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At the ÜBERLEBEN Centre (formerly the Treatment Centre for Torture Victims e.V.) we work nationally and internationally for survivors of torture and war violence. Men, women and children from around 50 countries come to us for help - current hotspots are: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Eritrea, Somalia and Turkey.

In the department for refugee aid, refugees and migrants find a wide range of services, from psychological, legal and social counselling to professional qualification and placement in training and work.

Refugee assistance offers the following counselling services:

• Counselling for refugees in particular need of protection.
• Legal counselling
• Counselling for vocational orientation and qualification
• Psychological counselling

[DeepL:] bridge supports asylum seekers, tolerated persons and refugees with temporary residence permits by providing practical assistance in finding work and training and in catching up on school qualifications.

The aim of the network is to sustainably improve the employment opportunities of refugees and to secure their legal residence situation in the long term.

Services:

• Advice for refugees from Ukraine on labor market integration, in Russian and Ukrainian, family counseling.
• Advice on professional orientation, career planning Support in the search for training and jobs, in the application process, etc.
• Placement in various advisory programs in Club Dialog, offers from the network partners of the "bridge" program
• Placement in training, work or measures to catch up on school-leaving qualifications or approach the job market through placement in (practical vocational) language courses, qualification offers
• Regular group information events on the following topics: Structure of the German labor market in contrast to the Ukrainian one, types of employment, professions in Germany, etc.

Bridge Vocational Guidance at Work and Education includes the following services:

• Vocational orientation
• Career planning
• Referral counselling

The bridge networks offer a comprehensive range of vocational counselling and support services, job-specific German and qualification courses, and placement in internships and employment.

Offers of the GFBM:

• counselling and placement in German courses
• Qualification, training and employment courses
• language assessment

The bridge networks offer a comprehensive range of vocational counselling and support services, job-specific German and qualification courses, and placement in internships and employment.

Offers at the Centre for Survival:

• Vocational and training preparation in the commercial, industrial-technical and gastronomic fields.
• Placement in training and work
• Counselling for university graduates with foreign degrees
• Advice on residence law
• Implementation of training courses
• Psychological support/coaching

The bridge networks offer a comprehensive range of vocational counselling and support services, job-specific German and qualification courses, and placement in internships and employment.

Offers of the Paulo Freire:

• Vocational field counselling
• Carrying out basic nursing courses and training preparation
• Placement in work and training in the occupational field of health/nursing/social work
• Training in the occupational field of health/nursing/social care

The bridge networks offer a comprehensive range of vocational counselling and support services, job-specific German and qualification courses, and placement in internships and employment.

Offers of the BBZ:

• Support in the search for a school place, training and studies.
• Counselling and support during training
• tutoring and preparation for exams

The bridge networks offer a comprehensive range of vocational counselling and support services, job-specific German and qualification courses, and placement in internships and employment.

The services of the ARRIVO contact office include:

• Counselling, preparation and placement of refugees seeking training and employment.
• Employer acquisition
• Advice and preparation of companies for the employment of refugees in training and jobs.

The bridge networks offer a comprehensive range of vocational counselling and support services, job-specific German and qualification courses, and placement in internships and employment.

Offers at the Senate Department:

• Clarification of social and residence law issues.
• network coordination
• Public relations
• Implementation of training courses

The bridge networks offer a comprehensive range of vocational counselling and support services, job-specific German and qualification courses, and placement in internships and employment.

Offers at the Senate Department:

• Clarification of social and residence law issues.
• network coordination
• Public relations
• Implementation of training courses

The bridge networks offer a comprehensive range of vocational counselling and support services, job-specific German and qualification courses, and placement in internships and employment.

Offers at the Senate Department:

• Clarification of social and residence law issues.
• network coordination
• Public relations
• Implementation of training courses

Counselling for people with unclear residence status, EU citizens and Germans without sufficient health insurance cover in Berlin to clarify whether they can be placed in mainstream care.

We advise confidentially and anonymously on request.

[DeepL:] * Parental counseling

• General social counseling
• Tenant counseling for members of the Berliner MieterGemeinschaft

Elişi Evi e.V. was founded in 1983 by teachers and social pedagogues from the neighbouring Refik Veseli School to offer women and girls with a migration background their own protected space.

Elisi Evi provides culturally mediated counselling, anonymously if desired, preferably in the mother tongue of the clients and taking into account the specific situation regarding immigration law, on the following topics:

• Domestic violence in all its manifestations (e.g. physical, psychological, sexual).
• (Threatened) forced marriages of young women and girls

[DeepL:] We offer advice on the subject of domestic violence:

• Telephone and personal counseling
• Help with the search for shelters and other housing options
• Long-term psychosocial counseling and support (also e.g. after a stay in a women's shelter)
• Information on police and legal measures
• Trial preparation and support
• Legal advice (family and criminal law)
• Advice on placing violent parents in anti-aggression services and parallel women's advice on courses for perpetrators

Free, independent and individual counselling, information and

for people who would like to apply for recognition of a qualification acquired abroad.

qualification acquired abroad.

• Independent and confidential specialist advice
• Information on the procedure, costs and duration of the process
• Support with the compilation of the necessary documents and
  
  Recommendations on the reference occupation
• Referral to the competent body in the recognition procedure
• Advice on qualification options for obtaining professional recognition
  
  recognition
• Support in researching compensatory measures in the case of partial recognition
• Support in the search for further counselling services if recognition cannot be considered.
  
  recognition is not an option.
  
  The counselling centre has an additional location at the following address
  
  to be reached at the following address: Lindowerstraße 18, 13347 Berlin

The Berlin office against discrimination on the housing market advises and accompanies people free of charge who are discriminated against on the basis of (ascribed) origin, language, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or social status.

• Writing letters of complaint,
• referral to further support services
• Accompaniment to talks
• assistance in court.

Consultation by appointment via contact form on our website or telephone

The women's counselling service BORA offers

• telephone and personal counselling in cases of domestic violence
• support in financial matters
• support in dealing with authorities
• information about police and legal measures
• Accompaniment to offices, court, police and authorities to secure one's livelihood
• Individual counselling and crisis intervention
• short-term and low-threshold therapeutic support
• regular chat and e-mail counselling
• legal advice

We advise

• women* who experience physical/psychological/sexual violence and want to protect themselves from it
• women who are experiencing a difficult separation or divorce
• Mothers whose children have experienced sexual violence
• Relatives and acquaintances who support women* affected by violence
• women affected by violence who want to start a new life
• women* after their time in a women's shelter
• Relatives and acquaintances of women who experience violence.

We arrange

• shelters and emergency accommodation for women
• free legal advice from a specialist lawyer
• to specialist counselling centres, crisis facilities, doctors, therapists, lawyers, self-help groups.

Women's Counselling TARA is an intercultural contact and counselling centre for women who live in a conflictual relationship and are threatened, beaten or abused. We want to give women the opportunity to reconsider their situation and to look for ways out of the violent situation.