European homecare
| European Homecare GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1989 |
| Seat |
Essen , Germany
|
| management | Sascha Korte (Chairman of the Management Board) |
| Number of employees | 2000 (2015) |
| sales | approx. 39,000,000 € (2014) |
| Branch | Social |
| Website | www.eu-homecare.com |
European Homecare GmbH (EHC) is a medium-sized company specializing in social services in Essen . The focus is on the accommodation and care of asylum seekers and refugees .
Companies
The company was founded in 1989 by Rolf Dieter Korte. The first facilities for resettlers from the former Soviet Union were set up in East Germany . In 2007 his son Sascha Korte took over the management. The company provides social services for the public sector as well as for private or non-profit organizations.
In addition to accommodation in Germany, EHC has now also operated facilities in Ireland and Austria . In 2013, EHC had around 20 facilities; in the course of the refugee crisis , the number rose to over 200 in 2015 and 2016.
On behalf of the federal states and municipalities, the company will operate around 100 facilities in Germany in 2019, including initial reception facilities, arrival centers, communal accommodation, emergency accommodation or accommodation facilities for people obliged to leave the country, as well as contact points for the homeless. The social care of the residents takes place according to the specifications and in coordination with the responsible authorities and the client.
The company employs in the facilities, depending on the official requirements u. a. Social workers, social pedagogues, social workers, educators, health and nursing staff, as well as house, kitchen and cleaning staff, interpreters and security staff. Many of the employees have foreign language skills and have a migration background themselves. A total of over 70 different language and cultural areas are covered.
European Homecare is an ISO-certified company for the planning of accommodation as well as the organization and operation of accommodation, meals, social care, medical care, acute medical emergency care and advice for asylum seekers, refugees and other socially marginalized groups.
Services (selection)
- Management and operation of accommodation facilities for asylum seekers, resettlers and foreign refugees
- Catering for the residents through canteen operation with their own large kitchens as well as supplying the residents according to the standards set by the client
- General social care
- Medical care and care
- Supervising security in coordination with the police
- Perspective assessment for foreign refugees
- Organization of social, cultural and sporting activities
- Implementation of language courses and other integration measures
- Procurement of furnishings and everyday items
- Accommodation of different social fringe groups
- Introduction of special administration software for registration, occupancy overview and operational organization
- Training in the social sector
- Advice on the conception and implementation of new social projects
- UMF care (unaccompanied minor refugees) as well as child and youth care
criticism
In addition to the living conditions in the facilities, the selection of employees and their behavior was criticized. Among other things, right-wing extremists worked as security guards who were employed by the security company SKI. According to reports by the Taz , there has been mistreatment of refugees housed in European Homecare facilities and a resident being raped by a home manager since 2014. In Burbach, security guards and supervisors of the refugee home locked asylum seekers in, beat them up, humiliated them - covered by the home management. In November 2018, Der Spiegel reported on the start of the "mammoth trial" before the Siegen district court against more than 30 employees and securities. According to the FAZ it was said on the investigator's page "Pictures that are otherwise only known from Guantanamo". The home manager was sentenced to a suspended sentence of one year and three months for systematic deprivation of liberty. At the operating company European Homecare "there was never any talk of further training".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Who are we? In: European Homecare. Retrieved July 30, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Kathrin Schmitz: How and what do we do? In: European Homecare. Retrieved July 30, 2019 (German).
- ↑ This is how asylum seekers live in Marl | cityInfo.TV. In: cityInfo.TV. May 15, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2019 (German).
- ↑ From Nordstadtblogger editorial team: New locations: "Lokal Willkommen" offers additional advice for Eving and Scharnhorst. January 30, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Who are we? In: European Homecare. Retrieved July 30, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Principles. In: European Homecare. Retrieved July 30, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Kathrin Schmitz: Volunteering. In: European Homecare. Retrieved July 30, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Peter Bandermann: Offer for the homeless in Dortmund: In 24 hours in your own apartment. Retrieved August 6, 2019 .
- ↑ RP ONLINE: Violence against refugees in NRW: Head of the security company: "Ashamed of me terrible". Retrieved September 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Yasmin Polat and Pascale Müller : "Abuse of power in accommodation". "taz", November 13, 2017, accessed November 14, 2016 .
- ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/burbach-verfahren-wegen-misshandlungen-im-fluechtlingsheim-beginnt-a-1236997.html
- ↑ https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/verfahren-wegen-misshandlungen-im-fluechtlingsheim-beginnt-15880355.html
- ↑ https://taz.de/Misshandelte-Fluechtlinge-in-Burbach/!5564199/