Apply for educational assistance or caregiver aide

An educational aide or caregiver aide can help a child or adolescent with daily living, dealing with their parents, and social problems.
Possible helps are:

• Talking about problems, fears and behavior
• Help in coming to terms with stressful experiences
• Support in solving problems with family, friends, teachers or others
• Support with visits to authorities
• For older adolescents, there is additional help: Support in finding a job or a place to live
• Help with detachment from parents
• Help in becoming independent

Note: In contrast to "socio-pedagogical family assistance", an educational assistant focuses his or her help largely on the child or young person in question. If possible, he involves the social environment.
This is a type of assistance for upbringing. It can also apply to young adults.

Requirements

• You are the person with custody of a child (parent or guardian)
• You cannot all ensure that the child is doing well
• The help of an educational assistant or care assistant is suitable and necessary.

What documents do I need?

• identity card/passport
  

  If a German identity card/passport is to be authenticated, a written proof of what this authentication is required for must be brought along.

• Proof of custody
  

  For example: birth certificate, information from the custody register or decision of the family court on custody.