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Quite a few refugees have had traumatic experiences due to war and displacement, have lost their mental balance or suffer from mental illnesses. They need professional help.

The psychosocial contact and counselling centres (KBSen) are present with their staff both in the accommodations on site and in their own rooms.

Social workers and psychologists provide counselling in various languages or with the help of interpreters. They can assess the mental health status and clarify the need for medical treatment. They support you in finding a referral to the psychiatric help system.

Each contact and counselling centre offers a weekly programme in its district, which you can find out about on the website of the respective KBS.

Psychosocial contact and counselling centres - in Pankow [Published]

Psychosocial care for refugees

Quite a few refugees have had traumatic experiences due to war and displacement, have lost their mental balance or suffer from mental illnesses. They need professional help.

The psychosocial contact and counselling centres (KBSen) are present with their staff both in the accommodation facilities and in their own rooms.

Social workers and psychologists provide counselling in various languages or with the help of interpreters. They can assess the mental health status and clarify the need for medical treatment. They support you in finding a referral to the psychiatric help system.

Each contact and counselling centre offers a weekly programme in its district, which you can find out about on the website of the respective KBS.

• Viola Meyer | 0178 806 4638
• Ibrahim Mohamad | 0178 806 4626

Psychosocial contact and counselling centres - in Steglitz [Published]

Psychosocial care for refugees

Quite a few refugees have had traumatic experiences due to war and displacement, have lost their mental balance or suffer from mental illnesses. They need professional help.

The psychosocial contact and counselling centres (KBSen) are present with their staff both in the accommodation facilities and in their own rooms.

Social workers and psychologists provide counselling in various languages or with the help of interpreters. They can assess the mental health status and clarify the need for medical treatment. They support you in finding a referral to the psychiatric help system.

Each contact and counselling centre offers a weekly programme in its district, which you can find out about on the website of the respective KBS.

Max Bandosz | Salar Ibrahim | Mohammed al Abed | Nahid Reza | Olaf Dettmers | Clara Büssemeier |

Quite a few refugees have had traumatic experiences due to war and displacement, have lost their mental balance or suffer from mental illnesses. They need professional help.

The psychosocial contact and counselling centres (KBSen) are present with their staff both in the accommodations on site and in their own rooms.

Social workers and psychologists provide counselling in various languages or with the help of interpreters. They can assess the mental health status and clarify the need for medical treatment. They support you in finding a referral to the psychiatric help system.

Each contact and counselling centre offers a weekly programme in its district, which you can find out about on the website of the respective KBS.

Lutz Krüger | Lesley Omuvwie | Ute Benzerari | Mahnaz Bolz |

Quite a few refugees have had traumatic experiences due to war and displacement, have lost their mental balance or suffer from mental illnesses. They need professional help.

The psychosocial contact and counselling centres (KBSen) are present with their staff both in the accommodations on site and in their own rooms.

Social workers and psychologists provide counselling in various languages or with the help of interpreters. They can assess the mental health status and clarify the need for medical treatment. They support you in finding a referral to the psychiatric help system.

Each contact and counselling centre offers a weekly programme in its district, which you can find out about on the website of the respective KBS.

• Dascha Guntli: +49 151 4464 6742
• Iyas Adi: +49 171 490 5177
• Sinja Tsai: +49 157 5142 2291

Quite a few refugees have had traumatic experiences due to war and displacement, have lost their mental balance or suffer from mental illnesses. They need professional help.

The psychosocial contact and counselling centres (KBSen) are present with their staff both in the accommodations on site and in their own rooms.

Social workers and psychologists provide counselling in various languages or with the help of interpreters. They can assess the mental health status and clarify the need for medical treatment. They support you in finding a referral to the psychiatric help system.

Each contact and counselling centre offers a weekly programme in its district, which you can find out about on the website of the respective KBS.

Wir bieten Unterstützung bei:

• Sorgen um die psychische Gesundheit
• Psychischen Belastungen und Krisen
• Der Frage, ob Kinder oder Jugendliche einen Integrationsstatus bekommen sollen (nach § 35a SGB VIII). Dieser Paragraph bezieht sich darauf, wie gut Kinder oder Jugendliche in der Kita oder Schule eingebunden sind und ob spezielle Hilfe oder Förderung notwendig ist

Focus: young adults and migration

• Support for young people between 18 and 26 years of age
• Support for homeless EU internal migrants

Counselling on questions:

• Housing situation
• livelihood/economic situation
• Social relations
• health
• Education/work

At the beginning of our cooperation we clarify your need for support.

• What do you want to achieve?
• What do you need?

In the next step, we find ways to the goal together. We clarify

• What you can achieve yourself with your possibilities.
• Where you need support from someone else.
• Who supports you in achieving your goals.

