Low-threshold care in children's hospice work

At the Björn Schuz Foundation's Family Support Service, you could provide low-threshold relief to a family with a child or young person with a life-shortening or life-threatening illness.

Concretely you could e.g. occupy yourself with the sick child or the healthy sibling (paint, play, do handicrafts, go to the cinema or the zoo, do playful perception exercises), but also take over babysitting or pick-up and drop-off services (for example from school to therapy or similar). 

You would support a family that lives in Berlin. We try to use you as close to home as possible.

You do not need to have any expertise. Anyone can take on the task without any previous experience. However, you will be introduced to children's hospice work and your later work in a 30-hour preparatory course. This preparatory course is required by law.

For the children and the families it would be very nice if you could do the work continuously and over a longer period of time, since bonds are formed.

You can arrange the times individually with the family. Usually it is 1-3 hours a week, but there are also assignments that take place only once or twice a month for a few hours. This depends on the needs of the family and the time you want to give.

You will receive an expense allowance of € 10 per hour worked (except for the course). This expense allowance is paid within the framework of the tax- and social security-free exercise leader flat rate.