Federal association for educating assistance welcomes obligation to act in danger situations

Cornelie farmer, business guide of the Federal association for educating assistance, Hanover (openPR) - intervention remains however a balancing act

The new obligation to act facilitates the work in youth welfare offices or Kindertagesstätten substantially: Paedagogues have now legal clarity, if they take a child out on suspicion of its family. It should show up later that no state of distress exists nevertheless, keeps it nevertheless right. Educators would have had before to be afraid that the court disapproves their intervention in this case, explain Cornelie farmer, business guide of the Federal association for educating assistance, Hanover.

The intervention remains nevertheless a balancing act: On the one hand one must hook in acute problem situations immediately, take children thus in Obhut. On the other hand one must place parents that they can to be able to be advised safely in educating questions of the youth welfare office - they are not to fear, one takes its child away. Many parents would refuse otherwise this early assistance or would set her child under pressure for behaving „normally “.

Educating assistance functions optimally, if problem situations are promptly recognized, for example at ageatypical behavior of the child. After experience Bauers accept most parents then gladly assistance, because in this stage the public awards still no debt to them. With danger for life and limb - serious neglect, strong Abmagerung or appearance that abuse - ambulatory assistance comes however too late. The society is not to condemn such parents also then, stresses farmer. Many more should recognize neighbours or acquaintance „families in emergency “and support it in time in purposeful measures.

The Federal association for educating assistance was created 1906 under the name AFET (general welfare service educating day). Major task is the qualification of educating assistance: The AFET adapts educating practice to new laws and scientific realizations. Paragraph 8a of the new social legislation (SGB VIII) specifies since 1 October 2005: If paedagogues assume the fact that children are endangered in the family must react them.

Contact Cornelie farmer, Hanover
Email: Bauer@afet-ev.de
Telephone: 0511/35 39 91-42

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