiction counselling and treatment centre advises people at risk of addiction and those suffering from addiction as well as their relatives - especially in the case of alcohol addiction. It is also a contact point for self-help groups and performs preventive tasks >>more
Advice on tumour diseases
Social workers from the Office for Health and Prevention offer tumour patients and their relatives help in coping with the disease and provide advice on diagnosis, therapy, aftercare and rehabilitation for tumour diseases. The focus here is on the psychosocial counselling aspect >>more
Sexual health counselling
The counselling centre provides anonymous and free information on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). Counselling and an HIV antibody test is available to all citizens and is recommended at the earliest 6 weeks after a possible infection >>more
Help for the mentally ill
The Social Psychiatric Service (Sozialpsychiatrischer Dienst - SpDi) team is the point of contact for those affected and their relatives as well as people in the immediate vicinity who suffer from mental illnesses, mental disabilities and personal emergencies. Professionals working in the field of psychiatry and citizens involved in the social environment can also receive professional counselling >>more
Help for disabled and chronically ill people
In their counselling centre for the physically disabled and chronically ill, the staff of the Social Medicine Department offer those affected and their relatives help in dealing with illness and severe disability as well as information and advice on social medical and social law issues, among other things >>more
Vaccination counselling
During the consultation hours of the public vaccination consultation, the employees advise on the publicly recommended vaccinations according to the recommendations of the Saxon Vaccination Commission and also carry them out. >>more
Travel medical advice
Travel medical consultations are provided by the Office for Health and Prevention in the travel medical consultation hours of the Poliklinik gGmbH Chemnitz >>more
Mushroom counselling
Anyone who goes mushroom hunting in order to eat them afterwards should know their way around - otherwise eating mushrooms can have serious consequences. If you are unsure about how to identify the mushrooms you have found, you can contact the following advice centres. Counselling is free of charge. >>more
Funding by the city of Chemnitz
Funding for socio-medical services
Social and socio-medical services as well as services provided by independent youth welfare organisations can be financially supported if certain conditions are met in accordance with the City of Chemnitz guideline for the promotion of independent youth welfare, social and socio-medical services "Fachförderrichtlinie Jugend, Soziales, Gesundheit - FRL-JSG".Promotion of self-help groups
The Office for Health and Prevention can support the establishment and work of self-help groups in health and social areas in accordance with the "Self-help funding guidelines".
FamilyApp Chemnitz
The FamilyApp Chemnitz provides important information on advice and support services as well as educational and leisure activities for families, teenagers and young adults conveniently on your mobile phone.
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