Rent, heating & operating costs

Financial Help

All about living

Loan for rent deposit

Additional requirements for water supply

Rent arrears

Apply for one-time grants

Move

First move out of under 25s

Electricity costs &amp; Electricity back payment

Housing allowance

One-off payment of 200 euros coming at the end of July

COVID-19: Masks are mandatory again in our buildings

New newsletter on career choice for your children

Jobcenter benefits for refugees from Ukraine

Additional demand pregnant woman

Family/children

Support for rehab SB

Support in finding a job

People with disabilities

People with disabilities or health restrictions

Standard benefit & application

ALG II

Unemployment benefit II

Integration agreement

General info

Job seekers under 25

Job seekers under 25 years of age

Self-employment

Self-employed

Additional demand nutrition

Disease

Case management

Long-term unemployment

Conditions for car ownership

Mobility

Loan for special needs

Financial emergency

Single parent

Counselling for single parents

Counselling for single parents & their families/children

Dortmund passport

Free time

Advice for refugees

Fugitives

SozialTicket / MeinTicket

Apply for one-time benefits

Job search & application

Wohlberaten

Integreat - for immigrants

Temporary employment

Debt

Priority services

Personal counseling specialist

Turning Point" Program

Promotion of a passenger car

Arrive app for immigrants

Educational package for school chi

Child supplement (KiZ)

Continuing education

Local absence

Training part time

Help for personal

Job offensive

Team academic professions

academics:inside

Phone number

<a href="mailto:info@dortmunder-tafel.de">info@dortmunder-tafel.de</a>

email address

<a href="http://www.dortmunder-tafel.de">www.dortmunder-tafel.de</a>

website

Monday: 10:30 - 14:00Tuesday: 09:15 - 14:30Wednesday and Thursday: 09:15 - 15:00Thursday: 09:15 - 15:00 (food distribution)Friday: 09:15 - 14:30 (food distribution)

Opening hours

<a href="http://www.kana-suppenkueche.de">www.kana-suppenkueche.de</a>

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 12:15 - 14:00

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 08:00 - 11:00Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 08:00 - 11:00additionally Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 17:00 - 20:00

<a href="http://www.diakoniedortmund.de/">http://www.diakoniedortmund.de/</a>

Monday and Tuesday: 08:00 - 16:00Wednesday: 08:00 - 12:00 & 14:00 - 16:00Thursday: 08:00 - 16:00Friday: 08:00 -14:00

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 10:00 - 13:00

with the exception of 8:00 - 12:00 continuous

Emergency call

<a href="https://frauenhaus-dortmund.de/frauenhaus-dortmund-2/frauen@frauenhaus-dortmund.de">frauen@frauenhaus-dortmund.de</a>

<a href="http://www.frauenhaus-dortmund.de">http://www.frauenhaus-dortmund.de</a>

Contact

<a href="http://mitternachtsmission.de">http://mitternachtsmission.de</a>

<a href="http://www.alz-dortmund.de">www.alz-dortmund.de</a>

Monday: 08:30 - 16:00Tuesday: 08:30 - 12:00Wednesday and Thursday: 08:30 - 16:00Friday: 08:30 - 12:30

Office hours

General opening hours

The social workers in the job centre help with acute problems, especially withdebt, difficulties in the family environment, addictions or psychosocial problems.

Help offers

Monday to Thursday: 08:30 - 12:00 h and 13:00 h to 15:00 hFriday: 08:00 - 12:00

Reachability by phone

Antrag Ticket

With the SozialTicket / MeinTicket of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR), you can use the public transport at your place of residence at a reduced price. The SozialTicket / MeinTicket is valid around the clock for all scheduled buses, suburban trains, RB and RE lines, as well as streetcars and subways in the area of validity. You can find more up-to-date information on the homepage of the city of Dortmund as well as at the VRR.Youcan easily apply for the SozialTicket / MeinTicket online or by mail:<ol><li>Download the <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/Antrag%20auf%20Sozialticket_Antrag_auf_Sozialticket_6fb6b0f620.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">application for the ticket</a>.</li><li>Fill out the application.</li><li>Send us the application via the <a href="http://jobcenterdortmund.de/de/kontaktformular">contact form</a> or by mail.</li></ol>

