Sozialwerk Dürener Christen

What Sozialwerk Dürener Christen does

Sozialwerk Dürener Christen, legally Katholisches Sozialwerk Dürener Christen für arbeitslose Jugendliche e.V., is a Catholic nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein) founded in 1985 and headquartered in Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The organization delivers a comprehensive portfolio of social services centered on disadvantaged youth and vulnerable populations, with a workforce of over 100 pedagogical, psychological, social nursing, and workshop staff across 13+ locations in the Düren district. Core service lines include outside-company vocational training (BaE) across seven occupational fields, alternative schooling (lern.punkt) leading to the Hauptschulabschluss, two youth counseling centers (Jugendberatungsstellen Jülich and Südkreis), integration case management (KIM), ambulatory supported living and child welfare services (AMILIA), home nursing care (Mobilé), and outreach youth work (Check-In, Startklar). Recent additions expand the scope into media literacy (Fit im Netz, 2025), democracy education (KOMPASS, 2024), and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (TaSTE, 2024). The organization also operates physical workshops — Malerwerkstatt, Blumenwerkstatt, Gärtnerei, Garnbleiche, and Jugendwerkstatt — providing hands-on training environments and producing handcrafted goods sold at community markets.

The organization's underlying "technology" is a portfolio of proprietary social-pedagogical methodologies rather than software systems. The flagship is Symbolarbeit, a symbol-based counseling approach adapted from Wilfried Schneider's therapeutic techniques to help clients — particularly young migrants with language barriers and trauma-affected individuals — express emotions and thoughts when verbal communication fails. This methodology has been formalized and disseminated through EU Erasmus+ strategic partnership projects including REACH YOUth (Democracy Intervention Set, 2017–2022), SymfoS for Youth Care (2018–2021), FABLE (sustainable fashion and social entrepreneurship, 2022–2024), and Arts4All (2022–2023). The Zukunftswerk division packages these methods into external coaching and training offerings (e.g., Fit für den Ganztag all-day school care training). Digital infrastructure is minimal: a WordPress-based informational website with Google Maps integration, an Instagram account, and no public API or documented AI/ML capabilities.

The business model is a multi-source public funding and grant model typical of German freie Träger. The organization holds AZAV (Akkreditierungs- und Zulassungsverordnung Arbeitsförderung) carrier certification, which enables it to receive federal employment agency funding. Revenue streams include individual case funding under SGB VIII (youth welfare) and SGB IX (disability support) from Kreisjugendamt Düren, vocational training contracts with job-com Kreis Düren and Agentur für Arbeit, project-specific grants from NRW state ministries, the European Social Fund Plus (e.g., JUGEND STÄRKEN: Brücken in die Eigenständigkeit), Erasmus+ funding for European project partnerships, and supplementary income from donations, membership fees, and workshop product sales at community events. No revenue figure is publicly disclosed. Governance rests with a board chaired by Stephan Johnen, with Karina Siebertz serving as Managing Director (Geschäftsführerin). The organization has no parent company, no external institutional investment, and no subsidiaries.

Name

Sozialwerk Dürener Christen

Legal name

Katholisches Sozialwerk Dürener Christen für arbeitslose Jugendliche e.V.

Website

https://sozialwerk-dueren.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sozialwerk Dürener Christen is a Düren-based Catholic nonprofit founded in 1985 delivering vocational training, youth counseling, integration case management, and ambulatory care to disadvantaged youth, migrants, families, and people with disabilities across the Düren district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Dropout Prevention, Alternative Education & Re-Engagement Nonprofits (BPAGADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI)

Keywords

• Youth vocational training
• Social welfare services
• Outpatient home care
• Migration integration services
• Youth counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Düren

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Contracts: Primary funding through contracts with public institutions including job-com Kreis Düren (employment services), Kreisjugendamt Düren (youth welfare), Agentur für Arbeit Düren (employment agency), and Landschaftsverband Rheinland (regional authority). Services funded include vocational training, youth counseling, and integration programs.
2. Youth Welfare Office Funding: Individual case funding for youth assistance programs (Hilfen zur Erziehung) under SGB VIII, financed by youth welfare offices based on individual help plans.
3. ESF Plus European Funding: European Social Fund Plus support for programs like JUGEND STÄRKEN: Brücken in die Eigenständigkeit supporting youth counseling services.
4. Donations and Memberships: Voluntary donations and membership fees from supporters who contribute to the organization's diverse offerings for those in need.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sozialwerk Dürener Christen is a Catholic nonprofit social welfare association that provides youth employment assistance, vocational training and retraining, socio-educational counseling, school-based prevention and integration projects, ambulatory home care for the elderly, and migration integration services. Its offerings are organized across three core pillars — children/youth/families, integration/migration, and health/home care — delivered from multiple sites in the Düren district of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Product overview

