St. Josef Foundation
| St. Josef Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Legal form: | Foundation, endowment |
| Purpose: | Training, support and care for people with intellectual disabilities |
| Chair: | Thomas Bopp (Foundation Director) Peter Thurnherr (President of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Foundation Commission) |
| Consist: | since December 10, 1889/1948 |
| Balance sheet total: | 21,914,349.32 CHF (2009) |
| Number of employees: | 374 |
| Seat: | Bremgarten AG , Switzerland |
| Website: | www.josef-stiftung.ch |
The St. Josef Foundation is a Swiss foundation under private law within the meaning of Art. 80 ff. ZGB with its seat in Bremgarten AG . It is dedicated to the training, care and care of people with intellectual disabilities .
Based on its Catholic tradition, the foundation is committed to a Christian image of man and is committed to the disabled and their lives with respect, dignity and integrity. At the same time, she strives to open up the institution to a large extent in order to contribute to mutual understanding and to counteract any isolation of disabled people. This also means that the foundation accommodates third-party providers on its own site (school in the city of Bremgarten, school psychology service , cantonal vocational school for health and social affairs).
Around 180 people with intellectual disabilities receive permanent and comprehensive care.
The foundation also runs its own restaurant and organizes events in the fields of education, art and culture.
With over 370 employees, it is an important employer and client in the region and is also intensively involved in the training and further education of its employees.
Foundation purpose
“The St. Josef Foundation, Bremgarten, is in the service of disabled people and those at risk of disability. Its purpose is the education, upbringing and care of mentally handicapped children, young people and adults. She runs a dormitory, a special education school, a special education service / early education and outpatient clinics for psychomotor therapy. "
Fields of activity and offers
Special offers
- Special education school : Training and promotion of internal and external children, adolescents and young adults from 4 to 20 years - both school and practical educators as well as adaptable and severely disabled - according to their possibilities in a protected setting. In addition, pedagogical-therapeutic and medical-therapeutic measures (including occupational therapy , physiotherapy , special educational / psychological individual support, speech therapy , special gymnastics)
- Housing and employment:
- Family-like living groups for children and adults from the age of 4 up to the offer of a lifelong opportunity to stay. Outside of school, therapy, employment or working hours, the residential groups offer relaxation, care, care and support. Leisure activities up to holiday camps or the joint performance of a musical round off the offer of the residential groups.
- Employment facility for people with intellectual disabilities who are unable to meet the requirements of a sheltered workshop in order to offer them a meaningful day-to-day life. Simple handicrafts made there are also offered for sale.
- Psychomotor therapy : Clarification, counseling and therapy for children and adolescents from primary and special schools with abnormalities in their movement experience and movement behavior, carried out in outpatient clinics in Berikon , Bremgarten , Muri and Wohlen . In therapy, through the targeted use of material and creative media or through stimulating movement landscapes, the children's movement needs are addressed and the ability to act is expanded. In movement and symbol games, the child can express and process experiences, feelings and conflicts. Through targeted exercises, movement sequences and methodical skills are built up and promoted. Over 100 children are currently taking advantage of the relevant offers.
- Remedial early childhood education service for the Bremgarten and Muri districts : diagnostics and support for children with developmental problems or those at risk of development, as well as advice, accompaniment and support for the family from the time the child is born until the child is transferred to a school or institution. As a rule, early childhood education takes place at home in the child's familiar surroundings, sometimes also in the rooms of the curative education service (individually or in groups). More than 100 children are currently also taking advantage of this offer.
- Physiotherapy and occupational therapy for children and adolescents with various clinical pictures and disabilities ( cerebral palsy , POS , metabolic and muscle diseases , perception disorders , various syndromes, etc.) and after accidents .
- Medical service: offer to accompany carers, employees and parents. Trained nurses advise, supported by specialists, caregivers, parents or therapists on health issues, medical therapies and treatment in the event of illness, carry out medically prescribed therapies and impart new care techniques. The medical service provides first aid in emergencies within the foundation area.
