Assistance with Upbringing (Hilfe zur Erziehung) - Educational Support Worker (Erziehungsbeistand)/Supervision Assistant (Betreuungshelfer)
Hilfe zur Erziehung - Erziehungsbeistand/Betreuungshelfer
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Erziehungsbeistände (educational support workers) help children and young people to cope with and work through everyday and conflict situations.
An Erziehungsbeistand may be appropriate for the following problem situations:
Severe problems coping with life
Conflicts with parents
Lack of social skills
School refusal, school or training problems
Criminal behaviour
Running away, living on the streets (Trebe)
Drug problems
The aim is to foster the emotional and social skills of the young people as well as their independence. The support builds on the specific problems of those affected and involves their social environment.
A Betreuungshelfer (court-appointed supervision assistant) has essentially the same task as a Beziehungsbeistand (relationship support worker). However, his support is generally ordered by a judge. In juvenile court proceedings, a judge can order that a young person must place themselves under the supervision of the socio-pedagogically trained specialist.
Betreuungshelfer can also work with young people who have not come to attention under criminal law. Unlike the Erziehungsbeistand, they tend to be appointed for older adolescents.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• Note:
Provision of assistance for upbringing/child-rearing (Hilfe zur Erziehung) by the Jugendamt (youth welfare office) for the family, following
a prior application and preparation of an assistance plan (Hilfeplan).
Willingness of the family to cooperate on the goals jointly worked out in the assistance plan
Documents you need
• Will be discussed during the consultation
Forms
• Antrag auf Hilfe zur Erziehung
• Application for Hilfe zur Erziehung (assistance with upbringing)
Fees
none
Legal basis
• Sozialgesetzbuch (Social Code) VIII § 27
• Sozialgesetzbuch (Social Code) VIII § 30
Further information
• BMFSFJ www.bmbfsfj.bund.de/ [Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth]
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Bezirksamt Lichtenberg
- Jugendamt – Regionale Dienste
- Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Dienst Hellersdorf-Nord
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Dienst Hellersdorf-Ost, Mahlsdorf
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Dienst Hellersdorf-Süd, Kaulsdorf
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Dienst Marzahn-Mitte
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Dienst Marzahn-Nord
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Dienst Marzahn-Süd, Biesdorf
- Bezirksamt Mitte
- Bezirksamt Neukölln
- Jugendamt Regionaler Dienst Nord-Ost
- Jugendamt Regionaler Dienst Nord-West
- Jugendamt Regionaler Dienst Süd
- Bezirksamt Pankow
- Bezirksamt Reinickendorf
- Bezirksamt Spandau
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialer Dienst 2 (Klosterstr. 36)
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialer Dienst 3 (Herrmann-Schmidt-Weg)
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialer Dienst 4 (Klosterstr. 36)
- Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialer Dienst Nord
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialer Dienst Südost
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialer Dienst Südwest
- Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialdienst Marienfelde/Lichtenrade (u.a. Hilfen zur Erziehung)
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialdienst Schöneberg Nord / Süd / Friedenau (u.a. Hilfen zur Erziehung)
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialdienst Tempelhof / Mariendorf (u.a. Hilfen zur Erziehung)
- Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick
Original
Service number 328108 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/328108/