Landesstelle Jugendschutz

What Landesstelle Jugendschutz does

Landesstelle Jugendschutz Niedersachsen e.V. (LJS) is a state-recognized specialist institution (Fachinstitution) for erzieherischer Kinder- und Jugendschutz, registered as a non-profit association (eingetragener Verein) and headquartered at Leisewitzstraße 26, 30175 Hannover. Founded as the Lower Saxony state hub for child and youth protection, LJS qualifies pedagogical professionals across four thematic pillars — Gewalt (violence), Medien (media), Sucht (addiction), and Sexualität (sexuality) — through training courses, prevention projects, and educational publications. Its core program portfolio comprises Cyber-Mobbing: Medienkompetenz trifft Gewaltprävention, Elterntalk Niedersachsen (peer-led parent discussion rounds), Digitale Welten – Was nutzt Ihr Kind? (digital media parent education), Gemeinsam gegen sexuellen Missbrauch (sexual abuse prevention), and MOVE – Motivierende Kurzintervention (motivational short-intervention for substance-consuming youth). Distribution channels include a public website, a dedicated materials shop (jugendschutz-materialien.de), a third-party seminar booking portal, direct project-day and workshop delivery in schools and youth facilities across Lower Saxony, and participation in national expert commissions (USK, FSF, KJM, GMK, Landespräventionsrat).

LJS operates with a lean core team of 8 named staff members combining Geschäftsführung, media pedagogy, violence prevention, addiction prevention, sexual pedagogy, project management, and administration. Several team members hold senior roles in Germany's national youth-protection self-regulation infrastructure: Eva Hanel serves as Jugendschutzsachverständige and speaker at the USK (since 2003/2015) and as a substitute KJM member (since 2023); Lennart Hesse-Sörnsen is an FSF examiner (since 2020); Dominika Lachowicz sits on Lower Saxony and German addiction-prevention networks.

The business model is grant- and project-funded rather than commercial. The Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit und Gleichstellung is the primary state funder, financing all major projects. Direct service revenue is minimal: project days and workshops for schools and youth facilities are priced at €150 per session as a cost-recovery contribution, while parent information events are free. The materials shop sells physical and digital publications at modest margins, functioning as a dissemination channel rather than a profit center. The go-to-market motion is community-led: LJS drives demand through its institutional role, expert commission presence, and direct relationships with schools, Jugendarbeitseinrichtungen, Kitas, and Sucht-/Jugendhilfe professionals in Lower Saxony, with no subscription, licensing, or SaaS revenue mechanics.

Name

Landesstelle Jugendschutz

Legal name

Landesstelle Jugendschutz Niedersachsen e.V.

Website

https://jugendschutz-niedersachsen.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LJS is a state-recognized Fachinstitution in Lower Saxony that qualifies pedagogical professionals and parents on child and youth protection across violence, media, addiction, and sexuality topics, via training, prevention projects, and publications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Protection and Prevention Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAEALAK

Compliance, Risk & Audit Support Services (EHS, Title IX/Clery Support, Policy Admin)

Education/Education Facilities & Support Services/Outsourced Operations & Managed Services for Education (BPO/Contracted Support)

Keywords

• Youth protection services
• Child protection training
• Media literacy education
• Addiction prevention programs
• Violence prevention workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Hannover

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. State Government Funding: As a registered non-profit association (e.V.) in Lower Saxony, LJS is primarily funded by the state government of Niedersachsen. Projects such as Cyber-Mobbing, Digitale Welten, and Elterntalk are financed through the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit und Gleichstellung.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Landesstelle Jugendschutz Niedersachsen e.V. is a non-profit specialist institution that qualifies pedagogical professionals on current topics of child and youth protection, covering violence, media, addiction, and sexuality. It delivers in-person training, project days, and workshops in schools and youth facilities, provides free parent information events, and publishes educational materials and brochures on youth protection topics.

Product overview

Landesstelle Jugendschutz Niedersachsen e.V. is a non-profit specialist institution providing educational services for child and youth protection rather than a traditional product company. Its portfolio consists of prevention projects (Cyber-Mobbing, Elterntalk, Digitale Welten, Gemeinsam gegen sexuellen Missbrauch), professional training courses, and educational publications/materials. These offerings work together to qualify pedagogical professionals, inform parents, and protect children and youth across focus areas of violence, media, addiction, and sexuality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Elterntalk Niedersachsen: A project where parents host moderated discussions on media and parenting topics - parents as hosts for parents.
• Gemeinsam gegen sexuellen Missbrauch
• Cyber-Mobbing: Medienkompetenz trifft Gewaltprävention
• Digitale Welten – Was nutzt Ihr Kind?
• MOVE