VRR: Info SocialTicket

City of Dortmund: Info SozialTicket

You have lost your job and are urgently looking for a new position? Are you motivated to get back into working life as quickly as possible? You are currently completing further training and would like to get started in your new job? Then the Job Offensive is the right place for you!The placement specialists in the Job Offensive will support you on your way back into working life - regardless of whether you are looking for a job as a skilled worker or as a helper.Together with you, the Joboffensive develops a strategy that suits you best, enabling you to find a new job quickly and efficiently. In doing so, we take into account your current knowledge, skills and experience. After that, the Joboffensive supports you in implementing your plan. To do this, we access a wide range of support options - depending on your personal needs. For example, we can coach you in job applications and interviews or offer you courses in which you can further develop your strengths. For potential employers we have the possibility to create an additional incentive to hire you through financial support.If you would like to be supported by the Joboffensive, please contact your current employment agency or call the location where you are currently being supported. The Joboffensive has counselling offices at the Kaiserhain, Kampstraße and Königshof locations.

Quickly into a new job with the job offensive

With your own strengths to the goal: That is the motto in the "Wendepunkt" program. People who have been unemployed for several years and receive benefits from the job center (so-called long-term unemployed) are supported by the "Wendepunkt" team in finding a suitable employment opportunity. At eye level and in a trusting atmosphere, you and your intensive support worker uncover your as yet unused strengths and skills and together develop strategies for taking up a job. On this basis, your intensive care worker will look for a suitable employment opportunity for you. Through the Participation Opportunities Act, employers can be financially supported in the process of hiring you. By the way, the support at "Wendepunkt" does not stop as soon as you have found a suitable job. A qualified job coach accompanies you up to 12 months in your new job and helps you to master the transition between unemployment and job well.You have interest in the program turning point to participate? Your responsible counseling specialist at the Jobcenter Dortmund will be happy to advise you on this. You are an employer and want to give a long-term unemployed person the chance of employment? Then become a "Zukunft Macher" now - you can find all the information you need on the "Zukunft Macher" website.

Become a future-maker

Antrag auf Dortmund Pass

With the Dortmund Pass, you as a recipient of unemployment benefit II can use the offers of leisure and cultural facilities of the city of Dortmund for free or at reduced prices. You can find out which facilities you can visit at a reduced rate with the Dortmund Pass on the City of Dortmund's website.The Dortmund Pass will be issued to you by the Jobcenter for one year at a time and is only valid in conjunction with a photo ID (e.g. ID card, student ID, etc.). Children in your community of need up to the age of three do not need their own Dortmund Pass.You can apply for the Dortmund Pass very conveniently online or by mail:<ol><li>Download the <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/Antrag%20auf%20Dortmund%20Pass_Antrag_auf_Dortmund_Pass_642691ad53.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Application for the Dortmund Pass</a>.</li><li>Fill out the application.</li><li>Send us the application via the <a href="http://jobcenterdortmund.de/de/kontaktformular">contact form</a> or by mail.</li></ol>

Info about the Dortmund Pass

You have an academic degree from a university or a university of applied sciences and your degree or your last professional activity in an academic environment was not longer than four years ago? Then the Academic Professions Team (TAB for short) on your way to gainful employment. Since we take a holistic view of your life situation, we support not only you, but also the other adult members of your needs group. In the first step, our consultants, who are organized by occupational group, work with you to develop an individual placement strategy based on your knowledge and skills. In the second step, we support you in implementing this strategy. To this end, we access a wide range of support services tailored to your individual needs. In addition to content-related and financial assistance with applications and job interviews, we can make you offers for the development of soft skills or for the transfer of knowledge and professional training. For potential employers, under certain circumstances we can offer financial support as an additional incentive to hire you.

