Rosenheim Guide for Parents for Migrated Parents and Their Children

Welcome!

Rosenheim Guide for Parents For Migrated Parents and Their Children

 Legal Information  Matters of Finance  Important Application Forms  Visit to the Government Agents

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Kinderschutzbund Rosenheim e.V.

Färberstraße 19, 83022 Rosenheim

Tel. 08031 - 12929 [email protected] www.kinderschutzbund-rosenheim.de

Stand: August 2016

This information was compiled within the framework of the project „Welcome“ by the Kinderschutzbund Rosenheim (Child Protection organisation)in cooperation with the town of Rosenheim & the Coordinating Center Frühe Kindheit (Early Childhood) of the town of Rosenheim. All information was submitted to a careful survey, however no liability can be taken for faulty information or misprints. In case of doubt, please contact the respective responsible authority.

Fotos: private

Contents

 Emergency Numbers and Hospital……………………………………………………...... 4  Birth Certificates……………………………………………………………………………. 5  Child Benefits……………………………………………………………………………….. 5  Child Care / Day Care…………………………………………………………………..…. 5  Assumption of Costs for the Costs of the Facility for Children..………..………………. 6  Health Insurance……………………………………………………………………………. 7  Right to a Name……………………………………………………………………………. 7  Child Custody………………………………………………………………………………. 8  Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity………………………………………………… 8  Paternity Test……………………………………………………………………………….. 9

 Usefull Help

 Asylum Seeker Social Welfare Counselling……………………………………… 9  Baby Basic Equipment …………………………………………………………….10  Feeding………………………………………………………………………………10  Premature Infants – Help and Support……………………………………...... 10  Healthy Baby Sleep………………………………………………………………...11  Coordinating Center Early Childhood.……………………...... …..11  Postnatal Gym……………………………………………………………………..12  SecondHand-Shops………………………………………………………………..12  Antenatal Class…………………………………………………………………….12  Support for cases when the Baby´s crying cannot be calmed, Sleeping or feeding problems …………………………………………………………...... …13  U-Examinations at the Paediatrician…………………………………….…….....13  Further Information for Free Time…………………………………………...…..14  Important Links………………………………………………………………….…15

 Emergency Numbers and Hospital

Emergency Call Rescue Service / Fire Department  112

In case of situations dangerous to life, emergencies or outbreaks of fire, please always dial the emergency call number 112 !

The emergency call is free of charge and also can be dialled per mobile phone.

Please always say your address, respectively your current whereabouts! An ambulance will then be sent to you.

In case of violence, violent conflicts, robbery or cases you cannot handle, please call the police under the number  110.

Poisoning Emergency Number  089 / 19240

Shelter for Battered Women Rosenheim  08031 / 381478

The Frauenhaus (Shelter for Battered Women) is an asylum for women, who have experienced violence through other people. In order to guarantee safety, the address is confidential. The stay is free of charge.

Advice and help in several languages can be obtained by dialling  0800 116016. For further information, refer to http://wie-kann-ich- helfen.info/downloads/EN-WomensRightsFlyer_%C2%A9_Birte_Vogel.pdf

If you go to the hospital (RoMed Klinikum Rosenheim, Pettenkoferstraße 10, 83022 Rosenheim) on your own, please take your health insurance card or a health insurance certificate (available at the Social Welfare Office Sozialamt, Reichenbachstraße 8, 83022 Rosenheim)

If you seek out the paediatrician stand-by-duty at the RoMed Klinikum (Wednesday 13 -19 pm, Saturday, Sunday, Public Holiday 9 – 19 pm,  08031 / 365-3462) you also need the health insurance card or a health insurance certificate.

 Birth Certificates

In order to have birth certificates issued, asylum-seeking-families should best immediately make an appointment at the Registry Office. It is helpful to have a person of a welcoming committee accompany you or someone, who can translate your native language.

Necessary for the issuing of birth certificates:

 Attendance of both parents  Identity card of the parents (if available) or other documents, proving your identity (e.g.. birth certificates or marriage certificate)  As the case may be, proof of date of arrival

(Citizen Center) Bürgeramt– (Registry Office) SG Standesamt, Königstraße 15, 83022 Rosenheim,  08031 / 365-1394, [email protected]

 Child Benefits

Also see the information handout of the Family Benefits Office!

