Self-help contact point

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A self-help contact point is an independent local specialist institution that supports and stabilizes self-help activities through free services. She works across topics and indications on all topics of group self-help.

Tasks of a self-help contact point

The essential tasks of a self-help contact point include

  • advising and referring interested parties,
  • Assistance in setting up new self-help groups,
  • technical and organizational support for existing groups,
  • Public relations work for self-help as well as for existing groups,
  • Networking / cooperation with other support institutions in the social and health sector.

history

The first self-help contact point was founded in Gießen in 1977 as part of the research project “Psychological-therapeutic self-help groups” as part of the psychiatry enquete. More soon followed in large cities such as Frankfurt a. M. 1980, Hamburg 1981 and Berlin 1983. From 1984 the NAKOS started its work in Berlin as a nationwide information and contact point.

The federal model program “Information and support centers for self-help groups” from the Federal Ministry for Family and Senior Citizens from 1987 to 1991 significantly promoted the spread of self-help contact points. The scientific evaluation of this program by the Institute for Social Science Analysis and Advice (ISAB) found that the support of self-help contact points resulted in a clear increase in the number of groups and the number of committed citizens. A comparable model project took place in the new federal states under the title “Promotion of social self-help” from 1992 to 1996.

carrier

Supporters of self-help contact points are mostly charities, the municipality or independent associations. Since the sponsoring structure has developed differently from federal state to federal state, AOKn, health authorities and adult education centers can also be found among the sponsors in some federal states.

advancement

The financial support for the self-help contact points often takes the form of mixed financing. In addition to the providers and municipalities, the statutory health insurances are also involved, which according to Section 20h SGB V also explicitly promote self-help contact points in addition to health-related self-help groups and organizations. In 2015, the health insurance funds' funding for the contact points nationwide was 7.5 million euros.

The federal states are also involved in the funding. In 2013, the total volume of the federal states for self-help funding was 17.8 million euros. However, at this point in time only 12 of the federal states were directly supporting self-help contact points as professional support institutions.

Distribution in Germany

There are 300 self-help contact points with 46 branch offices in Germany. This results in an offer from 346 local self-help support institutions nationwide. The number of self-help groups supported by self-help contact points is around 38,000 nationwide, with the number of supported groups per contact point varying between 18 and 842 depending on the catchment area. In the city-states of Berlin and Hamburg there are up to 1,400 groups.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Balke, Klaus: On the importance of self-help groups as civil society social capital . in Kistler, Ernst / Noll, Heinz-Herbert / Priller, Eckhard (eds.) 1999, pp. 251–261, quoted from the German Bundestag: Report of the Enquete Commission: Future of Citizenship Engagement . Printed matter 14/8900, 2002, p. 142
  2. ↑ Cf. NAKOS: Concepts and Practice 1: Supporting Self-Help . NAKOS, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-019065-0 , p. 28
  3. ↑ Cf. Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Selbsthilfegruppen e. V. (DAG SHG): Self-help contact points - recommendations on equipment, areas of responsibility and work tools . DAG SHG, 2nd edition, Giessen 2015, ISBN 978-3-9817040-3-7 , p. 9 ff
  4. ↑ Cf. Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Selbsthilfegruppen eV (DAG SHG): Brief chronology of the origins and development of the professional association for self-help support and self-help promotion in Germany . Brochure from DAG SHG, 2012
  5. ↑ Braun, Joachim / Opielka, Michael: Self-help promotion through self-help contact points. Final report of the accompanying research on the model program “Information and support centers for self-help groups”, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family and Seniors, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 1992, quoted from the German Bundestag: Report of the Enquete Commission: Future of Citizenship Engagement . Printed matter 14/8900, 2002, p. 142
  6. ↑ Cf. Institute for Social Science Analysis and Advice: Model Program: Information and Support Centers for Self-Help in the Old Federal States - Summary information about the model program . isab-institut.de, materials for the project, duration 1987–1991, p. 1
  7. ↑ Cf. NAKOS: Concepts and Practice 1: Supporting Self-Help . NAKOS, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-019065-0 , p. 28
  8. ↑ Cf. Nakos.de: Distribution of self-help support facilities, self-help in Germany
  9. ↑ See NAKOS: Concepts and Practice 1: Supporting Self-Help, NAKOS, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-019065-0 , p. 28
  10. ↑ According to § 20 Primary Prevention and Health Promotion SGB ​​V. Accessed under Book Five of the Social Code - Statutory Health Insurance . Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  11. ↑ Cf. NAKOS: Expenditures in millions of euros for self-help promotion by federal ministries, federal states, statutory health insurances and German federal pension insurance 2005–2015 . In NAKOS studies on self-help at a glance 6, facts and figures 2016, NAKOS 2016, overview 3.4
  12. ↑ See NAKOS: Self-help funding by the federal states in Germany in 2013 . In: NAKOS studies on self-help at a glance 4, NAKOS 2014, ISSN  1865-9004 , p. 10
  13. ↑ Cf. NAKOS: Distribution of self-help support institutions in Germany . in: NAKOS studies on self-help at a glance 6 , facts and figures 2016, NAKOS 2016, chapter 1.1
  14. ↑ See NAKOS: Number of groups supported at self-help contact points . in: NAKOS studies on self-help at a glance 5, facts and figures 2015 . NAKOS 2015, chapter 1.4