Social Unitas

What Social Unitas does

Social Unitas GmbH is a privately held, Hamburg-based freier Träger (independent provider) of child and youth welfare services operating in the Hamburg metropolitan area and Schleswig-Holstein federal state. Founded in 2014 and registered as a limited liability company under German law, the firm delivers a portfolio of state-funded services under the German Social Code (SGB VIII), including Ambulante Hilfen (§30), Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe (§31), Teilstationäre Hilfen (§35), Begleiteter Umgang (§18 Abs. 3), Schulbegleitung (school accompaniment for students with social and learning behavioral difficulties), and a stationary residential group home at Hof Pommerbyholz in Holzdorf, Schleswig-Holstein with 10 beds plus semi-independent placements. A distinctive differentiator is the multilingual staff team covering 13 languages with personal migration experience, enabling service delivery to families with migration backgrounds—a major segment of the Hamburg catchment area. The organization is led by Managing Director Emir Hrnjic and operates from its Tangstedter Landstraße headquarters with a secondary stationary facility site in Holzdorf.

The company's business model is anchored in commissioned government work rather than commercial client billing. Youth welfare offices (Jugendämter) and related bodies (ReBBZ, schools) identify service needs, contract Social Unitas as an approved provider, and fund delivery through the SGB VIII reimbursement framework. Revenue is therefore determined by capacity (staff hours and residential bed-days) reimbursed at state-regulated rates rather than by market-set pricing. Pricing is not commercially disclosed and there is no evidence of private-pay or out-of-pocket revenue. The reported headcount band is 101–250 employees, though the company's own homepage displays an apparent placeholder ('0+ Engagierte Mitarbeiter'). No external equity, venture, or private-equity investment is disclosed; the company appears to be internally financed.

Beyond its core German operations, Social Unitas has participated in three EU-funded international cooperation projects—an Erasmus+ project on ex-prisoner family reintegration (2023–2024), a Polish PO WER project on accessibility of public services for citizens with special needs (2019–2022), and an ESF project transferring career profiling instruments for NEET youth to Poland (2018). These projects contribute methodology development and reputational standing but are not material to the firm's domestic revenue base. Marketing is limited to organic website content, Facebook, and Instagram; sales channels are direct commissioning relationships with public-sector authorities.

Name

Social Unitas

Legal name

Social Unitas GmbH

Website

https://socialunitas.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Social Unitas is a privately held Hamburg-based freier Träger delivering SGB VIII-funded child and youth welfare services—including ambulatory help, family support, and a 10-bed residential facility—for Jugendämter, schools, and families in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAC

Family & Parenting Support Services

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

SECONDARYBPAGADAO

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Education & Youth Development Nonprofits

SECONDARYEDAJAIAJ

Specialized Student Support (Foster/Homeless/Migrant/McKinney-Vento)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Student Health, Safety & Wellbeing Services (Counseling, Mental Health, SEL, Safeguarding)

SECONDARYEDAJAIAK

Family & Community Support Services (Case Management, Referrals)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Student Health, Safety & Wellbeing Services (Counseling, Mental Health, SEL, Safeguarding)

Keywords

• Youth welfare services
• Socio-pedagogical family support
• Outpatient youth assistance
• Residential child care
• School accompaniment

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Youth Welfare Services (SGB VIII Funding): Social Unitas generates revenue through government-funded social services under the German Social Code (SGB VIII). Services are funded when the youth welfare office (Jugendamt) identifies and approves a need for assistance, establishing a formal care relationship with the organization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Social Unitas is an independent social services provider (freier Träger) that delivers child and youth welfare services in the Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein region under the German Social Code (SGB VIII). Its portfolio covers outpatient assistance (§30), socio-pedagogical family help (§31), semi-residential support (§35), supervised contact visits (§18 Abs. 3), school accompaniment, and a residential group home (Hof Pommerbyholz) with animal-assisted therapy. Services are commissioned and funded by local Jugendämter after needs assessment.