Filling of Application

(Family Benefits Office) Familienkasse Pfarrkirchen, Max-Breiherr-Straße 3, 84347 Pfarrkirchen,

 0800/4555530, [email protected]

Please find application forms under www.familienkasse.de, www.arbeitsagentur.de

 Child Care / Day Care

Germany has compulsory education. Child Care in day nursery or kindergarden is voluntary. However, also children from asylum-seeking families have a right for a place in a kindergarden. Child care in a day nursery or kindergarden can make it easier for your child to learn German. It can also play with other children. You can use this – for you free time – for important steps for your stay in Germany (e. g. German courses).

Children aging from 1 -3 years are cared for in the day nurseries in Rosenheim. Children aging 3 years and more can visit the kindergarden.

For further questions please contact the Youth Welfare Office - (Day nursery) Krippe:  08031 / 365-1514, Also find information under www.rosenheim.de/stadt-buerger/jugend-familie- soziales/kinderbetreuung/kitas/kita/k/search.html - Kindergarten:  08031 / 365-1516, Information also under www.rosenheim.de/stadt- buerger/jugend-familie-soziales/kinderbetreuung/kitas/kita/k/search.html

- Alternatively to day care at a nursery or kindergarden: day care center (family-oriented attendance in small groups) For information please contact  08031 / 365-1508 or www.rosenheim.de/stadt-buerger/jugend-familie- soziales/kinderbetreuung/kindertagespflege.html

Necessary for the application at day nursery or kindergarden:

- Documents for a residence permit / settlement permit / right of residence / stay of deportation (toleration of stay) or registration card for asylum-seekers (BüMA) respectively proof of date of arrival - Yellow U-Personal Child Care Record (should this not exist yet, please have one issued during your next visit to the paediatrician and hand it in later to the day nursery or kindergarden) - Vaccination card of your child (should this not exist yet, please have a vaccination card issued during your next visit to the paediatrician and hand it in later to the day nursery or kindergarden

 Assumption of Costs for the Costs of the Facility for Children

Low income earner parents have the possibility to fill out an application for the Assumption of Cost for the costs of the facility for children.

Consultation and Application Forms in the Town of Rosenheim (Youth Welfare Office) Amt für Kinder, Jugendliche und Familien

Reichenbachstraße 8, 83022 Rosenheim

08031 /365 -1495 oder 365-1516

[email protected]

www.rosenheim.de/stadt-buerger/jugend-familie-soziales/kinderbetreuung/finanzielle- unterstuetzung/kindertagesstaettenbeitraege.html

Note: You can apply for benefits for education and participation at the Social Welfare Office for lunch meals.

Necessary for the application:

- Notification on the acquisition of benefiting services (e. g. benefits according to §2 AsylbLG) - Writing of the facility for children showing the costs for the joint lunch meal - If possible, the filled in application form

Application (Office for Social Welfare, Housing, Insurance and Basic Social Care) Sozial-, Wohnungs-, Versicherungs- und Grundsicherungsamt Reichenbachstraße 8, 83022 Rosenheim  08031 / 365-1461 [email protected] www.rosenheim.de/stadt-buerger/jugend-familie-soziales/soziale- leistungen/bildung-und-teilhabe.html

 Health Insurance

After a stay of 15 months in Germany, it is possible to be admitted to a health insurance agency. In this case, the child will be insured together with the insured parent. You will then also receive an insurance card for your child. Please always take this along with you when consulting a doctor or the hospital.

Necessary for the application is a birth certificate

Asylum-seekers with a shorter stay in Germany must collect a health insurance certificate at the Social Welfare Office before they consult a doctor. With this insurance certificate you can consult a general practitioner, a gynaecologist, a dentist, a paediatrician or in the care of an emergency, go to the hospital. Should a family have to consult a further doctor, they must collect a new insurance certificate and at the same time present a letter of referral of the attending doctor. This also applies for the consultation of a medical specialist.

