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.