Common good work

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The common good work is an alternative or an established work opportunity to the non-working and doing nothing stop a person. Public welfare work is intended to create work opportunities for performing additional public tasks in the interests of society. It should offer the obligation to act as a principle of demanding in the sense of individual support. The term is differentiated by the individual promotion of the non-profit work , the z. B. is referred to in the negative sense as social hours , from.

This concept is used in various projects according to § 16 d SGB ​​II , z. B. in 1 euro jobs implemented.

Naming

The name emphasizes the charitable nature of the fields of activity of the corresponding projects. According to Section 16 SGB II, these must be additional and should bring those in need of help into gainful employment and, due to their nature, do not have any compulsory tasks, e.g. B. replace the public sector.

Goal setting

The projects and implementation concepts pursue the goal of providing employable people in need of assistance within the framework of SGB II with employment prospects. Work for the common good should be competition-neutral and the economy must not be impaired by the consequences of the funding. The common good should include useful and meaningful activities for society. These are intended to supplement public tasks that cannot be refinanced through public funds such as taxes or social security benefits.

Demarcation

Work for the common good is to be distinguished from community work (GWA), job creation measures, voluntary work aimed at the common good and “ non-profit work ” within the meaning of the Federal Social Welfare Act, which was abolished at the end of 2004 . Under this name, this law provided for the possibility of checking the willingness to work of service relationships .

SGB ​​II sponsors, ARGEn and optional municipalities also use the work opportunities according to Section 16d SGB ​​II, whereby the associated public welfare projects are bound by this legal framework.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerd Deitmar; Sabine Bengel; Ulrich Lorch: Annual Report 2007 . Ed .: Essen work. Essen March 2008 ( essen.de [PDF]).
  2. ↑ a b Social Code (SGB), second book (II). In: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ . Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection; Federal Office of Justice, accessed on March 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Karl-Heinz Theußen: GemeinwohlArbeit - Integration opportunities of SGB II for long-term unemployed youth and young adults . Ed .: PARITÄTISCHER WOHLFAHRTSVERBAND– Gesamtverband e. V. Band 5 . SET POINT Medien Schiff & Kamp GmbH, Berlin December 2006, p. 7th ff .; 10 ff . ( jugendsozialarbeit-paritaet.de [PDF]).