 Right to a Name

The right to a name is a topic when the birth certificate is issued. It is helpful to have a person of a welcoming committee accompany you or someone who can translate your native language

Please find information to the right of name at (Citizen Center) Bürgeramt – (Registry Office) SG Standesamt, Königstraße 15, 83022 Rosenheim,  08031 / 365-1394, [email protected]

 Child Custody

In Germany you principally refer to child custody as the fostering, attendance and upbringing of a child.

If the parents are married, they, in principal, have joint custody

If the parents are not married, the mother, in principal, has sole custody. Should the mother agree to joint custody, the Youth Welfare Office can certify joint custody

For questions referring to custody, please contact the (Youth Welfare Office) Amt für Kinder, Jugendliche und Familien, Reichenbachstraße 8, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 365-1516, [email protected]

 Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity

If a not married woman gives birth to a child in Germany, an acknowledgement of paternity must take place. This also applies, if the not married mother and father of the child live together. The acknowledgement of paternity can already be effected by the Youth Welfare Office or the Registry Office before the child is born.

Necessary the the voluntary acknowledgement of paternity

 The agreement of the child´s mother  Personal attendance of both parents  Identity cards or passports or other documents proving the parents´ identity

Certification of Paternity (Youth Welfare Office) Amt für Kinder, Jugendliche und Familien Reichenbachstraße 8, 83022 Rosenheim

08031 /365 -1495 oder 365-1516

[email protected] www.rosenheim.de/stadt-buerger/jugend-familie-soziales/vaterschaft- sorgerecht/beurkundung.html

(Citizen Center) Bürgeramt – (Registry Office) SG Standesamt, Königstraße 15, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 365-1394, [email protected]

 Paternity Test

If a man refuses to acknowledge paternity, you can sue the alleged father before the Family Court. For consultation, please contact the Youth Welfare Office

Consultation and Application in the Town of Rosenheim (Youth Welfare Office) Amt für Kinder, Jugendliche und Familien Reichenbachstraße 8, 83022 Rosenheim

08031 /365 -1495 oder 365-1516

[email protected]

www.rosenheim.de/stadt-buerger/jugend-familie-soziales/vaterschaft- sorgerecht/vaterschaftsfeststellung.html

 Usefull Help!

 Asylum Seeker Social Welfare Counselling

The asylum-seeker consultants support you with the following offers - Help with the visit of authorities and the first guidance in Rosenheim - Consultation in matters of asylum - Consultation in matters of benefits in accordance to the laws for asylum seekers and social welfare benefits - Consultation in matters of employment / apprenticeship / hands on training / education (e.g. German courses, school) - Explanation of the German Health System - Information to debts and fines - Crisis Intervention 9

The asylum social consultation offers help for families, children and juveniles with - Application of birth certificates and acknowledgement of paternity - Application for kindergarden and school - Right to additional demand - And the mediation of antenatal classes and educational guidance

There are certain talk-times in the living quarters and open talk-times

(Asylum Social Consultation) Asylsozialberatung Diakonie Rosenheim Contact Christian Anetsberger  0176 82791986 [email protected]

(Asylum Social Consultation Asylsozialberatung Caritas- Zentrum Rosenheim Contact Nina Berger  0151 17245556 [email protected]

Contact Lea Eckert 0151 167640176 [email protected]

 Baby Basic Equipment

The Social Welfare Office is responsible for the town of Rosenheim.

Necessary for the application is the presentation of the birth certificate.

Application (Office for Social Welfare, Housing, Insurance and Basic Social Care Sozial-, Wohnungs-, Versicherungs- und Grundsicherungsamt Reichenbachstraße 8, 83022 Rosenheim  08031 / 365-1461 [email protected]

 Feeding

If you need advice on breast-feeding and baby nutrition, please contact

 Your paediatrician  Your midwife  The breast-feeding talk-time at the SKF-Beratungsstelle (consultation), 08031 / 31412  The mother and father consultation at the Health Office (Gesundheitsamt) (every first Monday per month from 13.30 – 15.30 hours), 08031 / 392-6002

Courses free of charge on the subject mattters baby-feeding and exercise are offered at the network „Junge Eltern / Familien – Ernährung und Bewegung“ (Young parents / Families –

Nutrition and Exercise) at the Amt für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten Rosenheim (Office for Food, Agriculture and Forestry Rosenheim)

08031 / 30040 [email protected], www.aelf-ro.bayern.de

 Premature Infants – Help and Support

Parents of premature infants can contact the Early Support Centers for Disabled Children.