Sozialwerk Dürener Christen is a Catholic social welfare organization (founded 1985) offering a diverse portfolio of interconnected social services organized as distinct programs rather than a unified software platform. The core offerings center on youth employment support and vocational training: BaE (außerbetriebliche Ausbildung) provides outside-company vocational training in 7 occupations; lern.punkt enables youth to earn secondary school diplomas; the two Jugendberatungsstellen (Jülich and Südkreis) offer youth counseling and street work; and KIM delivers integration case management. Related programs include AMILIA for supported living and child welfare, Mobilé for ambulatory care, Startklar and Perspektive Ausbildung for career coaching, Check-In for outreach youth work, ANT for addiction recovery employment, and KreaKtivwerk for creative workshops. Cross-cutting EU projects (Arts4All, FABLE, REACH YOUth, TaSTE, SymfoS for Youth Care) develop and apply innovative methodologies. Zukunftswerk provides coaching and staff training. Together these services address the full lifecycle from school completion through vocational integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BaE – Außerbetriebliche Ausbildung (Extra-company Vocational Training) Vocational training program delivered outside the company setting, targeting young people who cannot be trained directly within a company; combines practical qualification with socio-pedagogical support for adolescents and young adults.
• lern.punkt Learning support and tutoring program for children and adolescents, providing remedial and academic assistance outside regular school hours.
• Jugendberatungsstelle Jülich Youth counseling center in Jülich offering psychosocial counseling, crisis support, and guidance for adolescents, young adults, and families.
• Jugendberatungsstelle Südkreis Youth counseling center covering the southern district (Südkreis) of Düren, providing outreach counseling and socio-educational support to young people and families.
• AMILIA Integration and migration-oriented program, designed to support migrants and refugees with orientation, language, and social integration services in the Düren region.
• KIM Program supporting children, adolescents, or families in psychosocial difficulty through targeted socio-educational case work.
• Check-In Initial assessment and intake program for young people entering the organization's qualification and employment-support services.
• Startklar! Preparation and orientation program equipping disadvantaged young people for entry into vocational training or the labor market.
• KreaKtivwerk Creative-workshop program offering practical, arts- and craft-based activities to engage young people and build social and occupational skills.
• ANT Program offering practical training, qualification, or supported employment pathways for young adults in transition.
• KOMPASS Guidance and orientation program that helps participants navigate training, employment, and personal development options.
• Fit im Netz School-based digital-literacy and media-competence program delivered in cooperation with schools to strengthen young people's safe use of digital media.
• Mobilé Mobile outreach service that takes socio-educational and counseling support directly to young people and families in their local environment across the Düren district.
• FABLE Program supporting young people in developing stable life perspectives, typically through intensive case accompaniment and socio-educational coaching.
• Arts4All Inclusive arts-based program engaging children, youth, and adolescents — including those with support needs — in creative and cultural activities.
• REACH YOUth Proprietary non-academic learning-support methodology used to engage and qualify young people who are not reached through conventional academic routes.
• TaSTE Program offering practical, occupation-oriented tasting and qualification opportunities, often in the gastronomy/catering domain, for young people.
• SymfoS for Youth Care Proprietary diagnostic and case-classification system used within the organization's youth welfare and counseling work to structure assessment and support planning.
• Zukunftswerk "Future workshop" program supporting young people in planning education, training, and career pathways through guided workshop formats.
• Perspektive Ausbildung Program providing structured pathways into vocational training (Ausbildung) for young people who face barriers to direct company-based training.
• Gemeinsam gegen Gewalt Prevention and intervention program addressing violence, with educational, counseling, and outreach components targeted at children, youth, and families.
• Fit für den Ganztag School-based program supporting the all-day ("Ganztag") school model with socio-educational, leisure, and learning offerings for pupils.
• Ambulante Pflege (Ambulatory Home Care) Outpatient home care service delivering nursing, household, and supportive care to elderly or care-dependent clients in their own homes in the Düren district.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50 young people complete vocational training annually with strong success rates
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Caritas SuchthilfecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project ANT (Arbeit – Natur – Teilhabe) providing green maintenance work and daily structure for people with addiction experiences, commissioned by job-com.
• job-com Kreis DürencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary partner for employment services. Multiple projects commissioned including Check-In youth outreach, Startklar training, and BaE vocational training programs.
• Kreisjugendamt DürencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinates and funds youth welfare services including youth counseling centers and youth assistance programs under SGB VIII.
• Hauptschule Burgauer AlleecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner school for lern.punkt alternative education program. Provides joint educational services for students to obtain school-leaving certificates.
• Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-funder of lern.punkt program for alternative education for youth with learning difficulties.
• Erasmus+ Programme (European Union)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU funding program supporting Arts4All project (arts for social cohesion in digital age) with 6 European partner organizations.
• LIBERITUTTI Societa Cooperativa Sociale (Italy)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead partner in FABLE Erasmus+ project focused on sustainable fashion and social entrepreneurship for youth.
• ASOCIACION CAMINOS (Spain)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in FABLE project and other Erasmus+ initiatives including KOMPASS and REACH YOUth.
• INTER ALIA (Greece)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in FABLE project for sustainable fashion and youth integration.
• RECREATIVITY (Hungary)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in FABLE Erasmus+ project.
• HAPPINESS ACADEMY (Bulgaria)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in FABLE Erasmus+ project.
• Bimec Ltd (Bulgaria)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in REACH YOUth Erasmus+ project for democracy education.
• Center for Social Innovation (Cyprus)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in REACH YOUth project.
• CESIE (Italy)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in REACH YOUth project.
• Hafelekar (Austria)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in SymfoS for Youth Care project.
• University of Gloucestershire (UK)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in SymfoS project.
• Colegio ColpolsocA (Spain)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in SymfoS project.
• Associacao A3S (Portugal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in SymfoS project.
• Instituto Politecnico Porto (Portugal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in SymfoS project.
• Youth Organizations from Cyprus, Greece, BulgariaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organizations in Arts4All Erasmus+ project focused on arts and digital media for social inclusion.
• Gemeinde KreuzaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality partner for JA! Jung trifft Alt intergenerational project and site for youth counseling center.
• Agentur für Arbeit DürencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal employment agency referral partner for youth employment services and BaE placement.
• low-tec DürenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal training provider partner for BaE program cooperation.
• DG A (DGA)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTraining provider partner for cooperative BaE programs.
• Stadt DürencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality as trustee for KOMPASS project and co-funder of youth services.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• BQS Bildungs- und Qualifizierungsgesellschaft mbH: Regional vocational training and employment provider in the Rhineland operating BaE and Arbeitsgelegenheiten under the same Jobcenter funding logic. Strong programmatic overlap despite narrower geographic focus.
• Caritasverband für die Stadt Köln e.V. Adjacent Catholic welfare provider in NRW with a broader service portfolio migrating from region to region. Comparable in service design (youth welfare, counselling, integration, care) and institutional funding structure but operating in a different metropolitan region.

