Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family

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Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family

position Higher regional authority
Supervisory authority Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Equality
Headquarters Hildesheim
Authority management Norbert Schnipkoweit, President
Web presence www.soziales.niedersachsen.de

The Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family is a higher state authority in the business area of ​​the Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Equality .

The state office has around 1000 employees. Head of the authority is Norbert Schnipkoweit. He was appointed on November 1, 2019 as the successor to Christian Armborst, who has been in office since May 12, 2015.

history

The State Office was formed from the former Lower Saxony State Office for Central Social Tasks - NLZSA -, the pension offices and the State Youth Welfare Office and was reinforced by tasks from the areas of "social" and "health" from the disbanded district governments .

Organization and tasks

The State Office is divided into seven specialist groups:

  • Integration office
  • Children, youth and family
  • State pension office / main welfare office / pension office
  • Severely Disabled Rights - Assessment Procedure
  • Other services and tasks
  • Social assistance / facilities
  • Central tasks

In addition, according to the Lower Saxony School Act , the State Office is the technical supervision and school authority for four state education centers for the hearing impaired and the state education center for the blind .

Locations

Headquarters at the Domhof (Hildesheim)
  • Braunschweig
  • Hanover
  • Hildesheim - main office
  • Luneburg
  • Oldenburg
  • Osnabrück
  • Verden

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Authority management. Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family, accessed on February 22, 2020 (German).