 Caritas IFS Rosenheim, 08031 / 81049

 FortSchritt Konduktives Förderzentrum, 08031 / 809040  Interdisziplinäre Frühförderstelle KESS, 08031 / 2301360  Therapiezentrum Kinderarche, 08031 / 2367947

The transition from the hospital homeward is made easier by the Harl.e.kin – Nachsorge (follow-up care)

Harl.e.kin – Premature – Follow-Up Care at the RoMed Hospital

Harl.e.kin - Frühgeborenen - Nachsorge des RoMed Klinikum Rosenheim (Träger: Nachbarschaftshilfe Rosenheim e.V.)

Pettenkoferstraße 10, 83022 Rosenheim

08031 / 8875266 oder 08031 365-3455

www.harlekin-nachsorge.de, [email protected]

 Healthy Baby Sleep

 Your child should lie on its back or on its side  At best, your baby should wear a sleep-sack  During its first year, your baby should sleep in its own bed in the parents bedroom  The temperature in the bedroom should not exceed 18°C – even in winter. (Note: You can use the bathing-water thermometer to check the room temperature  Your baby should not be able to cover itself with blankets, pillows or stuffed animals  The surrounding area of your baby should be free of smoke

 Coordinating Center Early Childhood KoKi

KoKi offers consultation, information and precise support for pregnant women, single parents and families with children aged from birth up to 3 years. The consultation is free of charge, non-bureaucratic, without documentation, if desired, also anonymous. 11

Furthermore, KoKi offers in-house support (Family midwife, child attendance at home, family sick child´s nurse)

Coordinating Center Early Childhood (KoKi) Koordinierungsstelle Frühe Kindheit KoKi, Reichenbachstr. 8 , 83022 Rosenheim, 08031-365-1588, [email protected]

 Postnatal Gym

Postnatal gym can earliest begin 8 – 10 weeks after giving birth. Respective courses are offered in the office rooms of midwives and at the hospital RoMed Klinikum Rosenheim

Midwife services are paid for. Please present a health insurance certificate at the Social Welfare Office (Reichenbachstraße 8, 83022 Rosenheim)

Note: Contact a midwife as soon as possible!

 SecondHand-Shops

BRK Kleiderladen(Dress Shop) Second Hand Kinderkiste (Child´s Box)

Samerstraße 1, 83022 Rosenheim Panger Straße 31, 83026 Rosenheim

08031 / 353306 08031 / 61100

Hose Pulli & Co 2. Hand Sozialkaufhaus (Diakonie Rosenheim)

Inntalstraße 13, 83026 Rosenheim Klepperstraße 18c, 83026 Rosenheim

08031 / 9086717  08031 / 284513

 Antenatal Class

The information centers are not only contact partners during the pregnancy, but also responsible for families with small children up to 3 years of age or older.

Beratungsstelle für Schwangerschafts- und Familienfragen des Sozialdienstes Katholischer Frauen e.V. Südostbayern (SKF) (Information Center for Antenatal and Family Matters of the Social Service Catholic Women e. V. Southeast Bavaria (SKF) 12

Prinzregentenstraße 6 – 8 (Eingang Stollstraße), 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 31412, [email protected], www.skf-prien.de

If you need additional support for the baby basic equipment, please contact the SKF Antenatal Class Office.

Necessary for the application is the presentation of the asylum identity card

Donum Vitae in Bayern e.V.

