Jugendarbeit

Here you can find information about youth work.

Youth work promotes the development of young people's personalities and prepares them for life in the community. It helps them to recognize, respect and experience values and strengthens their ability to act on their own responsibility. Youth work ties in with the interests of young people and is co-determined by them.

Youth work is an independent part of youth welfare. It fulfills the educational tasks according to § 11 of the Child and Youth Welfare Act (KJHG) and stands up for the concerns and interests of young people in public.

You can get suggestions and help from your responsible office

• in the organization and implementation of measures and projects in youth work (such as vacation camps and training courses for the acquisition of the youth leader card) as well as
• in the development of quality criteria for youth work facilities and services,
• for the project management of regionalized youth work
• in the organization of measures for the educational protection of young people,
• in checks on compliance with the provisions of statutory youth protection and punishment for violations of the provisions of statutory youth protection.

Your competent office will inform you about the required documents.

Forms that you can obtain from your competent office are:

• Application for the assumption of participant contributions
• Application for funding of youth work measures
• Application for funding of youth work facilities and services

• Youth work is an independent part of youth welfare. It performs the educational and training tasks according to the Child and Youth Welfare Act and advocates for the concerns and interests of young people in public.
• You can get suggestions and help from your responsible office.
• Contact your responsible youth welfare office in the district or independent city.
• Information and links on the subject of youth work can be found on the website of the Thuringian Ministry for Social Affairs, Family and Health.

Contact your responsible youth welfare office in the district or independent city.

• Information and links on the topic of youth work can be found on the website of the Thuringian Ministry for Social Affairs, Family and Health.
• You can also find a list of nationwide supporting institutions, clubs, associations and social cooperations from the Federal Model Program E&C of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ). The federal model program E&C focuses on the development and opportunities of disadvantaged children and young people in socially deprived areas and structurally weak rural regions.