Social work Saar-Mosel

What Social work Saar-Mosel does

Sozialwerk Saar-Mosel (SWSM Sozialwerk Saar-Mosel gemeinnützige GmbH) is a German non-profit social welfare provider headquartered in Merzig-Besseringen, Saarland, operating across two federal states — Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate. The organization delivers statutory child, youth, and family welfare services under Germany's SGB VIII (Child and Youth Welfare Act), organized into six service lines: outpatient child and youth welfare (Ambulante Kinder- und Jugendhilfe), residential child and youth welfare (Stationäre Kinder- und Jugendhilfe) including supervised independent living groups and professional foster care, school social work (Soziale Arbeit an Schulen), school childcare (Betreuung an Schulen via Freiwillige Ganztagsschulen), daycare facilities (Kindertagesstätten) spanning Kinderkrippe through Hort, including a forest kindergarten (Waldkindergarten 'Die Waldzwerge'), and migration counseling for adult immigrants (MBE), with a digital supplement via the mbeon chat app.

Service delivery is anchored in a physical network of more than 15 named facility locations including residential youth homes in Reimsbach, Saarburg, Müllenborn, Brockscheid, and Kleinblittersdorf; family and social space centers in Beckingen, Saarburg, and Konz; a Kinderkrippe in Merzig; and school social work programs embedded in named primary, secondary, and vocational schools across Landkreise Merzig-Wadern, Saarlouis, and Trier-Saarburg. In 2025 the organization consolidated into a newly built, energy-efficient administrative and residential building in Besseringen developed with Architekturbüro Bochem.Schmidt, and adopted a new visual identity.

The business model is contract-based: revenue is generated primarily through fee-for-service agreements with public Jugendämter, school authorities, and municipalities under statutory entitlements, supplemented by charitable donations processed via Bank für Sozialwirtschaft AG. End beneficiaries (children, families, migrants) do not pay directly. Technology infrastructure is minimal — no proprietary platform, website hosted by FASTJACK IT under GDPR — and the only digital product layer is the third-party mbeon migration counseling app. The organization's stated headcount range is 1–10, though a broader roster of named staff across management, Bereichsleitungen, accounting, HR, and administration suggests a larger operational workforce supporting pedagogical delivery.

Name

Social work Saar-Mosel

Legal name

SWSM Sozialwerk Saar-Mosel gemeinnützige GmbH

Website

https://swsm-merzig.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sozialwerk Saar-Mosel is a German gemeinnützige GmbH delivering statutory child, youth, family, and migrant welfare services — including residential care, school social work, daycare, and migration counseling — across Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, funded by public-sector contracts and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAE

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

Keywords

• Child welfare services
• Youth welfare services
• School social work
• Daycare services
• Migration counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Besseringen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public sector contracts and government funding: Sozialwerk Saar-Mosel operates as a non-profit charitable organization (gemeinnützige GmbH) funded primarily through contracts with public youth welfare offices (Jugendämter), school authorities, and municipal governments in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate. Revenue is generated via contractual agreements for the provision of social services including residential youth care, school social work, daycare facilities, and migration counseling. This constitutes the core operating funding model.
2. Donations: The organization accepts charitable donations from the public, processed via the Bank für Sozialwirtschaft AG (BFS) donation platform. Donations are used to support the organization's charitable mission of supporting children, youth, adults, and families.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sozialwerk Saar-Mosel is a non-profit social welfare organization providing child, youth, and family welfare services in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate. Its core offerings include outpatient child and youth welfare (family centers, social space centers), residential child and youth welfare (residential groups, supervised living, professional foster care, independence living groups), school social work, voluntary all-day school care (FGTS), daycare facilities (nurseries, kindergartens, forest kindergarten), and migration counseling for adult immigrants including a digital mbeon chat-based counseling service.

Product overview

Sozialwerk Saar-Mosel is a non-profit social welfare organization (gemeinnützige GmbH) operating as a multi-service provider in the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate regions. The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio of interconnected social services organized into six main areas: (1) Outpatient Child and Youth Welfare (Ambulante Kinder- und Jugendhilfe) through family centers and social space centers; (2) Residential Child and Youth Welfare (Stationäre Kinder- und Jugendhilfe) including youth welfare groups, supervised living, and professional foster care; (3) Social Work at Schools; (4) School Care through voluntary all-day schools; (5) Daycare Centers (Kindertagesstätten) spanning infant care, kindergarten, and after-school care; and (6) Migration Counseling with both traditional in-person services and the digital mbeon app. The services are delivered through numerous locations across multiple districts, with the organization also operating a new combined administrative and residential building in Besseringen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• mbeon – Migrationsberatung online: Digital counseling app and online migration advisory service offering chat-based consultation, anonymous and data-secure, as part of the migration counseling for adult immigrants (MBE) program.

