Stadt Leipzig

In cooperation with the Family center Mockau, the Welcome Center of the City of Leipzig offers an advice and orientation session for questions about daily life in different languages. 

The language cafe offers a relaxed atmosphere to practise German and maybe learn some new words and phrases. There will be tea and coffee and children are also welcome. 

The offer is free, but we ask you to register with the family center Mockau at: maria.schuele@muetterzentrum-leipzig.de.

The Sächsischer Flüchtlingsrat e.V. offers comprehensive support for people with a migration background. The counseling sessions take place on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. in German and English, without prior appointment.
 
Bureaucracy support:
- Assistance with contacting authorities, understanding letters, filling out forms and preparing answers.
- Help with applications for Bürgeld, child benefit and BAföG.
General support:
- Support with job search, application documents and contact with employers.
- Assistance with finding accommodation and preparing want ads.
Orientation counseling:
- Referral to specialized counseling centers.
These services aim to help new arrivals in particular to find their way around the German system.
 

Event details

Advice session for people with immigration history about finding a place to live. Topics include:
 
- searching for an apartment in Leipzig
-Rights and obligations in the rental relationship
-Discrimination in the neighbourhood
-Energy providers

No registration is necessary. An individual appointment for further advice is available at Kontaktstelle Wohnen is available

- Caritas Leipzig - 

The Communal Energy Advice Service (KEB) from Caritas Leipzig e. V. informs and supports people with a low-income on how to save money on energy bills.

Topics of the advice service are:

• Saving electricity, warm water and heating.
• Answers to questions about energy costs, for example contracts, tarifs, payment methods, payments
• Tips for saving electricity.

This offer is free, no registration is needed.

Video interpreters for many different languages are available in the Welcome Centre, so aninterpreter is not needed.

"Good-quality work Leipzig". This project is offered by the team from "Arbeiten und Leben Sachsen e.V." (Living and Working in Saxony).

This project offers information about employment rights. It is aimed at migrants from outside the EU who live in Leipzig. Between 1pm and 5pm you can come to the Welcome Centre with questions about employment in Leipzig.

Topics include: unacceptable questions in a job interview, explanations of employment and training contracts and salaries.

This project is offered by the team from "Arbeiten und Leben Sachsen e.V." (Living and Working in Saxony). 

The aim of this project is to help migrants who moved to Leipzig to find employment suitable for their education. The project is aimed at: Teachers, academics, especially those trained in the Humanities, childcarers and people who would like to be self-employed. 

The project has two specific objectives: 

Orientation on the job market. Skills and personal career objectives, the job market in Saxony and how to find work in the region, how to use skills gained through volunteering in practice. 

Self-employment as an alternative? Self-employment as an alternative career option, legal conditions for starting a new business in Germany, first steps towards becoming self-employed.

The project "Mentors for the Job Market" is offered by Living and Working in Saxony e.V.

It offers support with aspects such as:

• Career orientation and advice
• Preparation for a job interview
• Checking of documents for job applications
• 1 to 1 individual career coaching

The Sächsischer Flüchtlingsrat e.V. offers comprehensive support for people with a migration background. The counseling sessions take place on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. in German and English, without prior appointment.
 
Bureaucracy support:
- Assistance with contacting authorities, understanding letters, filling out forms and preparing answers.
- Help with applications for Bürgeld, child benefit and BAföG.
General support:
- Support with job search, application documents and contact with employers.
- Assistance with finding accommodation and preparing want ads.
Orientation counseling:
- Referral to specialized counseling centers.
These services aim to help new arrivals in particular to find their way around the German system.
 
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The Personnel Office advises about the possibilites to work, study or do an apprenticeship at the City of Leipzig. You will receive support when looking for a suitable role and information on how to obtain the required qualifications. 
 
This advice service will be offered in German, English and Spanish.
 
Please note that this is an information session, not a job placement service.

"Das Willkommenszentrum Leipzig informiert gemeinsam mit dem Sozialamt der Stadt Leipzig Interessierte zum Thema Antrag auf Schwerbehinderung.

Der Fachbereich Schwerbehindertenrecht des Sozialamtes wird das Verfahren zur Feststellung der Schwerbehinderung erläutern.
Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung wird auch erklärt, welche Folgen die Feststellung einer Schwerbehinderung haben kann.

Die Veranstaltung findet auf Deutsch in Kooperation mit dem Sozialamt der Stadt Leipzig statt.Wenn Sie eine Übersetzung benötigen, schreiben Sie uns bitte in der Anmeldung, in welcher Sprache Sie dies wünschen."

Wir bitten um Anmeldung bis zum25. Oktober 2024 unter willkommenszentrum@leipzig.de.