LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg Kinderwohngruppe Mettingen

What LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg Kinderwohngruppe Mettingen does

LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg is a public child and youth welfare facility (inklusive Einrichtung der Erziehungshilfe) operated under the sponsorship of Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (public law corporation) headquartered in Münster, Germany. The facility's main operational base is in Tecklenburg, with 25+ operating units spanning residential living groups (Wohngruppen), intensive pedagogical homes (Intensivpädagogische Wohngruppen), therapeutic children's homes (Therapeutische Kinderwohngruppen), diagnostic groups (Diagnosegruppen), mother/father-child facilities (Eltern-Kind-Einrichtungen), a girls-only group (Mädchenwohngruppe), and outpatient educational assistance (Ambulante Erziehungshilfen), as well as a foster care service (Pflegekinderdienst) and a psychological service (Psychologischer Dienst) across the Steinfurt and Münster districts, with some outpatient coverage extending into the Osnabrück region.

The organization delivers services exclusively through institutional channels: placements are commissioned by municipal youth welfare offices (Jugendämter) following formal Hilfeplanung (help planning) processes under the German Social Code SGB VIII (Kinder- und Jugendhilfe). It has no proprietary technology platform — service delivery is fundamentally labor-intensive, executed by trained educators (Erzieher:innen), social workers, and psychologists recruited and developed through structured training pipelines including practice-integrated education (PiA), dual-study programs with FH Münster, katho, and Saxion Enschede, and volunteer programs (FSJ/BFD) in partnership with FSD Bistum Münster and DRK Münster.

The revenue model is managed-services-style public commissioning: funding flows through LWL public budgets and statutory SGB VIII allocations from Jugendämter, with no publicly disclosed pricing, no consumer-pay channel, and no diversified revenue streams. The facility operates as an integrated unit of the LWL administrative structure with no independent ownership, no investor relationships, and no commercial GTM motion beyond institutional referral acceptance. A complaints-management function with external ombudsman oversight (Ombudschaft Jugendhilfe im Kreis Steinfurt e.V.) and BITV NRW accessibility compliance round out the governance and digital-access posture.

Name

LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg Kinderwohngruppe Mettingen

Legal name

Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) - LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg

Website

https://lwl-jugendheim-tecklenburg.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg is a public child and youth welfare facility in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, operating 25+ residential, intensive, therapeutic, and outpatient service nodes for at-risk children, adolescents, and families under the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe and SGB VIII commissioning framework.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child and Youth Welfare Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Homeless, Foster Care & Highly Mobile Youth Education Services (EDAJAEAG)

Keywords

• Residential youth care
• Youth welfare services
• Outpatient family support
• Foster care services
• Parent-child facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Tecklenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding - Social Services: Funded through public budgets, youth welfare funds (Jugendhilfe), and presumably statutory social insurance as a public welfare institution under German social law (SGB VIII - Kinder- und Jugendhilfe). Services are commissioned by youth welfare offices.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg is a public child and youth welfare facility that provides residential care (Wohngruppen), intensive pedagogical and therapeutic children's groups, outpatient educational assistance (Ambulante Erziehungshilfen), parent-child facilities, foster care services, and psychological support for children, adolescents, and families in the Steinfurt and Münster districts. The Intensivpädagogische Kinderwohngruppe Mettingen is one of its specialized residential locations for children with complex needs. Services are commissioned by youth welfare offices under SGB VIII and delivered as statutory child and youth welfare assistance (Hilfen zur Erziehung).

