A heart for school social work

Youth work in Krefeld
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A heart for school social work

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Patrick Diekneite is the new speaker for child and youth work.
Photo: Andreas Bischof

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Krefeld Patrick Diekneite is the new speaker for church youth work in the Krefeld and Kempen-Viersen regions. He will take on this leading role from Klaus von der Heiden, who will assist and advise him during a transition period.

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The 39-year-old Diekneite has studied social work, has dealt with young people a lot in his professional life so far and has a lot in store for future work.

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“In our team we want to work for future-oriented child and youth work,” explains the new speaker, who is actually not that new in Krefeld. “I’ve been working part-time here since the middle of last year.”

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Project: “I go out and show what I can do”

Now he is the new speaker who wants to set some priorities. For example in the field of school social work. “In cooperation with those responsible for youth centers, we will make offers to school leavers on the questions: ‘What do I do, what do I want, what can I do?’ This is aimed at secondary, special and comprehensive students.” “Subject-related school project days” with secondary school students on the subjects of “growing up”. He wants to look at the guiding principle from various facets.

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“Through simulation games fit for the internship”, about 50 to 60 young people per appointment should be. “We can simulate internship situations, practice applications and strengthen the participants, under the heading: ‘I’ll go out and show what I can do.'” Together with the pastoral care for telephones, new forms of church youth work are developed here.

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The office manager and regional vicar for Krefeld, Thorsten Obst, says: “We are pleased to welcome a committed and dynamic colleague, who comes from direct youth work on site, to this new responsibility.”

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Diekneite worked in the “direct youth work” after his studies in his hometown Paderborn and there in the open child and youth work. Afterwards he worked in the social service of the city of Bochum in his year of recognition and then in a regular job with the youth court assistance there.

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He later moved to an LVR youth hostel in Neuss. “Here we helped refugees or young people released from custody to overcome social difficulties.” In 2015, he finally started as a youth officer at the diocese of Aachen, focusing on the regional youth church in Heinsberg and Mönchengladbach. “It was exciting to accompany the young people in their spirituality.” Then he was attracted to the tender in Krefeld.

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