Kinderschutz-Zentrum Berlin

Founded in 1975, Kinderschutz-Zentrum Berlin is a non-profit association based in Berlin, Germany working on children & youth, mental health.

Kinderschutz-Zentrum Berlin e.V. is a non-profit association founded in 1975 and recognised as a charitable free youth welfare provider. It works to reduce all forms of child endangerment and violence against children and to mitigate their consequences. It runs counselling centres in Berlin-Neukölln and Berlin-Lichtenberg (Hohenschönhausen) offering crisis help, family counselling and specialist support for professionals, a residential crisis group home in Berlin-Steglitz for nine children aged two to 14, and a free online counselling service for young people. It also trains and advises professionals such as youth welfare staff, teachers and health workers in child protection, and advocates for social policy improvements. The association is a member of the Deutscher Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband in Berlin and the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Kinderschutz-Zentren. It is funded mainly by the Berlin Senate Administration for Education, Youth and Family, with additional income from youth welfare office fees, fines and donations.