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The Arche Köthen is a Protestant children's and youth welfare center of the Sankt Jakobsgemeinde, which specializes in curative education and integrative care and support for children and adolescents. Its offer includes a variety of living and care arrangements such as a curative education and integrative children's and youth home, assisted living, flexible parental assistance as well as shelters and training groups that offer individual support and life assistance [3].
The main mission of Arche Köthen is to promote the development of young people through a close, trusting relationship, structured daily routines and curative education support concepts. The center focuses on the involvement of parents as well as close cooperation with schools and training centers to ensure sustainable support and integration. The work is based on clear values such as care, community, respect and the strengthening of personal resources [4].
Sustainability is mainly demonstrated in the Arche through high-quality pedagogical work and the long-term goal of offering children and adolescents a stable, livable perspective. The conscious use of resources in everyday life and the creation of socially sustainable, integrative living spaces are also part of the institution's culture. Their pedagogical concepts take into account individual needs and focus on the sustainable independence of the people they care for [3][4].
In addition, Arche Köthen promotes a varied leisure program with offers such as sports, music, dance, adventure education and creative projects to support the development of personality holistically and to strengthen social skills [5].
In summary, Arche Köthen stands for professional, family-like child and youth welfare, which responds to the needs of its clients with empathy and professional competence. It creates stable conditions for young people in difficult life situations and actively contributes to their social and emotional development, appreciating and promoting their individual potential [3][4][5].
