Jugend- und Sozialwerk Gotteshütte e.V.

Name

Jugend- und Sozialwerk Gotteshütte e.V.

Legal name

Jugend- und Sozialwerk Gotteshütte e.V.

Website

https://gotteshuette.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth and Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (624110), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGADAO

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

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

SECONDARYBPAGAEAE

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services

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

SECONDARYBPAGAEAC

Family & Parenting Support Services

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

SECONDARYBPAIANAC

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Housing, Urban Planning & Community Development

SECONDARYHLADABAE

Affordable / Low-Income Assisted Living (Medicaid Waiver Focused)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities

SECONDARYEDAKANAK

Housing Transition & Supported Living Navigation

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Transition Services (Post-Secondary, Employment & Independent Living)

Keywords

• Youth welfare services
• Residential care facilities
• Child and family support
• Disability assisted living
• Asylum seeker housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Hückeswagen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Youth Welfare Funding: Government-funded services through municipal youth welfare offices (Kreisjugendamt). Services are financed through Entgeld payments from municipalities for child and youth welfare placements, teilstationary care, and ambulatory services.
2. Donations: Donations from private individuals and supporters to supplement publicly funded services. The organization relies on donations to fund tasks not covered by municipal payments.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Jugend- und Sozialwerk Gotteshütte e.V. operates a comprehensive portfolio of youth welfare and social services across the Bergisches Land region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Core offerings include emergency crisis placement (Inobhutnahme), residential youth living groups, children's homes, family groups (Familiengruppen), pedagogical foster placements (Erziehungsstellen), partial-inpatient day and five-day groups, intensive therapeutic groups, housing for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, assisted living and outreach services for people with disabilities, independent living preparation (IBW), outpatient assistance, school-based care (OGS/Schulstation), and mother/father-child housing. Services are delivered through a network of physical facilities operated by the organization under a Christian-Diakonie mission framework.

Product overview

Jugend- und Sozialwerk Gotteshütte e.V. is a non-profit youth and social welfare organization founded in 1954, offering a comprehensive portfolio of residential, semi-residential, and outpatient care services. The organization provides a unified platform of interconnected social services organized by target group and care intensity: Inobhutnahme (crisis intervention) through Break; youth living arrangements including Sprungbrett, Hück.WG, Jump, and Kidshome; children's homes such as Kinderheimat Oesterau and intensive groups (Kompass, Nordlicht); partial inpatient care via 5-Tage-Gruppen and Heilpädagogische Tagesgruppe; housing for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (Come In, Wave); disability services including Next Level outreach work and BeWo (Gipfelstürmer, Festland); independent living preparation programs (Settle In, Next Level IBW); outpatient assistance (Coach For Safety, Lösungswege); school support through OGS/Verlässliche and Schulstation; mother/father/child housing through Knotenpunkt; family-based care via Erziehungsstellen and Familiengruppen; and the JuMeGa project. Services operate across multiple locations in Hückeswagen, Wipperfürth, Remscheid-Lennep, Plettenberg, and Kürten in the Bergisches Land region.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Brands

• JuMeGa: JuMeGa (Junge Menschen Ganztag) - An offering for open all-day care services for children and youth.