Product overview

LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg is an inclusive child and youth welfare facility operated by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL). The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio of social services organized into three main categories: (1) Stationäre Hilfen - residential care including intensive pedagogical living groups, therapeutic children's homes, youth residential communities, and specialized girls' groups, with the Intensivpädagogische Kinderwohngruppe Mettingen serving as one specialized location; (2) Ambulante Hilfen - outpatient educational support services for families across multiple regions; and (3) Parent-Child Facilities - enabling parents and children to live together with professional support. The portfolio also includes psychological services, foster care coordination, complaints management, volunteer programs (FSJ/BFD), and professional education opportunities. The organization operates multiple residential locations across the Tecklenburg, Steinfurt, and Münster regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Intensivpädagogische Kinderwohngruppe Mettingen (Intensive Pedagogical Children's Residential Group Mettingen)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LWL Berufskolleg-Fachschulen HammcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partner for practice-integrated training (PiA) to become educators (Erzieher:in). The LWL vocational college guarantees school places for some practice positions. The college offers a special Blended Learning concept.
• FSD Bistum MünstercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTräger (sponsor organization) for voluntary service (FSJ and BFD). Accompanies volunteers during their service period.
• DRK Münster (German Red Cross)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for FSJ (Voluntary Social Year) - serves as Träger for voluntary service program.
• FH MünstercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKooperationspartner (cooperation partner) for dual study programs in Social Work (BA).
• katho (Catholic University of Applied Sciences)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKooperationspartner for dual study programs in Social Work (BA) and Heilpädagogik (BA).
• Saxion EnschedeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDutch university offering part-time Bachelor program in Social Work for dual study arrangement.
• Ombudschaft Jugendhilfe im Kreis Steinfurt e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal ombudsman service for complaints and appeals related to youth welfare services, providing independent oversight.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stiftung Bethel: Bielefeld-based Protestant social-services foundation operating residential and ambulatory child and youth welfare services in NRW. Directly comparable regional competitor with similar intensive-care Wohngruppen, parent-child facilities, and foster family services under SGB VIII.
• Evangelische Jugendhilfe Münsterland: Regional Protestant youth welfare provider operating residential groups, parent-child facilities, and ambulatory services in the same Münsterland catchment. Head-to-head regional peer competing for the same Jugendamt placements and educator pool.
• Boys Town: US nonprofit operating long-term residential and family-style group homes for at-risk youth with intensive behavioral and educational services. Directly comparable service model (residential living groups, in-house education, family support) though in a different funding system.
• SOS-Kinderdorf Deutschland: National SOS-Kinderdorf federation runs residential group homes, family support, and foster care services across Germany. Direct comparable in service mix (stationäre Wohngruppen, Eltern-Kind work, Pflegefamilien) under SGB VIII, though operating as a private nonprofit Träger rather than a public-law Körperschaft.
• Vestischer Caritasverband: Regional Caritas association serving parts of the same NRW geography, running SGB VIII residential and ambulatory child welfare services. Comparable in scope, regional catchment, and Träger model to LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg.

Broad incumbents

• AWO Bundesverband: Workers' Welfare Association operates an extensive nationwide network of SGB VIII-licensed residential and ambulatory youth welfare services. Similar full-spectrum child welfare delivery model (Wohngruppen, Erziehungsberatung, Pflegefamilien) but at federal scale.
• Diakonie Deutschland: National Protestant welfare association running child and youth welfare services (stationäre Jugendhilfe, Ambulante Hilfen, Mutter-Kind-Einrichtungen) through regional member organizations. Comparable Träger-type competitor with overlapping SGB VIII service portfolio and broader geographic reach.
• Caritas Deutschland: Germany's largest Catholic welfare confederation operates hundreds of child and youth welfare facilities (stationäre Hilfen, Erziehungsberatung, Pflegekinderdienst) across Germany. Overlaps with LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg's residential and ambulatory offerings but at national scale and across multiple Diözesen.

Emerging players

• International Youth Foundation: Global nonprofit focused on youth workforce readiness and family strengthening; partial thematic overlap with the ambulant/educational-support segments of LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg's work, but operates programmatically rather than via residential care.

Regional players

• Jugendhilfe München (Stadt München): Municipal youth welfare department running in-house residential and ambulatory SGB VIII services for Munich. Comparable public-sector operating model to LWL-Jugendheim Tecklenburg's LWL-mandate structure, but in Bavaria rather than NRW — competing for institutional best-practice reference rather than clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries28 records

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