Menschen mit Behinderung fördern

For you as a person with a disability, the Jobcenter Dortmund has a specialised department at the Südwall location. The aim: <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AM1_Flyer%20Menschen%20mit%20Behinderung%20fo%CC%88rdern_AM_1_Flyer_Menschen_mit_Behinderung_foerdern_fd79ac7422.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Supporting people with disabilities</a>!The offer is addressed to:<ul><li>Jobseekers with a degree of disability of at least 50</li><li>Jobseekers with a degree of disability of 30 to less than 50, who are treated as equals</li><li>Jobseekers who are recognised rehabilitants (vocational rehabilitation procedure)</li><li>Employers who are interested in hiring a jobseeker from the above-mentioned groups of people. Further information for employers, including information on funding opportunities, can be found in the download area.</li></ul>Our qualified placement specialists - including employer advisors, youth placement officers and case managers - not only have the special legal knowledge, but also knowledge of individual clinical pictures and, above all, the necessary empathy for your individual situation.&nbsp;We maintain close contacts with rehabilitation providers and networks for the disabled, as well as with employers and the specialist integration service. In this way, we can work with you in Dortmund to open up the best possible opportunities for successful integration into the labour market, while at the same time providing suitable personnel for the job providers.

Support for rehabilitants & severely disabled persons (Reha-SB)

If you receive unemployment benefit II, you will conclude an integration agreement with the job center. This is a written declaration that you sign together with your counseling specialist.The agreement documents the extent to which the job center will support you in your goal of finding a new job (e.g., by covering travel or application costs) and what contribution you will make in return (for example, when and how often you will apply for open positions). The duration and content of the agreement are individually tailored to you and your professional goal. The conclusion of an integration agreement is required by law.

Information from the employment agency

Explanatory video

In case of pregnancy and for the birth, you can apply for one-time benefits for pregnancy clothing and baby equipment at the Jobcenter. To receive the benefit, please provide the Jobcenter with proof of pregnancy, for example, a medical certificate or a midwife.In addition, you have the option of receiving a one-time allowance for the purchase of a baby crib.

One-time benefits for pregnancy, birth &amp; adolescent crib.

Erste Hilfe für Anschreiben

Tipps Gespräch mit Arbeitgeber:in

Bewerbungstipps für Frauen

During the consultation, you will create an individual application profile together with your placement specialist. Based on this profile, you will receive suitable job proposals from us by mail.You can also find current job offers in the job exchange of the Federal Employment Agency - Germany's largest online job portal.As a customer of the Jobcenter, we can reimburse you for costs incurred in your job search, such as travel expenses to job interviews (technical term: support from the placement budget). Your responsible advisor at the Jobcenter Dortmund will be happy to advise you!&nbsp;We have already summarized the first tips for you. Feel free to have a look at our <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AI2_Erste%20Hilfe%20fu%CC%88r%20Ihr%20Anschreiben_AI_2_Erste_Hilfe_fuer_Ihr_Anschreiben_37ccc6b0b8.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">First aid for cover letters</a>, <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AI2_Last%20Minute%20fu%CC%88r%20das%20Gespra%CC%88ch%20mit%20einem_r%20Arbeitgeber_in_AI_2_Last_Minute_fuer_das_Gespraech_mit_einem_r_Arbeitgeber_in_719d8f6858.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Tips for your conversation with the employer </a>or our <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AI2_Bewerbungstipps%20fu%CC%88r%20Frauen_AI_2_Bewerbungstipps_fuer_Frauen_f8b76f69df.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Application tips for women</a> on.

Job exchange Federal Employment Agency

Free online application training

The service and learning app "Ankommen" was developed by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), the Federal Employment Agency (BA) and the Goethe Institute in cooperation with Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) especially for immigrants. Here you will receive important information about life in Germany (e.g. on the topics of asylum, education and work). With the integrated German course, you can also start learning German.

The Arrival App for Immigrants - Learn more about Germany

To the "Arrive" app

Schoolchildren under the age of 25 who attend a general or vocational school receive an allowance for school supplies (e.g. writing utensils, books, etc.). If pupils under 25 years of age live in their community of need, the benefit is automatically transferred to you at the beginning of each school semester together with your regular ALG II benefits. In addition, other so-called "benefits for education and participation (BuT)" can be applied for from the City of Dortmund. These include, for example, subsidies for school trips and lunch. Further information and application options are available on the website of the City of Dortmund.