Aventinstraße 2, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 400575, rosenheim@donum-vitae- bayern.de, www.rosenheim.donum-vitae-bayern.de

(State Approved Information Center for Antenatal Matters at the Health Office Rosenheim) Staatlich anerkannte Beratungsstelle für Schwangerschaftsfragen im Gesundheitsamt Rosenheim

Prinzregentenstraße 19, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 392-6205, www.schwanger-in- rosenheim.de

 Support for Cases, When the Baby’s Crying Cannot be Calmed, Sleeping or Feeding Problems

Please contact your paediatrician, your attending midwife or one of the following offices:

 Krisentelefon – Erste Hilfe für Eltern mit einem schreienden Säugling (Help for parents with a crying baby), 0800 / 7100900 (Mi, Fr, Sa, So 19-22 Uhr)  Triangel – Hilfe für Eltern mit „schwierigen Babys“ (Help for parents with „difficult children“, 08031 / 365-3493 (Mo - Fr 8 – 16 Uhr)  Hebammenpraxis Adebar (Midwife), 08031 / 8873085  Hebammenpraxis Lucina (Midwife), 08031 / 359125

!Never ever shake your baby, this can be lethal!

 U-Examinations at the Paediatrician

Your child has 10 appointments at the paediatrician from the day of birth until the beginning of school. The costs are carried by the insurance agencies / the Social Welfare Office. Please take the insurance card or a health insurance certificate of your child (available at the

Social Welfare Office (Sozialamt, Reichenbachstraße 8, 83022 Rosenheim) with you to the paediatrician.

Please find the following paediatricians in the town area of Rosenheim:

Kinder- und Jugendarztpraxis Dr. med. Jost Dieckerhoff

Salinstraße 3, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 37555

Kinder- und Jugendarztpraxis Otto Laub

Happinger Straße 98, 83026 Rosenheim, 08031 / 3545735

Focus on: allergology, pneumology for children

Kinder- und Jugendarztpraxis Dr. med. Johannes Pawlak, Dr. med. Michaela Reitz

Luitpoldstraße 9, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 31034 oder 08031 / 34421,

Focus on: cardiology for children, naturopathic treatment

Kinder- und Jugendarztpraxis Stefan Schmidt

An der Burgermühle 10, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 31497

Focus on: classic homeopathy

 Further Information for Free Time

Donum Vitae in Bayern e.V.

Aventinstraße 2, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 400575, rosenheim@donum-vitae- bayern.de, www.rosenheim.donum-vitae-bayern.de

Twins Meeting, every 2 months respectively on the last Friday of the month 15 – 16.30 hours

PaMaKi-Treff for fathers and mothers with their children up to 3 years, every Thursday 10:30- 12 hours

Familienzentrum Finsterwalderstraße ( Parents-Child-Groups with notice) Finsterwalderstr. 42, 83026 Rosenheim, 08031/7968201, Bürozeiten: Mo – Mi : 7.30 – 10.30 Uhr, [email protected] 14

Mutter-Kind-Turnen (Mother-Child-Gym) at ESV-Funktionsgebäude (Free of Charge)

Hochfellnstraße 21, 83026 Rosenheim , contact Monika Wiesholzer per SMS 0157 / 35627884

Mothers-Fathers-Center at the Kinderschutzbund Rosenheim

Färberstraße 19, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 12929, r.voggenauer@kinderschutzbund- rosenheim.de, www.kinderschutzbund-rosenheim.de

Opening time: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9-12 hours, no notice necessary

Parents can drop in for a trial lesson free of charge

Offene Ich & Du Gruppe (Open Me and You Group) at the Familienzentrum Christkönig Kardinal-Faulhaber-Platz 7, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 187630, info@familienzentrum- christkönig.de, www.familienzentrum-christkönig.de

Every Wednesday 8.30 – 11 hours, free of charge

Spielplatz in der Halle (Playground in the hall) (for children from 1 year on, free of charge)

Hochfellnstraße 21, 83026 Rosenheim, contact Karin Walter 0152 52588577

Stadtbibliothek Rosenheim (Town Library Rosenheim)

Am Salzstadel 15, 83022 Rosenheim, 08031 / 365-1443, [email protected] www.stadtbibliothek-rosenheim.de

Asylothek: Here you can find multi-medial German courses, multi-lingual books for children, Cds to learn German and much more. In addition, free internet over the PCs or per WLAN in- house and on the Salzstadel.

 Important Links

www.ankommenapp.de

www.handinhand-rosenheim.de

www.zanzu.de

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