Product overview

Social Unitas is a social services organization operating as a free provider of child and youth welfare services in the Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany. The company offers a portfolio of interconnected services including outpatient assistance (§30 SGB VIII), sociopedagogological family assistance (§31 SGB VIII), semi-residential support (§35 SGB VIII), school accompaniment, and a residential facility (Hof Pommerbyholz). Services are designed to support children, adolescents, young adults, and families through individualized care plans, with particular focus on families with migration backgrounds. The organization operates international cooperation projects funded by European programs including Erasmus+ and ESF.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ambulante Hilfen nach § 30 SGB VIII Outpatient assistance for children, adolescents, and young adults experiencing relationship problems between parents and children, school difficulties, or developmentally hindering social circumstances, delivered in coordination with the responsible Jugendamt.
• Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe nach § 31 SGB VIII Socio-pedagogical family assistance for families, single parents, large families, and foster families in crisis, providing support with parenting competence, daily life problems, and contact with authorities.
• Hilfen zur Erziehung für Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund Support services for children, adolescents, and families with migration backgrounds, delivered by staff with intercultural competencies and personal migration experience.
• Teilstationäre Hilfen nach § 35 SGB VIII Semi-residential assistance for adolescents aged 16 and above who can manage daily life relatively independently but require support, including those transitioning from residential facilities or facing crises such as homelessness.
• Schulbegleitung School accompaniment providing individualized support for students with social and learning behavioral problems, facilitating participation in regular classes and social school life through individual support plans.
• Hof Pommerbyholz Stationäre Einrichtung Residential group home in rural Holzdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, offering 10 places for children and adolescents aged 8-18, with additional semi-independent living places and animal-assisted therapy options.
• Begleiteter Umgang § 18 Abs. 3 SGB VIII Supervised contact services for maintaining relationships between children and parents during family separation or crisis situations.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fundacja Tulipan Szczecin/StettincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023Lead partner in Erasmus+ project 'Gemeinsam können wir mehr!' (Together we can do more!), focused on developing a model program for working with former prisoners and their families. Project number 2022-2-PL01-KA210-ASD000098479, running February 2023 to February 2024.
• ZAFOSminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023Additional Polish project partner in the Erasmus+ initiative focused on ex-prisoner reintegration support.
• Fundacja Partycypacji SpolecznejcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2019Lead partner in the 'Mobile Official' project (POWR-04.03.00-00-0134/18) focused on improving accessibility of public services for citizens with special needs. Funded by the Polish Ministry of Economic and Social Affairs through the PO WER Operational Program. Social Unitas contributed best practices for working with children and youth with special support needs. Project ran November 2019 to March 2022.
• Stiftung Talent Promocja Postep (Stettin, Poland)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Lead partner in project 'Die Kraft der Kompetenzen' (The Power of Competencies), project number MWSO-1-2018-02. Transferred career profiling and coaching instruments to Poland for youth under 25 not in employment, education, or training (NEETs).
• PIB-Privat-Institut für Europäische Bildung und Consulting UGminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018International partner in the 'Kraft der Kompetenzen' project, working on transferring career profiling methods from Germany to Poland for NEET youth support.
• Kreise und Jugendämter (Youth Welfare Offices) Hamburg and Schleswig-HolsteincoreOthersOngoing operational partnerships with youth welfare offices and ReBBZ (Regionaler Bildungs- und Beratungszentren) in the Hamburg metropolitan area and Schleswig-Holstein for commissioning youth welfare services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Deutscher Caritasverband: Caritas is Germany's largest Catholic welfare organization, providing youth welfare, family support, and counseling services through local member organizations. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same public commissioning in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein where Social Unitas operates.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Diakonie Deutschland is the social welfare umbrella organization of the Protestant churches in Germany, operating thousands of youth welfare, family, and care services. It is a broad incumbent because Social Unitas competes for the same Jugendamt commissioning with local Diakonie affiliates, although Diakonie operates at vastly larger scale across many sectors.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO): AWO Bundesverband is a major German welfare association operating youth welfare, family, and community services nationwide. Comparable to Social Unitas as a competing freie Träger in the same Jugendamt commissioning market, though at significantly larger national scale.

Direct peers

• SOS-Kinderdörfer: SOS-Kinderdörfer is Germany's largest non-governmental organization operating residential group homes and ambulatory youth welfare services for children and adolescents. It is directly comparable to Social Unitas because both offer residential care, ambulatory Hilfe zur Erziehung, and family support under SGB VIII, although SOS operates at national scale.
• Deutscher Kinderschutzbund: Deutscher Kinderschutzbund is the national child welfare association focused on protection, counseling, and family support for at-risk children. Comparable to Social Unitas because both provide counseling, family support, and referrals commissioned by Jugendämter, although Kinderschutzbund is association-based and broader in advocacy.
• Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH: Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur is a Berlin-based non-profit operating youth welfare, family support, and social-pedagogical services. It is comparable because it provides ambulatory and residential youth services under SGB VIII in a single metropolitan region, structurally paralleling Social Unitas's Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein model.
• Stiftung Tragwerk: Stiftung Tragwerk is a Berlin-based freie Träger operating residential youth care, ambulatory family help, and educational support. Comparable to Social Unitas because it runs a similar SGB VIII service portfolio (residential group homes, ambulatory Hilfen, school accompaniment) as a mid-sized independent provider, although regionally focused on Berlin/Brandenburg.
• Internationaler Bund (IB): Internationaler Bund is one of Germany's largest freie Träger of youth, education, and social welfare services. It is a direct peer because it offers ambulatory family help, residential youth care, school accompaniment, and migration-related support across many regions, mirroring Social Unitas's full SGB VIII portfolio.

Others

• Phorms Education: Phorms Education operates bilingual K-12 schools and school-accompaniment adjacent programs across Germany. It is an adjacent comparator for Social Unitas's Schulbegleitung service line, illustrating the overlap between education-led and social-services-led school support offerings.

Regional players

• BAFF e.V. BAFF e.V. is a Hamburg-based freie Träger offering family and youth welfare services in the same metropolitan region as Social Unitas. It is a regional peer competing for the same Jugendamt-commissioned cases across ambulatory and family support categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookde-de.facebook.com/socialunitas
• Instagraminstagram.com/social_unitas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/social-unitas-gmbh

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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