Educational package for school children

BuT application of the city of Dortmund

Flyer Team Wohlberaten

A team of health advisors will look after you as a customer of the Dortmund Job Centre in "well-being counselling" if you have existing or impending health restrictions. Together with those seeking advice, they work towards the common goal of being well, fit and ready for working life again.  In cooperation with various health actors and advice centres, customers can take advantage of various offers such as health coaching, online offers on healthy nutrition, resilience, healthy sleep, back fitness, advice days and tests, e.g. for back and skeletal disorders, individual exercise offers and much more.

Well-being counselling - counselling for clients with health restrictions

Fachliche Weisungen der Stadt

Rent, heating and operating costs are covered by the Jobcenter in the amount actually payable, provided they are reasonable. The same applies to contributions from the tenants' association.&nbsp;The assessment of adequacy is based on the individual case and the individual circumstances. The appropriateness limits are set by the City of Dortmund. In the <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/FW1_Fachliche%20Weisungen%20der%20Stadt%20Dortmund_FW_1_Fachliche_Weisungen_der_Stadt_Dortmund_445b204e69.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the instructions of the city</a> you can read the detailed regulations.&nbsp;<h3>In Dortmund, the following upper limits for the costs of accommodation currently apply:</h3><figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td>People&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;Appropriateness limit&nbsp; &nbsp;Net cold rent</td><td>&nbsp;Operating costs&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;Appropriateness limit&nbsp; &nbsp;Gross cold rent</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>&nbsp;350,00 €</td><td>&nbsp;104,50 €</td><td>&nbsp;454,50 €</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>&nbsp;410,00 €</td><td>&nbsp;135,85 €</td><td>&nbsp;545,85 €</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>&nbsp;490,00 €</td><td>&nbsp;167,20 €</td><td>&nbsp;657,20 €</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>&nbsp;640,00 €</td><td>&nbsp;198,55 €</td><td>&nbsp;838,55 €</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>&nbsp;640,00 €</td><td>&nbsp;229,90 €</td><td>&nbsp;999,90 €</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>&nbsp;880,00 €</td><td>&nbsp;261,25 €</td><td>&nbsp;1.141,25 €</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>Operating costs are all costs that your landlord incurs over the course of a year in order to make the house and the property on which the house stands available to you as a tenant as living space. These include the warm ancillary costs or operating costs, such as heating costs, costs for hot water or costs for the heating and hot water supply systems. In addition, there are the cold ancillary costs, such as costs for refuse collection and street cleaning, property tax (or "public charges for the property"), chimney cleaning etc. For some rental houses there are additional costs, such as: Electricity for the elevator, house and hall cleaning, garden maintenance, etc.If you receive heating and operating cost statements, submit them immediately after receipt so that the Jobcenter can check whether they have been taken over. Please make sure to check beforehand whether your landlord has sent you the statement in due time and whether the statement is correct! If you have any questions about your heating and operating costs bill, the Mieter:innenverein can help you on site. &nbsp;&nbsp;<h3>You have the following options for submitting the heating and operating costs statement:&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3><ol><li>Conveniently via the jobcenter.digital portal</li><li>By post to Jobcenter Dortmund, 44120 Dortmund</li><li>As a drop in one of our mailboxes</li></ol>

Online portal "jobcenter.digital"

The joint institution Jobcenter Dortmund is a large social labor market service provider in the city of Dortmund. The Federal Employment Agency and the City of Dortmund, as the sponsors of the job center, stand for successful cooperation.

Contact ways

As a refugee with a recognized residence status according to § 25, paragraph 1-3 as well as paragraph 5 according to the Residence Act and with residence in Dortmund, you will receive help for integration and to secure your livelihood at the so-called "Integration Point".&nbsp;The staff members of the "Integration Point" speak Arabic, Turkish, English, French, Spanish, Persian, haussa, djerma and mina and can offer initial counseling in many cases in the mother tongue.&nbsp; If the requirements are met, they will hand out the applications for unemployment benefit II, assist with the application process and process your applications for SGB II benefits.In the employment service, the existing school knowledge and the professional experience acquired in the country of origin are comprehensively recorded. The employees advise you on the recognition procedures for educational and professional qualifications acquired abroad and enable you to participate in language courses (German courses) and other measures for professional integration into work and training. They will hand out job offers and place you as an applicant.