Products and services

• Cyber-Mobbing: Medienkompetenz trifft Gewaltprävention A prevention project offering workshops, project days, and training for pedagogical professionals and youth on cyberbullying prevention and media literacy.
• Elterntalk Niedersachsen A project where parents host moderated discussion rounds with other parents on media and education topics, providing peer-based parent education across Lower Saxony.
• Digitale Welten – Was nutzt Ihr Kind? Parent education project providing free information events (online or in-person) on digital media usage by children, covering topics like streaming, social media, and digital games, delivered in cooperation with NLM and Blickwechsel e.V.
• Fortbildungen (Professional Training Courses) Professional development and training courses for pedagogical professionals on current topics in child and youth protection, bookable through an online seminar booking portal.
• Gemeinsam gegen sexuellen Missbrauch Prevention program against sexual abuse of children and adolescents, providing educational materials and project coordination for pedagogical professionals.
• MOVE – Motivierende Kurzintervention A method for addressing substance consumption behavior among young people, with structured trainer training programs for pedagogical professionals in addiction and youth welfare services.
• Projekttage und Workshops für Schulen und Jugendeinrichtungen In-person project days and workshops delivered directly by LJS teamers in schools and youth facilities across Lower Saxony, priced at €150 per session for youth groups and schools.
• Veröffentlichungen und Materialien (Publications and Materials) Educational brochures, guides, and materials on youth protection topics available for download or order through the materials shop, covering violence, media, addiction, and sexuality topics.

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Niedersächsische Landesmedienanstalt (NLM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner in the 'Digitale Welten – Was nutzt Ihr Kind?' parent information project. NLM co-organizes free media education events for parents in Lower Saxony.
• Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLJS staff member Eva Hanel serves as Jugendschutzsachverständige (youth protection expert) and speaker for the USK's youth protection experts since 2003/2015 respectively. The USK is the German self-regulatory body for computer games.
• Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Fernsehen (FSF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLJS staff member Lennart Hesse-Sörnsen has been a tester (Prüfer) at FSF since 2020. FSF is the German voluntary self-regulation body for television programs.
• Gesellschaft für Medienpädagogik und Kommunikationskultur (GMK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLJS is represented in the GMK, Germany's largest media education umbrella organization, since 2013. Eva Hanel serves as speaker of the GMK Landesgruppe Niedersachsen since 2020.
• Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (KJM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLJS staff member Eva Hanel is a substitute member (stellvertretendes Mitglied) of the KJM since 2023. The KJM is the central supervisory body for youth protection in German private broadcasting and internet.
• Niedersächsischer Landespräventionsrat (LPR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLJS has been represented at the LPR since 2013. The LPR coordinates crime prevention efforts across the state of Lower Saxony.
• Netzwerk Suchtprävention NiedersachsencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLJS staff member Dominika Lachowicz is a member of this network for addiction prevention in Lower Saxony and of the German addiction prevention network.
• Netzwerk JugendschutzcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA project/network coordinated by LJS, bringing together youth protection stakeholders in Lower Saxony.
• Blickwechsel e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner in the 'Digitale Welten – Was nutzt Ihr Kind?' parent information project. Blickwechsel supports the delivery of parent events on media education.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hessische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kinder- und Jugendschutz: Hesse's state-level Fachinstitution for child and youth protection, operating with a comparable mandate to LJS — qualifying professionals, providing materials, and coordinating prevention projects across violence, media, addiction, and sexuality domains.
• Bayerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kinder- und Jugendschutz: Bavaria's state-level Fachinstitution for child and youth protection. Performs analogous training, qualification, and project coordination functions for pedagogical professionals in Bavaria, paralleling LJS's Niedersachsen mandate.
• Berliner Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kinder- und Jugendschutz e.V. Berlin's state-level Fachinstitution for child and youth protection, operating with a parallel mandate to LJS — qualifying professionals, providing project materials, and coordinating prevention initiatives in the capital region.
• Aktion Jugendschutz Landesarbeitsstelle Baden-Württemberg e.V. Baden-Württemberg's state-level youth protection Fachinstitution. Provides comparable training, materials, and project work to pedagogical professionals in its state, paralleling LJS's role in Niedersachsen.
• Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendschutz Sachsen e.V. Saxony's state-level Fachinstitution for child and youth protection, with an analogous mandate to deliver training, materials, and prevention project coordination to pedagogical professionals.
• AJS - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendschutz Landesstelle Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. NRW's state-level Fachinstitution for child and youth protection, with the closest mandate to LJS. Delivers training, qualification, materials, and project work on violence prevention, media, addiction, and sexual pedagogy across North Rhine-Westphalia, making it the most structurally comparable peer to LJS Niedersachsen.
• Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendschutz Thüringen e.V. Thuringia's state-level Fachinstitution for child and youth protection, with a similar focus on qualifying pedagogical professionals and coordinating prevention projects across the same four domains as LJS.

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz (BzKJ): Federal-level body overseeing youth media protection in Germany. Overlaps with LJS's media protection work (Cyber-Mobbing, Digitale Welten) at a national policy and coordination level, but does not deliver state-level training programs to pedagogical professionals as LJS does.

Regional players

• pro familia Landesverband Niedersachsen e.V. Lower Saxony's state-level family planning and sexual education association. Directly overlaps with LJS's sexual pedagogy focus area (Jule Bosak's role) and operates in the same geography, providing comparable sexual education services to a partially overlapping audience.
• Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Landesverband Niedersachsen e.V. Lower Saxony's state association of the Deutscher Kinderschutzbund, focused on child welfare and protection. Operates in the same geography as LJS with an adjacent (though broader) child protection mandate, providing complementary rather than directly competitive services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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