Evangelical Johanneswerk

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Evangelical Johanneswerk
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legal form Profit company
founding 1951
founder Karl Pavlowski
Seat Bielefeld
Chair Ingo don't have
sales 338,000,000 euros (2016)
Employees 6800 (2018)
Website www.johanneswerk.de

The Evangelical Johanneswerk is a large diaconal organization in Germany based in Bielefeld . Around 7,000 employees work in more than 70 facilities in North Rhine-Westphalia . The diaconal offers are aimed at old and sick people as well as people with disabilities, children and young people. The Ev. Johanneswerk gGmbH is run under the umbrella of the Johannesstift Foundation , whose roots go back to 1852. The Johanneswerk itself was founded in 1951 by Pastor Karl Pawlowski (1898–1964).

structure

The Evangelisches Johanneswerk has been a gGmbH since February 2018. With its offers for people in need of support, the gGmbH continues to dedicate itself to the good of the community and is a non-profit company. The only partner of the Ev. Johanneswerk gGmbH is the Johannesstift foundation, which also forms the corporate umbrella. The board of the foundation - consisting of the chairman of the board Ingo habenicht, his deputy Bodo de Vries and Burkhard Bensiek - also manages the business of the Johanneswerk. The foundation board is at the head of the foundation and consists of a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 9 people who perform their duties on a voluntary basis.

The non-profit GmbH is divided into geographically and / or content-related regions that form the basis of the Johanneswerk. Here - at more than 35 locations in North Rhine-Westphalia and in over 70 facilities as well as numerous outpatient offers - people are supported, looked after and cared for. Each region is headed by a regional manager, and each facility is headed by a house manager.

The work for the elderly is geographically divided into six regions: The regions Bielefeld-Gütersloh, Herford, Lippe, Wittgenstein, Ruhr area north-Münsterland and Ruhr area south. In-patient work for the elderly (primarily through in-patient nursing homes) but also out-patient work for the elderly (through care services, shared apartments or neighborhood work) takes place in all regions. In the Bielefeld region there is also the family center with the day care centers 'Pappelhof' and 'Sonnenblume'.

The assistance for the handicapped in the Johanneswerk is divided into the regions of assistance for the handicapped with two large workshops (Altenbochumer Werkstätten and Märkische Werkstätten) at five locations and assistance for the handicapped with seven residential groups.

The Johanneswerk also runs clinics in the regions of Bad Honnef (Rhine clinic with day clinic) and Wittgenstein (Wittgenstein clinic with Netphen day clinic). There is also the forensic clinic 'Niederrhein Therapy Center' (NTZ) in Duisburg, with 100 inpatient places for drug-addicted male offenders. It is jointly carried by the Ev. Johanneswerk and the von Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel.

In 2001 the foundation "mitLeidenschaft - Foundation for Innovation and Promotion in Diaconal Work" was established. The foundation helps older people and families who live in poverty. It supports projects for children and people with disabilities as well as projects in the field of dementia.

Fields of work

The main fields of work of the Ev. Johanneswerk are the elderly, the disabled and special clinics, especially for mental and psychosomatic illnesses.

Elderly care

Elderly care includes 35 inpatient facilities as well as short-term and day care facilities throughout North Rhine-Westphalia and includes outpatient care services, residential projects and meeting centers. More than 3500 employees care for, look after and accompany more than 3400 old people every day. A special focus of the Ev. Johanneswerk focuses on the challenges of the future, on demographic developments and modern forms of living.

Disability assistance

The spatial focus of assistance for the disabled is in the Ruhr area and in the Märkisches Kreis. In seven residential groups with many individually combinable offers, the employees look after around 1,500 children, young people and adults with disabilities. The aim is to demand, defend and support their rights and participation in social life. There are also workshops at a total of eight locations. Here the plant employs over 1000 people with disabilities and offers numerous job and professional training opportunities. The focus of the work is the integration of people into working life - and thus also into society.

Clinics

In addition, the Johanneswerk includes two clinics with connected day clinics for psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy and psychiatry as well as a forensic clinic.

history

The Ev. Johanneswerk gGmbH is run under the umbrella of the Johannesstift Foundation, whose roots go back to 1852. At that time the parish priests Johann Hinrich Volkening (1796–1877) and Clamor Huchzermeier (1809–1899) founded the Johannesstift in Bielefeld-Schildesche as a “rescue house” for children and young people at risk. From these beginnings, it developed into one of the large welfare institutions in Westphalia. In 1932 Pastor Karl Pawlowski (1898–1964) converted the Johannesstift into a retirement and nursing home.

In 1951 Pawlowski founded the Johanneswerk in Bielefeld, which was joined by seven evangelical associations and foundations that were active in various locations in North Rhine-Westphalia. The headquarters of the newly founded plant was established in the Johannesstift. The merger was the result of Pawlowski's longstanding commitment to "larger summaries" of diaconal institutions that "are more sustainable and can work more generously". At that time, important goals of the Johanneswerk were better external representation of the individual institutions, the development of sustainable organizational structures, the opening up of new areas of work and better social services for the employees.

The local press described the Johanneswerk as a "bulwark against need" and a "contribution to social peace" on the occasion of the founding ceremony in Bielefeld's Johannesstift. In 1951 around 30 facilities belonged to the Johanneswerk, including old people's homes, children's homes, dormitories for mountain apprentices, hospitals and rest homes. In the years of reconstruction in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Johanneswerk also experienced a strong growth phase. At the end of the 1950s, the number of facilities had risen to around 70. An order of magnitude that still applies today.

Much has changed in the past few decades - the needs of the people, the socio-political prerequisites and the social issues. However, one thing has remained unchanged: the focus of the work of the Johanneswerk is the human being as God's creation in his dignity and uniqueness.

