Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen Aufnahme

§ 220 Social Code, Book Nine (SGB IX)
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If you are unable to work in the general labour market due to a disability, workshops for people with disabilities can offer you the opportunity to participate in or integrate into working life under certain conditions.

If you have a disability and cannot, cannot yet, or cannot again be employed in the general labor market due to the nature and severity of your disability, a workshop for people with disabilities can provide you with appropriate vocational training and employment for a reasonable salary. In addition, work in the workshop for people with disabilities should contribute to the maintenance, development or recovery of your performance or earning capacity. Regaining your earning capacity can lead to you being able to be integrated back into the general labor market. A workshop for people with disabilities is mainly divided into the vocational training area and the work area. The length of stay in the vocational training area is up to two years. The facilities offer you various work opportunities.

  

They are able to provide a minimum level of economically viable work performance.

• You contact the responsible authority. There you will receive advice on your possible options and help with the application.
• You submit an application.
• The responsible body will examine your application and involve representatives from other bodies.
• If necessary, you will be invited to a further meeting with the responsible body and other parties involved. There you can discuss your situation, your needs and your goals.
• The responsible authority will decide on your application and inform you of the decision in writing.
• If your application is approved, you can start working at the workshop, where you will receive support to develop your skills and find suitable employment.

No

Your visit to the workshop will end when you reach the age of 65 at the latest. You will then be entitled to a standard old-age pension. Irrespective of this, after a waiting period of 20 years from the start of your employment in the workshop, you will be entitled to a pension due to total incapacity for work.

• Workshops for people with disabilities offer vocational training and employment with adequate remuneration.
• Objective: Maintenance, development or recovery of performance or earning capacity.
• Possibility of integration into the general labour market while regaining employability.
• Division of the workshops into:
  • vocational training sector (duration of stay: up to two years).
  • work area.
• Diverse work opportunities within the facilities.

District Office Wandsbek