Make online appointment IP/EU

Free German courses

"Integration through Qualification"

Recognition of foreign qualifications

MigraDO - Service Center Migration & Integration

If you are dependent on medical equipment for health reasons, the Jobcenter can grant you subsidies under certain conditions. This applies to the purchase and repairs of orthopedic shoes, repairs of therapeutic devices and equipment, and the rental of therapeutic devices. Prerequisites are medical evidence of the need for this equipment.

Grants in the health sector

Integreat is a multilingual, digital app that provides you as a new immigrant with local information and is used by municipalities for exactly this purpose. Here, you as an arriving person in your city can receive all relevant information in your national language as quickly as possible - and all this without permanent internet access and confusing paper chaos.

Integreat - The local and multilingual integration platform for immigrants

To the Integreat app

As a customer of the Job Center, you will have a fixed contact person who will accompany you on your individual path back into the labor market. Depending on where you are at the moment and what your needs are, the support can also change. The reason for this is that our staff is specialized in the respective customer concerns and can thus offer you competent advice in your situation. If, for example, you are aiming for further training, the "Team FbW" (promotion of vocational further training) will advise you. There are also, among other things, special teams for the long-term unemployed, self-employed, rehabilitated or people without a fixed abode.

Your personal counseling specialist at the Jobcenter

If your new rental agreement provides for a deposit that you cannot bear from your own funds, the Jobcenter can advance the sum for you in the form of a loan.You must, however, apply for the loan in advance, i.e. before signing the new rental agreement, at the Jobcenter.You can find more information under the heading "Relocation"..

Loan for the rent deposit

As a recipient of unemployment benefits II, you are generally obliged to stay at your place of residence or to be available for the Jobcenter. If you are planning a longer absence from your place of residence (technical term: Ortsabwesenheit), such as a trip, please talk in advance with your counseling specialist. You can apply for the local absence conveniently by telephone at your responsible Jobcenter location.

Request prolonged absence from the place of residence

In certain situations, the Jobcenter can grant one-time subsidies for housing needs. Such occasions can be, for example, the establishment of a first household or the case of an apartment fire. We will be happy to advise you on your individual case!

One-time grants for housing needs

Under certain circumstances, the Jobcenter can financially support the necessary purchase of a car. A car purchase may become necessary in the context of taking up employment: For example, if an employer agrees to hire you - on condition that you have your own car - or if you demonstrably cannot get to your new job without your own vehicle. In such cases, the Job Center may consider assuming the costs. Important; please contact your personal counseling specialist (e.g. employment agency, case manager) and talk to them about your plans - absolutely before you purchase the car. It is a benefit from the so-called "placement budget" - a legal claim to it does not exist. For more information, please contact your responsible counseling specialist at the job center.

Car/passenger car: promotion of the acquisition costs

The legislator assumes that unemployed young adults under 25 are financially supported by their parents. If this is not the case, the children - as a part of the community of need - have a claim to unemployment benefit II. For under 25-year-old children of the community of need, a first move out of the parental home is therefore only possible under certain conditions. Required is a Approval from the team PEA (examination first move) from the youth vocational house, if you want the costs for the new apartment to be taken over by the Jobcenter. In addition, Team PEA will advise you on how the current housing situation can be improved.Even if you permanently pay the rent for the new apartment yourself, parents should contact the Jobcenter to notify the change in the community of need.If under-25s move out of the parental home without permission, the costs of the move and the rent for the new apartment are not borne by the Jobcenter..

Your electricity costs are covered as a lump sum by your standard rate and must be transferred by yourself to your:n electricity provider. Should you have incurred an electricity back payment from the annual statement, which you can not take from their own funds, you can be granted a loan. An electricity back payment is always a good opportunity to check whether and where you can save electricity costs. In addition, a provider comparison is worthwhile at any time. The free energy saving service of Caritas will be happy to help you.

