Advice and assistance

On-site advice

Our aim is to strengthen parents and educational in their respective roles and to offer them advice on issues relating to the questions relating to the development and upbringing of children. In doing so, it is important to us to respond with appreciation to the the child's two living environments, the parental home and the daycare center.

Our counseling services for parents

If you have questions about your child's upbringing or development child, parents can come to us for advice and support. To this end child can be seen by us in his or her social environment (at home or in the kindergarten group) in order to discuss with the parents and the educational find explanations for the child's behavior with the parents and educational staff and support them accordingly.

Our counseling services for educational professionals

Educational professionals are faced with the challenge of organizing everyday group life while keeping an eye on the development of each individual child. development of each individual child.

Our aim in counseling is to support them in their pedagogical expertise, to make them aware of their strengths and and resources, and to accompany the process of implementation in practice. in practice.

More information

Our counseling and support services are aimed at children, adolescents, parents and caregivers from Wolfsburg, the district of Helmstedt and the district of Gifhorn. The services are free of charge.

All staff members are bound to professional secrecy.

We are there for

• Children
• Adolescents
• parents
• educators, social workers, social pedagogues, teachers, and so on.

Contact

Give us a call and contact us with your questions, wishes and ideas.

Educational counseling
Braunschweiger Street 12
38440 Wolfsburg

Telephone: 05361 28-1161

E-mail: erziehungsberatung@stadt.wolfsburg.de

Without prior registration

In case of crisis, a conversation is possible at short notice.

Without prior appointment

Monday: 16.00 to 18.00 o'clock
Thursday: 11.00 to 12.00 o'clock

Bus connection

Bus stop "Theater
Line 202, 213, 218, 230

The Parents' School at the Wolfsburg City Hospital is part of the Youth Division and a cooperation partner of the Adult Education Center. The staff are your contacts for questions relating to birth preparation and the first year of life with your baby. This includes breastfeeding advice, birth preparation courses, midwife consultations and postnatal courses. Further information on the extensive range of services can be found on the Wolfsburg Clinic website.

Contact:

Phone: 05361 - 80 1055
E-Mail: elternschule@klinikum.wolfsburg.de

Office hours: Monday to Friday, 08.00 - 15.00
Address: Sauerbruchstraße Sauerbruchstraße 7, 38440 Wolfsburg

Breastfeeding telephone: 0160 222 87 23 (daily, 07:00 - 15:00)

Contact persons

The Parents' School team

Katja Kolbig (pediatric nurse, Delfi course and practice instructor)

• Breastfeeding and lactation consultant IBCLC

Midwives at the Parents' School

The midwives provide outpatient midwifery care in the clinic, which includes preventive and follow-up care during pregnancy as well as pregnancy counseling.
The service is aimed at all women/families who are not yet accompanied by a midwife.
Anyone interested can contact the Parents' School to make an appointment.

Esther-Maike Herterich (midwife)

Sylvia Meier (midwife)

• Acupuncture, grief counseling

Please understand that notarization is only possible by prior appointment.

Note: Certifications are also possible at any other youth welfare office, a notary or at the registry office (only paternity, maternity acknowledgement and declarations of consent).

What documents can be included?

• Acknowledgement of paternity
• Consent to acknowledge paternity
• Acknowledgement of maternity
• Joint declaration of custody (if the parents are not married to each other)

The above mentioned documents can be recorded even before the child is born.

In the event that the mother is still married and the husband is not the father, the acknowledgment of paternity can be made if the divorce petition is already pending and the husband is willing to have the declaration of consent to the acknowledgment of paternity of a third party notarized.

• Recognition of obligation to pay maintenance for minor children and adults until they reach the age of 21.
• Recognition of obligation to pay childcare maintenance in accordance with section 1615 l of the German Civil Code (BGB)
• Further possible certifications are regulated in paragraph 59 SGB VIII.

For all certifications, an interpreter must be consulted if the German language skills are insufficient.

What documents are needed for the notarization?

• Identity card or passport
• Acknowledgement of paternity (in case of joint declaration of custody)
• Letter from the youth welfare office/lawyer in which the amount of maintenance has been determined (in the case of maintenance obligation certificates)

All certifications are free of charge at the Youth Division.

Negative certificate (confirmation of the mother's sole custody)

The Youth Welfare Office at the mother's place of residence is responsible for issuing the negative certificate.

The prerequisite is,

• the parents have never been married to each other
• no joint declaration of custody has been certified
• there is no custody order

The negative certificate can be requested by telephone or in person.

Who is entitled to maintenance payments under the Advance Maintenance Payments Act (Unterhaltsvorschussgesetz - UVG)?

• has not yet reached the age of 18, whereby additional requirements must be met from the age of 12,
• has a place of residence or habitual abode in Germany,
• lives here with a single parent and
• does not or only partially or not regularly receive maintenance from the other parent in the amount of the relevant standard amount according to the standard amount ordinance.

For an entitlement from the age of 12, one of the following two conditions (simplified here) must be met:

1. the child does not receive any benefits under the Second Book of the German Social Code or the advance maintenance payment can avoid the child's need for assistance or
2. the single parent has an income of at least 600 euros, with the exception of child benefit.

How much is the maintenance advance?

For children aged 0 - 5: 150.00 euros per month.

For children from 6 - 11 years: 202.00 euros per month.

For children aged 12 - 17: 272.00 euros per month.

When is the entitlement excluded?

Entitlement to advance maintenance payments is excluded if

• the applicant parent refuses to provide information about the parent liable to pay,
• the applicant parent refuses to cooperate in establishing paternity or the whereabouts of the other parent,
• the other parent has paid maintenance at least in the amount of the maintenance advance payment.

Does the other parent now not have to pay maintenance?

The other parent (who is obliged to pay maintenance) should not be relieved if the state pays the child maintenance advance. Therefore, any maintenance claims of the child against the other parent are transferred to the state in the amount of the maintenance advance.

What do you have to do to receive maintenance advance?

You must apply in writing for benefits under the Maintenance Advance Act (UVG). The application must be submitted to the responsible maintenance advance office - usually the responsible youth welfare office. The youth welfare office in whose district the child lives is responsible.

The application form is available from us in printed form. Please bring the child's birth certificate and your identity card with you when applying. If you have recently separated from the father / mother and now live in separate apartments, please also bring your confirmation of re-registration with you. Alternatively, you can download the form.

If your child has already reached the age of 12, you will also need to provide some additional information. You can find the form here. From the age of 15, please also submit a school certificate together with the application.

If a lawyer is already involved in your case, please bring along the correspondence you have exchanged to date.

If you already have a maintenance order, please also bring this with you.

Further information on child custody law can be found in the brochure of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection.

Early support services are all counseling, support and assistance services that are available to families from the beginning of pregnancy until the child reaches the age of 3 (0 - 3 years) and serve to improve the developmental opportunities of children.

Early support includes health promotion services such as midwifery services, pediatrician examinations, courses for babies or breastfeeding groups, baby visiting services, as well as care and support services for children and parents.

Early support also includes services for families in small and large problem situations, such as visiting and making use of counseling centers, family support, support and development centers or the general social services of the city of Wolfsburg.