SKFM Mettmann

What SKFM Mettmann does

SKFM Mettmann e.V. (Sozialdienst Katholischer Frauen und Männer Mettmann e.V.) is a private, registered charitable association (eingetragener Verein) founded in 1988, headquartered at Neanderstraße 68-72, Mettmann, Germany, with approximately 175 full-time staff plus volunteers. It is an officially recognized Betreuungsverein (guardianship association) and operator of a Sozialpsychiatrisches Zentrum, and is affiliated with the Deutscher Caritasverband and SkF Gesamtverein e.V. The organization delivers a multi-vertical social services portfolio across all 10 cities of the Kreis Mettmann district: a Sozialpsychiatrisches Zentrum (contact/advice, Ambulant Betreutes Wohnen, psychosocial support, sociotherapy, AFL young-adult program, ANKER PLUS); women's counseling and violence protection (intervention center against domestic violence, specialized counseling for sexualized violence, Anonyme Spurensicherung across four cooperating hospitals, Frauen- und Kinderschutzhaus shelter, Wohnprojekt post-violence housing, refugee women's services); pregnancy and early-childhood support under the esperanza brand (counseling, sex education, confidential birth, Frühe Hilfen); employment integration (Beschäftigungsförderung funded by Jobcenter ME-aktiv, two Sozialkaufhäuser social retail stores); legal guardianship and custodianship for adults, minors, and unaccompanied refugee minors; and, via wholly-owned subsidiary SKFM Mettmann-Wülfrath gGmbH (established 2008), school child care (Verlässliche Grundschule and Offene Ganztagsschule) serving ~1,058 students in 2025/26.

The underlying technology is conventional: a charity website with service descriptions, online contact options, and a periodic newsletter (sozialzeit); there is no proprietary platform, app, API, or integration layer, and no AI/ML capability disclosed. Distribution is purely physical and human-mediated — direct service at headquarters and satellite locations, mobile/outreach consultation hours across all 10 district cities, in-home visits for sociotherapy and Ambulant Betreutes Wohnen, on-site delivery at partner schools, and hospital-anchored violence-evidence services — supplemented by a printed flyer library in German, Arabic, English, French, and Turkish distributed through partner institutions.

The business model is non-profit social services delivery funded almost entirely by third-party public-sector and church payers. Revenue streams include Jobcenter ME-aktiv (employment programs), Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR, ambulatory supported living), statutory health insurance funds (sociotherapy), Kreis Mettmann and NRW Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Flight and Integration (Wohnprojekt, confidential birth), Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) plus European Social Fund Plus (ANKER PLUS), EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (Deine.ART 2.0), Diözesan-Caritasverband, Lions Club Mettmann-Wülfrath donations, and the subsidiary's parent-paid fees for school child care (Verlässliche Grundschule ~€70/month, OGS Mittagessen ~€72/month). Services to end beneficiaries are largely free, with a 20% discount at the social retail stores for social-pass holders. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; customer-facing pricing is "Other/free," billed monthly where applicable.

Name

SKFM Mettmann

Legal name

Sozialdienst Katholischer Frauen und Männer Mettmann e.V.

Website

https://skfm-mettmann.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SKFM Mettmann e.V. is a German Catholic-affiliated non-profit (founded 1988, ~175 staff) delivering psychiatric, women's, pregnancy, violence-protection, employment, guardianship, and school child-care services across all 10 cities of the Kreis Mettmann district via its association and a wholly-owned gGmbH subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Residential Care Facilities (6239)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD), Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Social services
• Psychiatric counseling
• Women's counseling
• Violence protection
• School child care

Headquarters

HQ city

Wülfrath

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. Social Services Funding: SKFM Mettmann operates as a non-profit charitable organization (gemeinnützig eingetragener Verein) funded through a combination of government subsidies, church funding (Caritas), job center contracts (Jobcenter ME-aktiv), Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR), statutory health insurance funds, and donations. Services are largely free to clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SKFM Mettmann e.V. is a charitable Catholic social services organization providing counseling, support, and care across six main areas: a Sozialpsychiatrisches Zentrum (psychiatric social center) for mentally ill individuals, women's counseling and pregnancy support, violence protection services including a women's shelter, employment integration programs through social retail stores, legal guardianship services, and school child care delivered through its subsidiary SKFM Mettmann-Wülfrath gGmbH.

