Matthias Schulze-Böing

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1 Integrated services for employment and social inclusion Matthias Schulze-Böing Managing Director, MainArbeit - Kommunales Jobcenter Offenbach, Germany esn-eu.org

2 Integrated Services for Employment and Social Inclusion: Basic Allowance for Jobseekers in Germany European Social Network Seminar on Integrated Services Manchester (UK), 5-6 November 2015 Matthias Schulze-Böing

3 Structure 1. Multidimensionality of Poverty 2. Basic Assistance for Jobseekers 3. Service-Integration in Motion: German Jobcenters 4. Future Challenges

4 Urban Poverty: a multidimensional phenomenon Education Deprived Families Health Housing Income Unemployment Access to Services Inter-generational transfer of deprivation

5 In debt Unemployed Drug-addiction Psychological problems Health problems Not employable because of pending childcare issues No money for school activities No access to decent housing Unable to partcipate in afternoon classes Poor grades at school Unable to take part in cultural activities

6 2. Integrated services: the example of Jobcenters a new agenda Agenda 2010 a response to structural unemployment, labour market inefficiencies and the financial crisis of the welfare state Hartz 4 Law : merging unemployment (for the long term unemployed) with welfare benefits Provision of an integrated scheme, including assistance for job-seekers and their families and inclusive measures Implementing an activating employment policy Creation of new organisational bodies as integrated jobcenters (one stop shops)

7 Benefits SGB II Federal State Local Authorities Minimum income Integration measures Education and participation for children in jobseeker s families Assistance for job seekers (Alg 2) Family support (Sozialgeld) Social security Measures for job integration Community work schemes Housing / heating Complementary benefits Social integration measures Complementary social services Repetitional lessons Cultural and social participation Lunch at school School excursions

8 3. Integrated services: Jobcenters Germany the service approach Taking into consideration the individual in his/her environment Adressing the needs of the service users and their family Integrating employment and social services Implementing a holistic approach combining assistance, activation, empowerment, and jobplacement Providing complementary social services

9 3. Integrated services: Jobcenters Germany the service approach Individual integration strategies Case management managing tailor made support for the service users Referring to specific services with regard to integration into work and employment

10 3. Integrated services: Employment services and complementary social services Debt counselling Psychosocial counselling Assistance for homeless and tenants in trouble Jobcenter - employment services - assistance delivery Child care Counselling and help for drug addicts Medical rehabilitation

11 Skills training Job coaching Counselling and help for drug addicts Taylor made job placement Medical rehabilitation Debt and psychological counselling Repetitional lessons Assistance for homeless and tenants in trouble School excursions Lunch at school Child care

12 4. Future challenges Institutional inertia still strong, silo mentalities still existent (in some areas) ill defined interfaces between different services (e. g. employment and youth work) Staff competences Organizational complexity Management capacities Streamlining and simplification of legal framework

13 4. Future challenges / 2 Embedding the delivery of basic allowance into the array of municipal policies Special regard to Youth work Education Housing Urban development in deprived neighbourhoods Business promotion

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15 City of Offenbach am Main MainArbeit. Kommunales Jobcenter Offenbach Dr. Matthias Schulze-Böing, T