Coordination in the Ludwigsburg district
What is early help? (explanatory film) "Early help" aims to improve the development opportunities of children and parents early and sustainably. In addition to providing practical everyday support, "early help" also helps to promote parents' relationship and parenting skills. This makes "early help" an important part of child protection and safeguarding the rights of children and families.
Early help is a network of multi-professional cooperation partners from the fields of pregnancy counseling, healthcare, interdisciplinary early intervention, child and youth welfare and other social services. In addition to the professionals, volunteers play an important role in "early help". They offer practical support in everyday life and help families to expand their own social network.
The "Early Help" measures are based within a broad legal framework. In addition to specific federal and state laws, this includes fundamental agreements from the 2005 and 2009 coalition agreements, resolutions from various ministerial conferences and other legal foundations.
The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth supports and promotes the development and establishment of the "Early Help" networks and the deployment of family midwives, including the involvement of voluntary structures through the Federal Foundation for Early Help (§ 3 Para. 4, S. 2 BKiSchG).
In 2012, the district of Ludwigsburg, along with 17 other districts in Baden-Württemberg, received the "Certificate for Quality Development in the Early Help and Child Protection Network" from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
In addition to clearing tasks, coordination tasks and the placement of family midwives, the Early Help Center in the district of Ludwigsburg also provides preventative developmental advice, taking particular account of developmental psychology and attachment theory. It offers advice, support and family assistance both at the specialist center and at home. As part of the "wellcome" project, the diaconal district office in Ludwigsburg can arrange practical help from dedicated volunteers if required. The Ludwigsburg District Office uses the funds from the Federal Foundation for Early Help to further develop binding networks in the area of "Early Help" in order to establish a service structure in the district from which children and families can benefit.