Playgrounds, playground and zoo
- The foundation provides a wide range of games for children of all ages - from the children's swing to the football field.
- The "Tipajo" zoo, embedded in the park-like grounds of the foundation area, houses a large number of different, mostly trusting animals, with the foundation's residents being involved in caring for the animals whenever possible.
gastronomy
- Own restaurant and meeting place also open to the general public ("JoJo")
- Party and event service for the entire region, 365 days a year
Culture
- Maintaining one's own cultural assets (former Capuchin monastery , Capuchin church, etc.) in close cooperation with the preservation of monuments
- Celebrate the church and secular festivals in the annual cycle together with the carers, their relatives, the foundation members and the wider public
- Discussions
- Themed evenings
- Symposia
- Readings
- Lectures
- Exhibitions
- Church services
- Concerts
- Carnival ball
- Theatrical performances
- Etc.
Internal services
- Medical service: medical care for the disabled as part of holistic health care
- Economy: Supply of the foundation. Main tasks: cleaning, laundry, maintenance and value retention of movables and real estate, personal and property protection
- Administration: bookkeeping / accounting, personnel service, IT, secretariat and reception
- Company day care center
Pastoral care and religious instruction
- Ingenbohler Sisters : Today a small community still lives in the staff house.
- Kapuziner : A Pallottine priest currently lives on the foundation's premises.
Education, training and further education
As one of the largest employers in the region, the foundation is intensively involved in the training and further education of employees. Between 30 and 40 apprenticeship places are always available. The following training courses are offered, some in the form of an internship:
- Social pedagogue
- Specialist care, specializing in disabled care
- Curative pedagogue
- Specialist care, specializing in childcare
- Remedial teacher, early childhood educator
- Psychomotor therapist
- Businesswoman / businessman
- cook
- Specialist in operational maintenance EFZ / EBA
- Specialist in housekeeping EFZ / EBA
- Pra Housekeeping Insos
- Gardener EBA
History (overview)
The foundation was established on December 10, 1889 in the former Bremgartner Capuchin monastery, which had stood empty for almost 50 years after the abolition of all monasteries in the canton of Aargau in 1841, after restoration and renovation with a children's home for the mentally handicapped ("Anstalt St. Joseph") officially opened. Women religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross Ingenbohl were won over to lead the tour. An aid association was founded to provide continuous support and, in particular, to regulate all legal, organizational and financial questions. In 1944 the foundation was moved to “St. Josefsheim Bremgarten ”was renamed.
In 1948 the actual foundation was established under the name “St. Josefsheim Bremgarten ”, and the aid association was replaced by a foundation council as the sponsor.
In 1955 the school and gymnasium were inaugurated and an underpass for the Bremgarten-Dietikon railway was built.
When the Swiss Disability Insurance came into force in 1960, the upbringing and education of mentally handicapped children was recognized as a public task, so that the foundation was able to significantly expand its range of funding. At the beginning of the seventies, the independent areas of psychomotor therapy and curative education service early education were launched. In 1974 the home nursery school opened, later the technical school for socio-educational professions .
In 1975 the central building was occupied.
In 1983, the first residential groups were opened for adults who were able to get used to and severely disabled. In 1987 the management of the Ingenbohl Institute was handed over to the Board of Trustees. The Capuchins moved in in 1988 after the old gardener's house had been renovated and converted into a Capuchin house.
In 1991/1992 the synagogue of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinschaft Bremgarten was built on the site (installation of a prayer room, not a separate building).
In 1994 the zoo was built and opened. In 2002 the new residential building "Haus am Rank" was opened, in 2003 the public restaurant "JoJo" was finally opened, in 2005 the parking lot extension with the construction of an underground car park, redesign of the area and the construction of the special education school.
literature
- Annual report 09/10 St. Josef Foundation 5620 Bremgarten, issue 108, Bremgarten AG, November 2010
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry of the «St. Josef Foundation »in the commercial register of the Canton of Aargau
- ↑ http://www.josef-stiftung.ch/stiftung/index.cfm