Energy saving service of CARITAS

The Jobcenter can grant subsidies for a more costly diet for medical reasons. You are only entitled to this additional requirement if there is a connection between the necessary cost-intensive diet (dietary change) and an existing or impending illness (e.g. protein-defined diet for renal insufficiency or gluten-free diet for celiac disease/sprue). In order to receive this benefit, medical evidence, e.g. a medical certificate, must be provided. If you would like to apply for additional needs, <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/de/kontakt">contact us by phone</a>- we will advise you and send you the necessary forms.You have health restrictions and would like help/support in coping with them? The counseling specialists in the "Wohlberaten" team offer you individual health counseling on a wide range of topics. Give it a try!

Additional requirements for complex nutrition

Bildungsangebote in Dortmund

Bildungszielplanung 2022

Betriebliche Einzelumschulung

Who qualifies for the requirements of the labor market, improves his individual professional opportunities.The Jobcenter Dortmund offers its customer the possibility of vocational training or retraining - if, for example, special knowledge is missing, the secondary school diploma is to catch up or only another occupational field opens opportunities for professional re-entry.You are interested in further education? Our brochure <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AI7_Ihre%20Bildungsangebote%20in%20Dortmund_AI_7_Ihre_Bildungsangebote_in_Dortmund_2c18be71b7.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Educational opportunities in Dortmund</a> gives an overview of which vocational qualifications the Jobcenter Dortmund promotes.In addition, the <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AI7_Unsere%20Bildungszielplanung%202021_AI_7_Unsere_Bildungszielplanung_2021_306862775e.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Educational goal planning 2021</a> informs about the educational measures for which the Jobcenter Dortmund has currently scheduled educational vouchers.The <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AI7_Betriebliche%20Einzelumschulung_AI_7_Betriebliche_Einzelumschulung_e0709ed9fb.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Betriebliche Einzelumschulung</a> represents, for example, an opportunity for the acquisition of a training qualification in a shortened time and also enables additional earnings. Staying the course is rewarded: if you successfully complete further training, you can receive a premium:<ul><li>1000 euros for successfully passing the intermediate examination before the competent chamber provided for in the occupational laws or training regulations and</li><li>1500 euros for passing the final examination</li></ul>In order to receive the further training premium, your qualification must be in a recognized training occupation lasting at least two years. You are interested in further vocational training? You have the following options:<ol><li>NEW: Arrange quite convenient <a href="https://con.arbeitsagentur.de/prod/portal/terminvereinbarung/pc/jobcenter/anliegenauswahl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">online your consultation appointment for a professional development </a>at planQ - your consulting office for professional qualification. Note: Please enter your address, select a concern and then scroll down until the button "make on-site appointment" appears. Click on this to select your preferred appointment time. Please note that your appointment will take place at Prinzenstraße 11, 44135 Dortmund (and not at Steinstraße).</li><li>Address your counseling specialist at the Jobcenter.</li><li>Contact directly the "Team FbW" by phone or email</li></ol><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyritCDTe04"></oembed></figure>We look forward to seeing you!

Professional development

Counselling centre "planQ"

Free eLearning platform

Hier buchen Sie Ihren Beratungstermin für eine berufliche Qualizierung!

Chancengleichheit am Arbeitsmarkt

Teilzeitberufsausbildung

A vocational qualification is very important for professional integration and significantly reduces the risk of unemployment. However, people with family responsibilities or in special life situations often find it particularly difficult to realize their desire for vocational training.Are you interested in training, but do not have the opportunity to complete it full-time? The representative for <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AI9_Chancengleichheit%20am%20Arbeitsmarkt_AI_9_Chancengleichheit_am_Arbeitsmarkt_8b51fa26ba.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Equal Opportunities in the Labor Market (BCA) at the Jobcenter</a>, Mrs. Herweg-Zaide, will gladly support and advise you. She is committed to reducing disadvantages in the labor market and supports, among other things, (single) parents in acquiring sustainable professional qualifications, e.g. with a <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AI9_Flyer%20Teilzeitberufsausbildung_AI_9_Flyer_Teilzeitberufsausbildung_7109f91029.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">part-time vocational training</a>. The BCA also offers targeted individual and group counseling, for interested customers of the Jobcenter Dortmund, on the topics of pregnancy, childcare, etc.