Daughters and holdings

Whole or majority belong to the Ev. Johanneswerk the following institutions and organizations in the field of diakonia:

Age Institute - Center for Health Services Research and Geragogy gGmbH

The Age Institute - The Center for Health Services Research and Geragogy gGmbH researches all aspects of the care of elderly people in need of assistance. The aim of the research is to develop practical concepts for the future care of those in need of help and care.

Diakonie for Bielefeld gGmbH

Diakonie für Bielefeld gGmbH offers a wide range of support for people in difficult and unusual life situations and thus performs the tasks of a regional diaconal work. The Diakonie for Bielefeld is supported by the Ev. Church district Bielefeld and the Ev. Johanneswerk.

Diakonisches Werk Wittgenstein gGmbH

The Diakonische Werk Wittgenstein gGmbH offers assistance in the most diverse areas of life in the Wittgenstein area and performs the tasks of a regional diaconal work. Shareholders of the Diakonisches Werk Wittgenstein are the Ev. Wittgenstein Church District and the Ev. Johanneswerk.

Ev. Johanneswerk and St. Loyen non-profit care GmbH

The Ev. Altenzentrum am Schloss is operated as an inpatient care facility by the Ev. Johanneswerk and St. Loyen non-profit care GmbH operated. It offers a care and living concept that is particularly tailored to the needs of people with dementia.

Niederrhein Therapy Center Duisburg (NTZ) gGmbH

The Niederrhein Therapy Center Duisburg gGmbH takes on the treatment of drug-dependent offenders in the penal system on behalf of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Carriers of the NTZ are the Ev. Johanneswerk and the von Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel.

Montebello SLU, Spain

The subsidiary Johanneswerk España Montebello SLU operates a senior citizens' residence in La Nucía, Spain. The Residencia Montebello offers apartments with outpatient care and support as well as an additional care area.

proService GmbH

ProService GmbH offers comprehensive administration and services for companies in the social sector: from human resources and finance to property management.

proTeam GmbH

ProTeam GmbH hires out or mediates mostly skilled and auxiliary workers in facilities of the Johanneswerk group and to external service providers and organizations in the diaconal, social and church sectors.

Techniklotsen GmbH

Techniklotsen GmbH develops IT and telephony solutions in the field of social and health management. The solutions range from networked communication in the stationary area to everyday support solutions for your own four walls.

In addition, the Ev. Johanneswerk is involved in the following institutions:

  • Evangelical Clinic Bethel
  • Diakonie University of Applied Sciences (Bielefeld)
  • Academies for Church and Diakonie gGmbH with Federal Academy for Church and Diakonia (Berlin) and Leadership Academy for Church and Diakonia (Berlin)

literature

  • Der Johannesruf 2/1991, The Evangelical Johanneswerk eV - A diaconal development story 1852 - 1951 - 1991, Bielefeld 1991.
  • Udo Krolzik (Ed.): In the middle of life. 50 years of the Evangelical Johanneswerk . Bielefeld 2001.
  • Hans-Walter Schmuhl , Bärbel Thau; Diakonie in the parish of Bielefeld . In: Matthias Benad, Hans-Walter Schmuhl (Hrsg.): Aufbruch in die Moderne. The Evangelical Church District Bielefeld from 1871 to 2006 . Bielefeld 2006, pp. 241-257.
  • Gerald Schwalbach: “Widen the view of the church!”, Karl Pawlowski (1898-1964) - diaconal entrepreneur on the borders of the church and internal mission . Bielefeld 2012
  • Gerald Schwalbach: Bigger and more modern than Bethel! - The Johanneswerk in Bielefeld and the guiding principles of its founder Karl Pawlowski (1898 - 1964) . In: Matthias Benad (ed.): Friedrich von Bodelschwingh dJ and the Bethel institutions. Piety and shaping the world . Stuttgart 1997, pp. 207-213.
  • Gerald Schwalbach, Bärbel Thau: The Evangelical Johanneswerk eV Diaconal support association in the reconstruction society (1951–1964) . In: Udo Krolzik (ed.): Future of Diakonie. Between continuity and a new beginning . Bielefeld 1998, pp. 183-199.
  • Bärbel Thau: Pictures and sources from the history of the Evangelical Youth and Welfare Office Bielefeld 1925-1945 . In: Hans Bachmann, Reinhard van Spankeren (ed.): Diakonie: History from below. Christian charity and church social work in Westphalia . Bielefeld 1995, pp. 227-255.
  • Bärbel Thau: From the rescue house to the diaconal company. The Evangelical Johanneswerk eV In: Bielefeld city book. Tradition and progress in the East Westphalian metropolis . Bielefeld 1996, pp. 158-159.
  • Bärbel Thau: The local association for Inner Mission in Bielefeld. Early centralization of diaconal work (1926–1945) . In: Udo Krolzik (ed.): Future of Diakonie. Between continuity and a new beginning . Bielefeld 1998, pp. 163-169.
  • Bärbel Thau: From Johannesstift to Ev. Johanneswerk . In: Britta Bley (ed.): Between heaven and earth. Evangelical Church and Modernism in Bielefeld . Bielefeld 2006, pp. 53-56.
  • People on the move. 100 years of the station mission in Bielefeld 1899–1999 . Ed. From Ev. Johanneswerk eV, Bielefeld 1999.
  • Bärbel Thau: Diaconal help for families in war - The youth and family help of the local association for Inner Mission Bielefeld 1939 to 1945 . In: Bernd Hey (Ed.): Church in the war time 1939-1945 . Bielefeld 2005, pp. 61-78.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Facts & Figures. In: johanneswerk.de. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 27.2 "  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 34.3"  E