Where can I find advice about assistance?
Various help centers in the district of Northeim provide consultation for people with disabilities and care needs. And also to their relatives.
Advice on support services for day-to-day life (long-term care insurance)
Senior Citizens and Care Support Center Lower Saxony in the Northeim District
The Senior Citizens and Care Support Center of Lower Saxony in the Northeim District is an independent help center funded by the state of Lower Saxony.
Here you can receive free and impartial advice on the subject of care.
The counseling is intended for those affected and their relatives of all age groups.
The Lower Saxony Senior Citizens and Care Support Center in the Northeim District provides advice on:
- Entitlement to services from care and health insurance
- Relief offers for family caregivers
- Other social services
- Help with submitting applications/filling out forms
- Evaluation and appeal procedures
- Care organization
- Financing of help
- Care and help services
- Housing advice
You can claim some financial benefits from long-term care insurance on an hourly basis for day-to-day life assistance. This includes the relief allowance and the total annual allowance.
The advisors can discuss:
- What relief services are available?
- What am I entitled to?
- How can I find a provider of support for day-to-day life?
Senior Citizens and Care Support Center Lower Saxony in the Northeim District contact
Address:
Kreishaus
Medenheimer Str. 6/8
37154 Northeim
Phone: 05551 708-0
Office hours at the branch offices are between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. by prior appointment:
Bad Gandersheim: Tuesdays / Job center / Alte Gasse 26
Einbeck: Wednesdays / Beverstraße 26A
Uslar: Mondays / Kreisvolkshochschule / Gerhart-Hauptmann-Str. 10
Opening hours:
Monday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
as well as by appointment; home visits are possible
Accessibility information: wheelchair accessible
Elevator available: yes
Advice for privately insured individuals
compass Private Care Consulting provides independent, free, and confidential advice.
Phone: 0800 - 101 88 00
Advice on assistance services
EUTB
The "Supplementary Independent Participation Counseling" (EUTB) is available for all inquiries from people with disabilities or people at risk of disability.
The EUTB also advises relatives. The EUTB sees itself as a guide and a platform for mediation – including for other advisory services.
The advisors at EUTB Northeim encourage people with disabilities to develop goals and plans for their lives. Self-determination and the ability to act are strengthened.
The EUTB advises on all questions relating to rehabilitation and participation in society.
For example: Assistants, training and work, barrier-free living, financial issues, aids, daycare and school, personal allowance, social services, severe disability and housing.
How does the EUTB provide advice?
- Before you apply for services
- As an equal, so that you can make your own decisions
- Independently of agencies that pay for or provide services
- To supplement advice from other agencies
- Providing advice and guidance
- According to your individual needs
- Advice from qualified peers (peer counseling) peer counseling means counseling by people with disabilities for people with disabilities).
- Free
Contact EUTB Northeim
Address:
Wallstr. 8 / 37154 Northeim
Email:
eutb.northeim@sovd-nds.de
Phone:
055 51 996 263 4
Advisors:
Nicole Romanus, Annika Kaiser und Susanne Grebe-Deppe
Opening hours
Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Further appointments possible by arrangement.
Accessibility information: Wheelchair accessible; accessible restroom, sign language interpretation available; simple language
Parking: Free parking near the front door for one hour.
Integration assistance:
As a rehabilitation provider and administrative agency, the Integration Assistance Office of the Northeim District advises people with disabilities and their relatives.
"The purpose of integration assistance is to enable beneficiaries to lead an independent lifestyle with human dignity and to promote full, effective, and equal participation in society." (§90 SGB 9)
Integration assistance:
- Determination of disability (within the meaning of SGB 9)
- Benefits to promote participation in society (e.g., assistance services)
- Benefits to promote participation in working life (e.g., workshops for people with disabilities)
- Medical rehabilitation benefits
- Benefits to promote participation in education (e.g., school support/school assistance)
Assistance services must be applied for. You can apply for assistance services by contacting the Integration Assistance Office. You can call, write a letter, or send an email.
Contact integration assistance
Address:
Kreishaus
Medenheimer Str. 6/8
37154 Northeim
Phone:
05551 708 336
Management: Herr Thomas Keufner
Kreishaus, Room 427 // 4. OG
Medenheimer Str. 6/8
37154 Northeim
Phone: 05551 708 336
Fax: 05551 708 9565
Email: eingliederungshilfe@landkreis-northeim.de
Opening hours
Monday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Appointments are also possible outside these service hours.
Parking: Parking garage in U1 of the Kreishaus (district office). Or in the City Center public parking garage, Medenheimer Straße in Northeim
Accessibility information: wheelchair accessible
Elevator available: yes
Rehabilitation provider
All rehabilitation providers are responsible for advising you on questions relating to rehabilitation and social participation. If you apply for assistance services, the rehabilitation providers will clarify among themselves: Who is responsible?
For example: If you apply for assistance in working life, the Federal Employment Agency may be responsible. Or your pension insurance provider. Or the integration office. All providers can provide you with advice. The providers will clarify who is responsible.
Important: You can submit your application for assistance services to one of the rehabilitation providers. The rehabilitation providers are responsible for forwarding your application to the correct office.
Rehabilitation providers are:
- Federal Employment Agency
- Statutory health insurance
- Statutory pension insurance
- Statutory accident insurance
- Integration assistance organizations
- Public youth welfare organizations
- Social compensation providers for health impairments
- (Integration and Inclusion Offices)
AWO Kreisverband Göttingen-Northeim e.V. – Volunteer agency for the Northeim district
Address:
Entenmarkt 3
37154 Northeim
Phone:
05551 989709
Mobile:
0176 23993093
Office hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and by appointment in the afternoon
Administrative office
Annika Deubel
Erdgeschoss
Entenmarkt 3
37154 Northeim
Phone: 05551 989709 // mobile: 0176 23993093 Email: a.deubel@awo-goettingen.de
Opening hours
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and by appointment in the afternoon
Parking: available
Accessibility information: currently not wheelchair accessible
Elevator available: no