Leipzig Vocational Promotion Agency

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This article looks at the adult vocational rehabilitation facility. For information on the institution for vocational preparation and initial training for young people, see Berufsbildungswerk Leipzig .

Berufsförderungswerk Leipzig non-profit GmbH
legal form	GmbH
founding	1990
Seat	Leipzig , Germany
management	Jörg Beenken, managing director
Number of employees	244 (2017)
sales	24.4 million euros (2016)
Branch	Vocational rehabilitation
Website	www.bfw-leipzig.de

View of the Leipzig Vocational Promotion Agency, House 3

The Berufsförderungswerk Leipzig non-profit GmbH (BFW Leipzig) is an institution founded in 1990 to promote participation in working life ( vocational rehabilitation ). As a facility of the German Pension Insurance , it offers people who have to reorient themselves professionally due to a health impairment after illness or accident, help to return to work.

history

It was founded on November 8, 1990 as a vocational support organization for Leipzig by the Munich vocational support organization . On October 14, 1991, the institution was renamed Berufsförderungswerk Leipzig non-profit GmbH. Teaching and teaching began on October 15, 1991.

The first of a total of five branch offices was opened on March 13, 2003 in Chemnitz . The branch in Zwickau followed on June 1, 2004 , the branch in Döbeln on September 3, 2007 , the branch in Plauen on March 17, 2008 and the branch in Brand-Erbisdorf in July 2010 . In 2018, the facility had more than 240 employees.

Since it was founded in 1990, over 7,000 participants have learned a new profession at the BFW Leipzig. Since 2012, reha-scientific colloquia have been held regularly at the BFW Leipzig on topics of vocational rehabilitation in connection with the world of work.

Web links

• Homepage of the professional development agency

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} BFW Leipzig: Press. bfw-leipzig.de, accessed on March 23, 2017 . 

Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 58.5 ″  N , 12 ° 21 ′ 15 ″  E