Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück

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The Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück eV is an association for voluntary welfare work based in Osnabrück . The association founded in 1916 by Bishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning unites 315 social institutions of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Osnabrück , including kindergartens, hospitals, senior citizens' centers, facilities for the disabled and advice centers.

He is a member of the German Caritas Association , the most important social aid organization of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany .

Members and specialist services

The 315 members of the association include all Catholic parishes , the charitable professional associations, charitable orders and all other Catholic providers of social services in the region. 718 facilities and services of the pregnancy counseling on drug prevention or migration advice to clinics and day care centers each year take care of some 600,000 seeking advice and help end.

employer

Around 20,600 people work in the Catholic social institutions that the Caritas Association represents for the Diocese of Osnabrück eV, 1,700 of whom are training. Approx. 1,600 people, 150 of whom are trainees, are employed directly by the Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück. 82% of the employees are female.

working area

The Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück is the initiator of numerous federal model projects.

The self-control training "SKOLL" for people with risky consumption behavior with alcohol or other drugs was proclaimed at the beginning of 2009 by the Federal Ministry of Health as a federal model project and implemented at 16 locations in Germany. The self-control training was developed as part of a German-Dutch EU project and tested in western Lower Saxony by the Osnabrück Caritas Association. What is new about the approach is that men and women of all age groups can take part in the training, regardless of addictive substances or addictive behavior .

The project "SpuK - language and communication mediation" initiated by the Caritas Association Osnabrück is an employment initiative for refugees without a secure residence officially funded by the European employment initiative EQUAL. The aim of the project is to stabilize the health situation of refugees and thus to promote their employability . The nationally developed concepts were tried out and implemented in the Osnabrück region. The results of the project are of national importance.

Regional Caritas associations

The Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück eV can be found with regional sub-associations in the area of ​​the Diocese of Osnabrück. The regional Caritas associations are divided into the regional advice centers in Aurich, Emden and Leer (Caritas Association Ostfriesland); Meppen, Lingen, Papenburg and Sögel (Caritas Association for the Emsland district); Nordhorn (Caritas Association for the County of Bentheim); Osnabrück, Melle and Bersenbrück (Caritas Association for the city and the district of Osnabrück), Twistringen and Diepholz (Caritas Association for the districts of Diepholz and Nienburg on the left of the Weser).

The counseling centers offer support through offers from the General Social Counseling (ASB), pregnancy counseling, debt counseling and homeless assistance.

Unlike in many other diocesan Caritas associations, the regional Caritas associations are not legally independent, but institutions of the Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück  eV  as legal entities.

In addition to the regional associations, the Landes-Caritasverband Bremen e. V. Member of the Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück eV He is responsible for the Bremen part of Caritas in the Diocese of Osnabrück.

Business areas

Elderly care and care

The Caritas Association offers senior-friendly apartments with services, home care , day care or nursing homes . People approaching death and their families are supported by 28 nursing services and 51 nursing homes in the Diocese of Osnabrück.

Disability assistance and psychiatry

The primary task of disabled people's care and psychiatry is to allow people with disabilities to participate in society through various services. To this end, the Catholic institutions in the Diocese of Osnabrück provide services such as family relief services, early intervention and development advice, special needs kindergartens , kindergartens for the hearing impaired, speech therapy kindergartens, day-care centers, workshops for disabled people, housing and assistance services. The division also coordinates and supports the work of another five institutions sponsored by the Diocesan Caritas Association.

Addiction prevention and rehabilitation

The addiction prevention and rehabilitation division offers qualified help for those affected and their relatives in four inpatient facilities and nine specialist outpatient clinics and outpatient advice centers in the Diocese of Osnabrück. The facilities in the Diocese of Osnabrück are certified by ProCumCert.

The tasks of the department include the development of targeted and modern concepts and standards, especially for the area of ​​prevention and offers for young people. Projects such as “Skoll - Self-Control Training”, “HaLt - Hart am Limit” or “Candis - Targeted Therapy for Cannabis Disorders” stand for a modern and target group-oriented early intervention that is considered beyond the boundaries of the Diocese of Osnabrück.

The division advises self-help associations, in particular the Kreuzbund , and supports the voluntary work through practical advice and training.

Advice and support

In order to support people who are looking for advice and help, the Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück eV maintains on the one hand its own advice centers and inpatient facilities, on the other hand it is available to other Catholic institutions with its specialist advice . The outpatient counseling offers are organized in the counseling centers of the regional Caritas associations or in the sponsorship of the charitable professional associations (In Via - Catholic social work for girls, SKM - Catholic association for social services, social services for Catholic women ), the specialist advice is provided by the departments of the Diocesan Caritas Association.

The General Social Consulting (ASB) is the basic service, which often function as a clearing house belongs. Clients who turn to ASB usually have significant financial problems, which are also linked to other bundles of problems: e. B. Unemployment , excessive demands , illness, family problems, etc. The ASB works together with the debtor and insolvency counseling, the specialist outpatient clinics for addiction prevention and rehabilitation, and the spa and recovery counseling.

The outpatient homeless offers with its advice centers and a network of accommodation places people without permanent accommodation a starting point.

In the last few years, social department stores , tables and lunch tables have been set up in many places in the Diocese of Osnabrück , which cover the need for food, clothing and everyday items at low cost. The station mission , which is organized in Osnabrück under ecumenical sponsorship, is also a point of contact.

The Labor Market Policy department cooperates closely with all actors in this field in order to develop qualification and employment opportunities. The advice and support offers are also aimed at young people. This is one of the tasks of youth social work.

The pregnancy counseling is women and families aside, for the birth of a child is connected to worry: these include educational support and social educational family support , adoption and foster children services children and couples.

The migration counseling helps people with immigrant backgrounds with questions about housing, work, language acquisition, school and Co.

The debt counseling helps individuals or families who have money problems or are over-indebted. 

Health facilities on Norderney and Borkum

The Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück eV is the sponsor of the Helena am Meer specialist clinic on Borkum. The Caritas Association for the Diocese of Osnabrück eV and the Diocese of Münster are responsible for the Caritas Health Center for Families Norderney GmbH and thus the following four institutions:

• Specialist clinic Maria am Meer (rehabilitation facility for women)
• Specialist clinic Thomas More (rehabilitation facility for mother / child and father / child)
• Family recreation center Friesenhof
• Guesthouse Caritas Inseloase

Web links

• Website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Message from the city of Wuppertal ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ http://www.caritas-os.de/ueber-uns

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 '24.1 "  N , 8 ° 2' 18.2"  E