In addition, we have a lot of information about the structure and functioning of Berlin's help offers. On request, we will arrange suitable offers of help and accompany you to the appointment.

Offers of the contact point for young homeless people or people threatened by homelessness up to the age of 26:

Use of showers and washing machines, hot meal, access to computers and internet, Wi-Fi, veterinarian dogDoc with advance reservation, group offers as needed.

Free, confidential advice and assistance on the following topics:

• Counselling on asylum law, residence law, social law.
• Psychosocial counselling (problems, crises, conflicts)
• Advice for women in special circumstances (pregnancy, single parenthood, domestic violence, sexualised violence)
• Making forms understandable: Translations of official forms for applying for social benefits in different languages.
• Art projects for young people

If necessary and on request, language mediation is organised.

• Free and independent specialist advice on the recognition of professional qualifications acquired abroad.
• Information on the procedure, costs and duration of the process
• Support in compiling the necessary documents and recommendation on the reference occupation
• Referral to the competent office in the recognition procedure
• Qualification counselling in the context of the recognition laws
• Support in researching compensatory measures
• Support in the search for further counselling services if recognition is not an option

We provide free advice on asylum and residence law issues, dealing with violence and discrimination, accommodation and health. If necessary and in conflict situations, we accompany to offices and accommodations.

We provide counseling by appointment:

• Girls and young women (up to 27 years old) who have experienced sexual violence or feel threatened by it.
  
  *mothers and other supporting persons
  
  *professional helpers and assistants

We also inform and advise professional helpers through:

• information events
  
  *further training events
  
  *professional consultations according to §8a SGB VIII
  
  *case supervision

Malteser Medicine is for people without health insurance, people without valid residence status, and we help people without health insurance find a doctor who provides initial examination and emergency care in case of sudden illness, injury or pregnancy.

MMM's practice has consultations for the following specialties:

• General Medicine (Tues, Wed and Fri: 9am-3pm, last intake: 1.30pm).
• Paediatrics (Wed: 9-12 hrs)
• Gynaecology (Tue and Wed: 9am-1pm)
• Dentistry (Tue and Fri: 9am-12pm)
• Orthopaedics (Fri: appointments only)
• Dermatology (Fri: appointments only)
• Physiotherapy (Fri: appointments only)
• Social counselling (Tue, Wed and Fri: 9-15 hrs, Mon and Thurs: appointments only)
• Pregnancy counselling

Medibüro Berlin does not offer medical treatment itself, but arranges anonymous and free treatment by qualified medical professionals for migrants without residence status and without health insurance.

If necessary, we can provide financial support for aids or medication. It is not possible to provide financial support for medication in the case of chronic illnesses, in the case of serious, long-term illnesses or for subsequent reimbursement of costs for medical treatment or medication. In these cases, we try to find and refer alternative solutions.

[DeepL:] International professionals can obtain information and advice on questions relating to the recognition of their foreign professional qualifications. The multilingual telephone hotline is available to professionals who work or would like to work in Berlin.

The hotline advisors provide initial orientation for those seeking advice and answer basic questions. They will help you find the right recognition office or refer you to the recognition counseling centers of the IQ Netzwerk Berlin.

If further questions need to be clarified, referrals are made to other counseling services such as those of the Berlin Job Center, the Berlin Counseling Center for Education and Career, or the Welcome Center.

The project is a cooperation between the Senate Department for Integration, Labor and Social Affairs, the Berlin Senate Commissioner for Integration and Migration, the Berlin-Brandenburg Regional Directorate of the Federal Employment Agency, the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Berlin Chamber of Skilled Crafts.

The project EMSA of the sponsor Arbeit und Bildung is a partner in the implementation.

In the tenancy advice service, you will receive all the important information on the subject of finding an apartment. You will also learn about your rights and obligations as a tenant and where you can find housing offers. This counselling is voluntary. You will be supported by language mediators.

The service is generally aimed at migrants aged 27 and over with a permanent residence status.
The specialist office offers free counselling mainly on the following topics:
* German courses (e.g. integration courses).
* Work and vocational training (job search, recognition of vocational qualifications...) * 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

Migration counselling for adults (MBE)

• Assists new immigrants aged 27 and over in all stages of the integration process in Germany in the first three years after entering the country or obtaining permanent residence status.
• Offers individual and needs-oriented case guidance with the aim of increasing their chances of professional and social integration.
• Provides support in the search for a suitable integration course and, if required, takes on the social-pedagogical supervision of integration course participants.
• Actively participates in communal networks.

Who can contact us?

• New immigrants and late repatriates with their family members.
• Migrants already living here as well as late repatriates with their family members in concrete crisis situations.
• Employees of various institutions and organisations in questions of the intercultural opening of regular services.

We advise and support you in the following areas:

• Integration courses
• Questions of social integration, etc.

The offer is basically aimed at migrants aged 27 and over 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