Products and services

• Ambulante Kinder- und Jugendhilfe (Outpatient Child and Youth Welfare) Outpatient child and youth welfare service providing individual counseling and socio-pedagogical support for children, adolescents, and families through family centers and social space centers across Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Stationäre Kinder- und Jugendhilfe (Residential Child and Youth Welfare) Residential child and youth welfare service offering socio-pedagogical living arrangements including youth welfare groups, supervised living, and professional foster care for children and adolescents in need of out-of-home care.
• Soziale Arbeit an Schulen (School Social Work) School social work service integrating social work methods and principles into the school system, provided at multiple schools across various districts in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Betreuung an Schulen (School Care / Freiwillige Ganztagsschule) School care service enabling parents to reconcile family and work through voluntary all-day school programs (Freiwillige Ganztagsschulen) offered at multiple partner school locations.
• Kindertagesstätten (Daycare Facilities) Daycare facility service spanning infant care (Kinderkrippe), kindergarten, and after-school care (Hort), including the specialized forest kindergarten "Die Waldzwerge."
• Migrationsberatung für erwachsene Zuwanderer (MBE) Migration counseling service for adult immigrants providing integration support, language development assistance, and social-pedagogical care during integration courses under the federal MBE program.
• mbeon – Migrationsberatung online Digital migration counseling service providing chat-based consultation via mobile app, free, anonymous, and data-secure; supplements traditional in-person MBE counseling for adult immigrants.
• Verselbständigungsgruppe (Independence Living Group) Residential program for adolescents (from age 16) who have the maturity for temporary independent responsibility, providing a comprehensive social learning environment for supervised independent living.
• Waldkindergarten Die Waldzwerge (Forest Kindergarten) Forest kindergarten operating year-round outdoors in an enclosed forest area, using a circus wagon and pavilion as group rooms and incorporating nature-based pedagogy and education for sustainable development.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bank für Sozialwirtschaft AG (BFS)coreTechnology or IntegrationBFS provides and hosts the online donation form on SWSM's website, enabling secure, encrypted (SSL) charitable donations. The form processes donor information including name, address, IBAN, and donation amount, and is integrated via BFS's technical infrastructure. SWSM uses BFS's platform to receive and process public donations.
• FASTJACK ITcoreTechnology or IntegrationFASTJACK IT (Benjamin Mey, Im Römerfeld 2, 66780 Rehlingen-Siersburg) serves as the external hosting provider for the SWSM website. A data processing agreement (Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag) under GDPR Art. 28 has been concluded with FASTJACK IT to ensure compliant handling of personal data processed through the website.
• Architekturbüro Bochem.SchmidtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitekturbüro Bochem.Schmidt collaborated with SWSM to develop the spatial concept (Raumkonzept) for the organization's new building in Besseringen, which houses both the Verselbständigungsgruppe residential unit and administrative offices. The building was designed as an energetically modern structure, meeting SWSM's requirements as a modern youth welfare provider.
• Förderverein 'Waldpädagogik e.V.'minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Waldkindergarten 'Die Waldzwerge' cooperates with Förderverein 'Waldpädagogik e.V.' to support its nature-based pedagogical concept. The partnership provides additional institutional support for outdoor and nature education activities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Diakonie Deutschland: The Protestant welfare umbrella organization coordinating member bodies (e.g., Diakonie Saar, Diakonie Pfalz) that deliver residential youth care, school social work, migration counseling, and family services. Directly comparable service mix to SWSM within the same geographic states.
• Caritas Deutschland: The largest Catholic welfare organization in Germany and a Spitzenverband der freien Wohlfahrtspflege, operating nationwide child/youth welfare, migration counseling, daycare, and family services. Highly comparable as a multi-service nonprofit social welfare provider, though at vastly greater scale than SWSM.
• Malteser Deutschland: Catholic charitable organization providing youth welfare, family services, and migration integration support across Germany, with regional presence in the Rhineland-Palatinate area directly adjacent to SWSM's catchment.
• AWO (Arbeiterwohlfahrt): National non-profit welfare confederation providing youth welfare, daycare, school social work, and migration integration services. Operates regional AWO Saarland and AWO Rheinland-Pfalz affiliates that compete with SWSM for the same municipal contracts.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK): Major welfare organization offering child/youth welfare, daycare, migration counseling, and family support services across Germany, including regional branches in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate that overlap with SWSM's service portfolio.
• Der Paritätische Gesamtverband: Umbrella organization for independent non-profit welfare providers in Germany; many member organizations operate child/youth welfare, migration counseling, and family services directly competing with SWSM at municipal contract level.
• Internationaler Bund (IB): Large non-profit providing youth welfare, vocational training, migration integration, and daycare services across Germany, with regional operations in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate that directly compete for the same public contracts as SWSM.

Direct peers

• SOS-Kinderdorf: Specialized provider of residential youth care and family support services in Germany, including SOS-Kinderdorf facilities in Saarland. Directly comparable in the residential Kinder- und Jugendhilfe segment and Verselbständigung services.
• Lebenshilfe: Specialized provider of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including residential and family-based care. Comparable in operating model (gemeinnützige GmbH, statutory SGB funding) and partially overlapping in family/youth support services.
• Kinderschutzbund (Deutscher Kinderschutzbund): National association focused on child protection and family support, with local chapters in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate offering family counseling and child welfare services that overlap with SWSM's outpatient Jugendhilfe offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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