Others

• Eurodesk Deutschland: European youth information network active in Germany supporting youth mobility, EU project participation, and civic education. Adjacent to Sozialwerk's Erasmus+ projects (REACH YOUth, FABLE, Arts4All) and KOMPASS civic education work but does not compete.

Direct peers

• Caritasverband für die Region Düren-Jülich e.V. Local Catholic sibling welfare organisation operating in the same Kreis Düren geography, delivering overlapping youth welfare, counselling, integration, and care services under the same SGB II/III, SGB VIII, and SGB IX frameworks. Directly comparable as a co-funding peer and co-delivery partner (e.g., the joint ANT project with Caritas Suchthilfe).
• AWO Kreisverband Düren e.V. Workers' welfare association active in Düren district offering youth welfare, integration, and employment-support services funded by the same Jobcenter and Jugendamt. Directly comparable service portfolio and catchment.
• Diakonie Düren-Jülich: Protestant welfare counterpart in the same district providing youth services, vocational training, ambulatory care, and counselling on competing but parallel public contracts. Directly comparable in service mix, funding model, and target population.
• Kolpingwerk Deutschland: National Catholic association with strong local vocational training, youth, and labour-market integration programmes highly comparable to Sozialwerk's BaE and lern.punkt offerings. Operates with similar German welfare-law structures and Christian-affiliated employment approach.

Broad incumbents

• Internationaler Bund (IB): Large nationwide provider of youth welfare, vocational training, migration, and education services with comparable BaE, Jugendberatungsstelle, and integration offers. Significantly larger scale and geographic reach, often competing for the same public contracts.
• GFN GmbH: Major German AZAV-certified provider of vocational training, retraining, and employment-support services. Overlaps with Sozialwerk's BaE, Startklar, and Perspektive Ausbildung programmes in the same AZAV framework and similar client base.
• Malteser Deutschland: National Catholic humanitarian organisation delivering ambulatory care, youth, and migration services. Comparable to Sozialwerk's Mobilé ambulatory nursing and integration management programmes, though at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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