Counseling centres

The offer is basically aimed at migrants from the age of 27 with a permanent residence status and up to three years after entry or obtaining the permanent residence status.

The MBE offers free counselling mainly on the following topics:

• German language courses (e.g. integration courses)
• Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications, etc.)
• Children and family
• Economic situation (income, job centre, debts...)
• Health (health insurance, medical care, pregnancy, disability)
• Everyday matters (contact with authorities, housing, leisure time...)
• Legal questions concerning residence

The offer is basically aimed at migrants from the age of 27 with a permanent residence status and up to three years after entry or obtaining the permanent residence status.

The MBE offers free counselling mainly on the following topics:

• German language courses (e.g. integration courses)
• Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications, etc.)
• Children and family
• Economic situation (income, job centre, debts...)
• Health (health insurance, medical care, pregnancy, disability)
• Everyday matters (contact with authorities, housing, leisure time...)
• Legal questions concerning residence

Languages:

Other languages can be organized

The offer is basically aimed at migrants from the age of 27 with a permanent residence status and up to three years after entry or obtaining the permanent residence status.

The MBE offers free counselling mainly on the following topics:

• German language courses (e.g. integration courses)
• Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications, etc.)
• Children and family
• Economic situation (income, job centre, debts...)
• Health (health insurance, medical care, pregnancy, disability)
• Everyday matters (contact with authorities, housing, leisure time...)
• Legal questions concerning residence

The offer is basically aimed at migrants from the age of 27 with a permanent residence status and up to three years after entry or obtaining the permanent residence status.

The MBE offers free counselling mainly on the following topics:

• German language courses (e.g. integration courses)
• Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications, etc.)
• Children and family
• Economic situation (income, job centre, debts...)
• Health (health insurance, medical care, pregnancy, disability)
• Everyday matters (contact with authorities, housing, leisure time...)
• Legal questions concerning residence

The counselling service is aimed at newly immigrated men and women from different age groups, with different origins and nationalities as well as their relatives. The MBE offers individual, confidential and free-of-charge counselling on the following topics in particular:

• German courses (e.g. integration courses)
• Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications, etc.)
• Children and family * Economic situation (income, job centre, debts...) * Health (health insurance, medical care, pregnancy, disability) * Everyday matters (contact with authorities, housing, leisure time...)
• Legal questions concerning residence

The counselling service is generally aimed at adult immigrants over 27 years of age up to three years after entry.

We advise on the following questions:

• Right of residence
• family reunification
• integration courses
• Access to the labour market (taking up employment, recognition of professional qualifications, etc.)
• Social security
• Health (health system/health care/health insurance)
• Housing situation
• Family/education/childcare
• Offers in the social area (clubs, community, etc.)
• Orientation in everyday life (rights and duties of citizens in Germany, information about offices and authorities, etc.)

Counselling is free of charge and confidential and is offered in different languages. If necessary, we work together with language mediators.

The offer is basically aimed at migrants from the age of 27 with a permanent residence status and up to three years after entry or obtaining the permanent residence status.

The MBE offers free counselling mainly on the following topics:

• German language courses (e.g. integration courses)
• Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications, etc.)
• Children and family
• Economic situation (income, job centre, debts...)
• Health (health insurance, medical care, pregnancy, disability)
• Everyday matters (contact with authorities, housing, leisure time...)
• Legal questions concerning residence

The offer is basically aimed at migrants from the age of 27 with a permanent residence status and up to three years after entry or obtaining the permanent residence status.

The MBE offers free counselling mainly on the following topics:

• German language courses (e.g. integration courses)
• Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications, etc.)
• Children and family
• Economic situation (income, job centre, debts...)
• Health (health insurance, medical care, pregnancy, disability)
• Everyday matters (contact with authorities, housing, leisure time...)
• Legal questions concerning residence

The offer is basically aimed at migrants from the age of 27 with a permanent residence status and up to three years after entry or obtaining the permanent residence status.

The MBE offers free counselling mainly on the following topics:

• German language courses (e.g. integration courses)
• Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications, etc.)
• Children and family
• Economic situation (income, job centre, debts...)
• Health (health insurance, medical care, pregnancy, disability)
• Everyday matters (contact with authorities, housing, leisure time...)
• Legal questions concerning residence

The offer is basically aimed at migrants from the age of 27 with a permanent residence status and up to three years after entry or obtaining the permanent residence status, as well as asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea.

The MBE offers free counselling mainly on the following topics:

• German courses (e.g. integration courses)
• Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications, etc.)
• Children and family
• Economic situation (income, job centre, debts...)
• Health (health insurance, medical care, pregnancy, disability)
• Everyday matters (contact with authorities, housing, leisure time...)
• Legal questions concerning residence

We offer:

• Advice on issues relating to residence law and related areas of law, such as citizenship law
• Cooperation with other projects, such as the Integrationslots:innen, the Stadtteilmütter project, the migration advice service for adults (Migrationsberatung) and the social advice service at tam (Sozialberatung) Referral to other specialist advice centres if required

Please make an appointment for a consultation in advance by e-mail or telephone.

Counseling is available in German, English and Chinese. Mediation for other languages is possible by prior arrangement.

LARA's Mobile Counselling is a free service for refugee women* who are affected by violence.

We advise, accompany and inform impartially and confidentially, regardless of how long ago the act(s) of violence occurred. Even after years, violence

suffered violence can have physical and psychological consequences for the victims. You can contact us if you have been or are still currently a victim of violence.

• Physical violence (e.g. pushing, hitting, choking, kicking, imprisonment)
• Sexual violence (obscene jokes and comments, unwanted, touching up to rape)
• Psychological violence (e.g. threatening, name-calling, blackmailing, controlling, isolating)
• Human trafficking (you are forced to work against your will).

Mobile counselling takes place

• in refugee shelters,
• at the LARA counselling centre
• or at other places you wish.

You decide where you would like to receive counselling!i

Advice and information on training and further education, internships and job opportunities. Information and advice on language courses, recognition of educational and professional qualifications, and the Berlin education system.

[DeepL:] * Social and debtor counseling

• Legal advice from the consumer center
• Social and tenancy law advice for tenants
• and much more.

[DeepL:] * Nutritional counseling

• Energy debt counseling
• Family service center
• Mediation and conflict counseling
• Legal counseling
• Self-help counseling
• Consultation hours of the tenants' council
• Social counseling for rheumatism patients

[DeepL:] * Tenancy law advice

• Social and care counseling
• Energy debt counseling

[DeepL:] General independent (referral) social counseling

An open, free counseling service for the Kreuzberg district

Monday: 13:00 - 16:00

Friday: 10:00 - 15:00

General legal advice

Social law (especially Alg II, social assistance, pension, rehabilitation/participation, severe disability),

in all other areas of law only to a limited extent.

Appointments by appointment only!

Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 16:00-18:00