Product overview

SKFM Mettmann e.V. is a social services organization offering a diverse portfolio of interconnected services organized under six main categories: (1) Sozialpsychiatrisches Zentrum (SPZ) providing mental health support including outpatient housing, psychosocial care, sociotherapy, youth programs (AFL), and the ANKER PLUS family initiative; (2) Women's services including general women's counseling, pregnancy counseling (esperanza), sex education, confidential birth, and early childhood support; (3) Violence protection and prevention encompassing domestic violence intervention, sexual violence counseling, anonymous evidence collection, women's shelter, long-term housing project, and refugee women's support; (4) Employment and qualification through job placement programs and social thrift stores; (5) Guardianship and custodianship services for adults and minors; (6) School child care via its subsidiary SKFM Mettmann-Wülfrath gGmbH offering reliable elementary school supervision and open full-day school programs. The organization serves the Mettmann district with approximately 175 full-time employees and operates from its headquarters at Neanderstraße 68-72 in Mettmann.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jobcenter ME-aktivcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term cooperation with Jobcenter ME-aktiv for employment integration programs. The job center funds Beschäftigungsförderung measures for long-term unemployed individuals receiving Bürgergeld (citizen's income) benefits.
• SGN Niederberg gGmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSGN Niederberg gGmbH serves as the lead project holder (Vorhabenträger) for the ANKER PLUS program, a joint initiative of four psychiatric social centers in the Mettmann district.
• Diözesan-CaritasverbandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeine.ART 2.0 empowerment project for women with refugee and migration backgrounds, co-developed with the Diözesan-Caritasverband and five other charitable associations in the Archdiocese of Cologne.
• Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf – Rechtsmedizinische Ambulanz für GewaltopfercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperating hospital for anonymous evidence collection (ASS) after violent crimes, providing forensic medical examination services.
• GFO Kliniken Mettmann-Süd – St. Josefs Krankenhaus HildencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperating hospital for anonymous evidence collection (ASS) in Hilden.
• Evangelisches Krankenhaus MettmanncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperating hospital for anonymous evidence collection (ASS) in Mettmann.
• Helios Klinikum NiederbergcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperating hospital for anonymous evidence collection (ASS) in Velbert.
• Stadtsozialbund WülfrathcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSKFM Mettmann is a founding member of the Stadtsozialbund Wülfrath, a network of welfare and social organizations formed to coordinate social work in Wülfrath and represent shared interests.
• Bündnis gegen Depression Kreis MettmannminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSKFM Mettmann is a network partner in the Bündnis gegen Depression (Alliance Against Depression) for the Mettmann district.
• Caritasverband im Kreis Mettmann e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-provider of the Eltern-Café MeKi early childhood support program with the Caritasverband im Kreis Mettmann e.V. and the city of Mettmann.
• VPD MettmanncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork partner for ANKER PLUS family support program, covering Langenfeld, Hilden, and Monheim areas.
• SPZ RatingencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork partner for ANKER PLUS family support program, covering Ratingen area.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Sozialwerk St. Georg: Catholic-affiliated social services provider in NRW offering psychiatric support, supported housing and employment programs — overlaps with SKFM's SPZ, Ambulant Betreutes Wohnen and Beschäftigungsförderung lines.
• Frauenberatungsstelle Düsseldorf: Specialized women's counseling and violence-protection organization in the neighboring Rhine region; comparable to SKFM's Allgemeine Frauenberatungsstelle and Interventionsstelle offerings on a narrower scope.

Broad incumbents

• Deutscher Caritasverband e.V. National Caritas federation of which SKFM is a Fachverband member; the umbrella organization sets standards, secures national funding and competes/cooperates with SKFM at the federal policy and contract level.
• Diakonie im Kirchenkreis Niederberg: Protestant equivalent welfare organization operating in the same Mettmann district, offering counseling, family and social assistance — a comparable mission-based service model with a different confessional affiliation.
• Caritasverband im Kreis Mettmann e.V. The local Caritas federation in the same Kreis Mettmann, delivering an overlapping welfare portfolio (family, senior, social counseling, youth). Already a co-provider with SKFM (Eltern-Café MeKi), making it the most direct same-territory collaborator/competitor.
• AWO Kreis Mettmann: Arbeiterwohlfahrt chapter operating family, youth and social services in the same district, providing comparable non-clinical social support under a different federation umbrella.

Others

• Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband NRW: Umbrella association of non-confessional welfare organizations in NRW; an ecosystem participant that coordinates advocacy, training and funding frameworks relevant to SKFM's operating environment.
• SkF Gesamtverein e.V. National umbrella association of all SkF chapters in Germany; an enabling/advisory peer that shapes governance, training and federal funding channels available to SKFM Mettmann.

Direct peers

• SkF Düsseldorf: SkF Düsseldorf is a sibling SkF (Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen) organization in the neighboring metropolitan region, offering the same combined portfolio of SPZ-style services, women's counseling, violence protection, guardianship and family support under one roof — making it the closest like-for-like comparable.
• SkF Köln: SkF Köln is a larger SkF chapter in the same Archdiocese of Cologne, providing the same comprehensive social services (psychiatric support, women's shelter, pregnancy counseling, guardianship). It illustrates the scale ceiling achievable within the SkF/Caritas framework.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries1 record

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