Youth welfare in schools

Youth welfare in schools

Since the end of 2012, the Bildungswerk der Hessischen Wirtschaft (Hessian Business Education Association) has been the sponsor of the "Youth Services in Schools" program at the Fürstenberger-Realschule in Frankfurt's Nordend district. Since 2018, the "Youth Services in Schools" program has been implemented by our subsidiary PRO INKLUSIO gGmbH .

Frankfurt's "Youth Services in Schools" program originates from a resolution by the city council to establish social work in schools. The Frankfurt City Schools Office is responsible for its content management and financial support.

Target group

The offer is aimed at students in grades 5-10, their parents and teachers of the Fürstenbergerschule.

Goals

The program's primary goal is to ensure the educational participation of disadvantaged students, thereby increasing the number of those who graduate from school and improving their career transition opportunities. Other goals include imparting key skills, acting as a professional contact for students, and developing programs tailored to the students' real-life situations.

Content & Services

Professional contact for all grade levels

• Youth welfare is the contact point for pupils, parents and teachers in school, social and personal problems
• There is close cooperation with social institutions, advice centres and social welfare offices as well as with contact points for young people in the district
• Contact person in cases of acute and non-acute child endangerment

Transition support

• Supporting the transition from primary to secondary school
• Support with class division and formation of a class community

Social learning

• Social skills training, addiction prevention, and violence prevention [Grades 5-8]
• Planning and conducting social learning exercises
• Teaching key social skills and strengthening the class community
• Introduction of the class council
• Project work on specific topics [Grades 7-10]

Open, needs-based afternoon activities for all grades

• Trips and excursions
• Student accommodation/ open afternoon meeting

Transition from school to work in grades 7-10

• Observation in the competency assessment procedure KomPo7
• Help with finding internships
• Individual preparation of application documents and application training [Grades 9-10]
• In individual cases, search for apprenticeships [Grades 9-10]
• Individual preparation for interviews and aptitude tests [Grade 10]

Learning holidays

• Implementation of holiday offers during the Easter, summer and autumn holidays
• project-oriented, cultural and leisure educational offers

Parental work

• Consultations
• Parent-teacher conference
• Introductory afternoon at the beginning of a new school year

Financial support

The funding is provided by the Frankfurt am Main City School Authority.