Products and services

• Inobhutnahme Break Emergency crisis-intervention (Inobhutnahme) and immediate temporary care for children and adolescents aged 12 and above in acute need of protective care, operated under German youth welfare law (SGB VIII).
• Sprungbrett Residential youth living group in Wipperfürth for adolescents aged 12 and above, providing structured residential care and pedagogical support.
• Hück.WG Youth shared-living arrangement (WG) in Hückeswagen, supporting daily living skills and gradual independence for adolescents.
• Jump Youth living group in Wipperfürth for adolescents aged 16 and above focused on preparation for independent living and emancipation (Verselbständigung).
• Kidshome Girls-only residential group in Wipperfürth for young people aged 12 and above, providing gender-specific residential care.
• Kinderheimat Oesterau Long-term children's home in Plettenberg providing residential care for children in need of stable long-term placement.
• Familiengruppen (FamLG / SpLG) Family-style residential groups (familiale Lebensgemeinschaft / sozialpädagogische Lebensgemeinschaft) providing medium- to long-term home environments for children, with focus on family-system integration and stable care relationships.
• Intensivgruppe Kompass Adventure-pedagogy based intensive residential group for children aged 6 and above in Wipperfürth, using outdoor and experiential learning approaches.
• Intensivgruppe Nordlicht Animal-assisted therapy intensive residential group for children aged 6 and above in Hückeswagen, integrating therapeutic work with animals.
• 5-Tage-Gruppe Hückeswagen Five-day partial-inpatient residential group for children aged 8–14 in Hückeswagen, combining weekday residential care with weekend family reintegration.
• 5-Tage-Gruppe Lennep Five-day partial-inpatient residential group for children aged 8–14 in Remscheid-Lennep, combining weekday residential care with weekend family reintegration.
• Heilpädagogische Tagesgruppe (HTT) Healing-pedagogical day group providing therapeutic and educational support for children aged 8–14 in Hückeswagen as a partial-inpatient measure.
• Come In Residential group for unaccompanied minor male asylum seekers (UMA) aged 12 and above in Kürten, providing protective housing and integration support.
• Wave 1&2 Semi-independent living (Betreutes Wohnen / SBW) housing program for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers aged 16 and above preparing for independence.
• Next Level – Aufsuchende Soziale Arbeit Outreach social-work service (aufsuchende Soziale Arbeit) for people with disabilities in Wipperfürth, providing mobile support and assistance in their living environment.
• BeWo Gipfelstürmer Intensively assisted living (BeWo – Betreutes Wohnen) for people with disabilities, supporting independent living with personalized assistance.
• BeWo Festland Intensively assisted living (BeWo) for people with autism spectrum conditions in Lüdenscheid.
• Fachdienst Inklusion Inclusion specialist service providing advice, support, and guidance for inclusive participation of people with disabilities.
• Settle In (IBW)
• Next Level (IBW) Independent living preparation (IBW) program delivered under the Next Level umbrella for young adults preparing for autonomy.
• Coach For Safety Outpatient support service providing coaching and safety support for youth and families in everyday environments.
• Lösungswege Outpatient assistance service providing solution-oriented, family-support interventions and accompanying measures.
• OGS und die Verlässliche Open all-day school care (Offene Ganztagsschule / OGS) and reliable school-attendance support (Verlässliche Grundschule) for school-age children.
• Schulstation School station (Schulstation) providing on-site pedagogical support for children aged 6 and above in Hückeswagen schools.
• Knotenpunkt (Mutter/Vater-Kind) Family-oriented housing station for mothers, fathers, and children in Hückeswagen, providing supported parent-child living arrangements.
• Erziehungsstellen Pedagogical foster-family placement service providing family-based care arrangements in qualified foster families for children who cannot live with their own families.
• JuMeGa Junge Menschen Ganztag – additional open all-day care and youth-and-family project providing expanded support services beyond standard OGS.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Gooding.deminorOthersGooding.de is an online shopping portal where over 1,600 online shops donate a portion of purchases to Gotteshütte at no extra cost to shoppers. This enables supporters to contribute through everyday shopping.
• GiviominorOthersGivio is a donation platform enabling charitable contributions to Gotteshütte. Donations through Givio are tax-deductible with proper donation certificates.
• Municipal Youth Welfare Offices (Kreisjugendämter)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with regional youth welfare offices for placement and funding of children, youth, and families in Gotteshütte services. These municipal authorities are the primary referral source and funding mechanism.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Outlaw gGmbH: Large freie Jugendhilfe provider running residential groups, day groups, ambulatory services, and disability support across multiple German states — directly comparable operating model and service mix to Gotteshütte.
• SOS Kinderdorf Deutschland: Germany's most prominent nonprofit operator of residential youth welfare villages, family-group care, and youth-in-transition programs — directly comparable to Gotteshütte's residential and Familiengruppen offerings and similar reliance on public funding plus donations.
• Lebenshilfe (Bundesvereinigung): Germany's leading nonprofit for disability inclusion, running assisted living (BeWo), Wohngruppen, and inclusion support that closely mirrors Gotteshütte's BeWo Gipfelstürmer/Festland and Fachdienst Inklusion offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Deutscher Caritasverband: Catholic counterpart to Diakonie, running an extensive nationwide network of youth welfare, family support, and disability services — broadly comparable funding mix and service breadth, with faith-based positioning.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Umbrella federation of Protestant Diakonie welfare organizations, of which Gotteshütte is effectively a member. Operates an overlapping portfolio (youth welfare, disability, inclusion) at much larger scale and is the natural top-of-funnel reference for Diakonie-positioned providers.
• AWO (Arbeiterwohlfahrt) Bundesverband: Major German freie Wohlfahrtsverband operating youth welfare, family, and disability services through regional affiliates; comparable service portfolio and reliance on public-sector contracts and member contributions.

Regional players

• Evangelische Jugendhilfe Iserlohn: Faith-based freie Jugendhilfe provider in the broader NRW/Sauerland region, with overlapping residential, partial-inpatient, and ambulatory youth welfare services comparable to Gotteshütte's NRW portfolio.

Emerging players

• Phönix Schulen GmbH: Operator of stationäre, teilstationäre, and ambulante Jugendhilfeangebote (residential, partial-inpatient, and ambulatory) in NRW — directly comparable care-intensity mix and target populations to Gotteshütte.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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