Verein für Erlebnispädagogik und Jugendsozialarbeit e.V.

The Verein für Erlebnispädagogik und Jugendsozialarbeit e.V. (VEJ) has been a competent partner in the field of youth welfare and youth social work for over 25 years, with a special focus on experiential education. The VEJ offers a wide range of services for children, young people and families in the city and region of Hanover, in particular outpatient educational assistance in accordance with §§27 ff SGB VIII at the Lehrte and Hanover-Herrenhausen locations.

The VEJ's core services include:

• Hilfen zur Erziehung: Individual support, socio-educational family support and social group work to support children, young people and families in difficult life situations.
• Anti-Gewalt-Training: Gender-differentiated training for violence prevention, de-escalation and affect control, both as social training courses according to § 10 JGG and as part of educational assistance.
• Jugendarbeit und Erlebnispädagogik: Offers that focus on lively learning and movement.
• Fort- und Weiterbildung: The VEJ also offers further training in the field of experiential education and youth work, which is accessible via the KEJ-Kompetenzzentrum Erlebnispädagogik und Jugendarbeit.

The VEJ's goal is to recognize and strengthen the resources and skills of children, young people and families, to promote their self-confidence and self-esteem and to strengthen their personal responsibility. Problem areas such as violence, addiction, school problems, crime, unemployment, educational problems and social behavioral problems are dealt with in a goal-oriented manner.

In anti-violence training, the VEJ is guided by the interests of the participants in leading a life free of fear and violence. Another focus is on victim orientation, with empathy and the feelings of the victims being a central theme. The VEJ attaches great importance to quality assurance through supervision, coaching, further training and goal-oriented control procedures.

The VEJ is a member of the Bundesverband für Erziehungshilfe e.V. and works with various cooperation partners to ensure a broad spectrum of offers and services.

1. https://www.vej-online.de/
2. https://www.vej-online.de/informationen
3. https://www.vej-online.de/jugendhilfe
4. https://www.vej-online.de/kontakt
5. https://www.vej-online.de/jugendhilfe/unsere-standorte
6. https://www.vej-online.de/app/download/20553285/AGT.pdf
7. https://www.vej-online.de/informationen/links
8. https://www.vej-online.de/stellenangebote
9. https://www.vej-online.de/fort-und-weiterbildung
10. https://www.vej-online.de/jugendhilfe/hilfen-zur-erziehung