Perspective re-entry

Arbeitsgelegenheiten in Dortmund

Your job search has not worked out so far? Nevertheless, you have the desire to pursue a meaningful occupation and earn something in addition to the unemployment benefit II? At the same time, you also want to learn new things and gain new experience that will take you a step further towards the job market?You care about people, nature or the environment? You would like to be socially involved? All this can a work opportunity (AGH). Take advantage of this opportunity and do something good - for yourself and for our city! For more information, see our current flyer <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AL2_Arbeitsgelegenheiten%20in%20Dortmund_AL_2_Arbeitsgelegenheiten_in_Dortmund_6daeb6ca6d.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Work opportunities (AGH) in Dortmund.</a>.

Work opportunities as temporary employment

Finanzielle Familienleistungen im Überblick

Families with a low income can receive the so-called child supplement (KiZ) in addition to child benefit. A KiZ claim can mean that your family's need for assistance can be ended.&nbsp;You can apply for the KiZ in addition to child benefit at your family benefits office. You can find all important information about the KiZ at <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/FFK4_U%CC%88berblick%20Familienleistungen_FFK_4_Ueberblick_Familienleistungen_e6dfb17794.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Financial family benefits at a glance.</a>With the "KiZ-Lotsen" of the Federal Employment Agency you can find out whether you are entitled to KiZ.

Information on child benefit, child supplement and child bonus

KiZ pilot of the employment agency

Child benefit application for newborn

Child benefit application from the age of 18

Hilfsangebote in Covid-19 Zeiten

Checkliste Unternehmenskonzept

FAQs für Gründungswillige

The "Self-employed" team at the Jobcenter Dortmund supports start-ups and self-employed persons whose income is not (yet) sufficient to secure their livelihood and who, in accordance with the provisions of Social Code II, meet the eligibility requirements for unemployment benefit II.  As a self-employed person, you should have these documents to hand if you want to submit an application to the Jobcenter:<ul><li>Business registration</li><li>Commercial space rental agreement (if available)</li><li>Evidence of personnel costs (e.g. by means of employment contracts or pay slips)</li><li>Economic evaluations of the last three months</li><li>In the case of a GmbH: shareholders' agreements</li></ul>Through the payment of unemployment benefit II, the Jobcenter secures the the subsistence of self-employed persons for as long as and to the extent that their income is insufficient for this purpose. However, the Jobcenter does not compensate for any lack of income or losses that may arise from self-employment.Our common goal is for you to be able to secure your entire livelihood in the long term through your self-employment. If you are already a customer of the Jobcentre and are planning to become self-employed, please first contact your contact person in the job centre or in case management. They will then put you in touch with the self-employed team. The colleagues will advise you as a founder comprehensively on questions such as:<ul><li>How long can I receive benefits from the Jobcenter?</li><li>What additional benefits can I receive as a founder and what requirements do I have to fulfil?</li><li>I have comprehension questions about my own accounting</li><li>When am I self-employed (freelancer:in)?</li></ul>In times of Corona pandemic, the Self-Employed team will contact you in writing or by phone.  Under certain conditions, the Jobcenter can Promote your business start-up (e.g. through start-up money). You will also receive all information on this from the Self-Employed Team. It is important that you as a start-up:in Submit your application for start-up money before you register a business or sign any contracts for self-employment (e.g. commercial lease).. During the Corona Crisis, self-employment assistance services may also be available to you. At <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AS1_Hilfsangebote%20f%C3%BCr%20Selbst%C3%A4ndige%20in%20der%20Corona_Krise_AS_1_Hilfsangebote_fuer_Selbstaendige_in_der_Corona_Krise_f192441f2e.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Offers of help for self-employed people in the Corona crisis</a> you will find all useful information and links. In preparation for your self-employment you can use the <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AS1_Checkliste_Unternehmenskonzept_AS_1_Checkliste_Unternehmenskonzept_4528ac88e6.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Checklist for the business concept</a> of the Startercenter NRW.

