Sozial­dienst katholich­er Frauen (SkF), Stadt – und Land­kreis Karlsruhe

The SkF is a pro­fes­sion­al asso­ci­a­tion, a wom­en’s asso­ci­a­tion and an asso­ci­a­tion with­in the church.

The SkF Karl­sruhe with about 200 pro­fes­sion­al employ­ees and cur­rent­ly about 20 fields of work is man­aged by an hon­orary board, which is sup­port­ed by a full-time man­age­ment (as a mem­ber of the board) six depart­ment heads and admin­is­tra­tive staff. Oth­er women vol­un­teers con­tribute their pro­fes­sion­al, per­son­al and spir­i­tu­al skills to the over­all work of the asso­ci­a­tion, so that vol­un­teer and pro­fes­sion­al work com­ple­ment each other.

The SkF is open to all women and men who would like to coop­er­ate and who are will­ing to sup­port its ide­al­is­tic direc­tion. Women of dif­fer­ent ages and from all walks of life can vol­un­teer in many areas of the asso­ci­a­tion’s work. Life expe­ri­ence, every­day com­pe­tence and spon­tane­ity are required as pre­req­ui­sites for help­ing to shape and change social sit­u­a­tions and con­di­tions. The local asso­ci­a­tion is active in the fields of youth and fam­i­ly assis­tance, sup­port, coun­selling and wom­en’s shel­ter work. It also main­tains two day care centers.