Support for the self-employed 

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Jugendberufshaus

The <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/AU1_Flyer%20Jugendberufshaus_AU_1_Flyer_Jugendberufshaus_51d1cc2f09.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Youth Vocational Center</a> advises young Dortmunders under the age of 25 on their path to a career. Whether it's career advice, finding a training place or help with particularly challenging life situations - here you'll find support from a single source and under one roof.In order to provide you with competent and comprehensive support, the employment agency, job centre and the city of Dortmund have joined forces in the Jugendberufshaus. The aim is to provide you with the best possible support during your first professional steps. You can find all further information about the Jugendberufshaus and its services on the website.

Youth Career House Dortmund

Vermieter:innenbescheinigung

Ausfüllhinweise in einfacher Sprache

The so-called standard benefit comprises the amount that is transferred to you by the Jobcenter to secure your basic needs.&nbsp;This lump sum includes costs for food, personal hygiene, clothing, household goods, household energy (electricity) and the needs of daily life (e.g. for participation in cultural and social life). Single persons, single parents and persons whose partner is a minor receive the full standard amount.&nbsp;Currently (as of 01 January 2021), people in need of assistance receive the following standard monthly benefits:<figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td>Single person or single parent</td><td>446 €</td></tr><tr><td>Couples (each partner:in) in the BG*, if both are of age</td><td>401 €</td></tr><tr><td>18- to 24-year-olds in the BG* of their parents</td><td>357 €</td></tr><tr><td>14- to 17-year-olds in BG*</td><td>373 €</td></tr><tr><td>Children from 6 to 13 years</td><td>309 €</td></tr><tr><td>Children up to 5 years</td><td>283 €</td></tr><tr><td>Adults in institutions (according to SGB XII)</td><td>357 €</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>*needs group&nbsp;&nbsp;<h3>Please have the following documents ready for the application:</h3><ul><li>Valid identity card or passport</li><li><a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/FA1_Vermieterbescheinigung_FA_1_Vermieterbescheinigung_e6d28eeccc.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">landlord:tenant certificate</a> (to prove the current rent and service charges)</li><li>Copy of your rental contract</li><li>Your bank statements for the last three months (without gaps)</li><li>If you do not have a bank account: proof that no account can be set up</li><li>If available: Proof of credit balances on savings accounts</li><li>Health insurance card</li><li>Pension insurance number</li><li>If you have children: Proof of child benefit</li><li>Evidence of heating costs</li><li>If available: Severely disabled person's pass &nbsp;</li></ul><h3>Certain individuals must submit the following additional documentation:</h3><ul><li>For foreign applicants: Passport for verification of residence status</li><li>For children over 16 years of age: School certificates</li><li>In the case of divorce and children born out of wedlock: Maintenance arrangements, evidence of advance maintenance payments.</li><li>If you have a car: Motor vehicle registration certificate and document for motor vehicle insurance</li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;If you would like to apply for unemployment benefit II, please contact us by phone first. We will advise you on how to make an application - individually for your situation.&nbsp;Alternatively, you have the option of submitting a simplified application for unemployment benefit II on the website of the Federal Employment Agency. However, we recommend that you first contact us by telephone.Tip: <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/api/media/FA1_Ausfu%CC%88llhinweise%20in%20einfacher%20Sprache_FA_1_Ausfuellhinweise_in_einfacher_Sprache_db897d210d.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Filling in instructions in easily understandable German</a> can be found in the download area. Tip: With the "digital pilot" on the website of the Federal Employment Agency, you can check online quickly and easily whether you are entitled to unemployment benefit II.

Digital pilot

Application for unemployment benefit II

Model grant notification

Information on basic income

Explanatory video: Authorisation notice

The term additional needs stands for additional costs that are not covered by the so-called standard needs. With a decentralized hot water supply in your household, the water is heated by a boiler or an instantaneous water heater, instead of via the central heating. There are higher costs associated with this approach. It is possible to receive a subsidy in case of additional hot water demand in case of decentralized hot water supply. If you would like to apply for the benefits, <a href="https://jobcenterdortmund.de/de/kontakt">contact us by phone</a>-we will advise you and send you the necessary forms.More detailed information on this is also published on the <a href="https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/wissensdatenbank-sgbii/21-algii-mehrbedarfe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Internet site of the Federal Employment Agency</a>.

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