The Sonnhalde children’s home in Münsingen provides a safe and loving home for 24 children and young people aged between 0 and 18 years.
Our committed team of experienced educational specialists looks after the children and young people all year round and supports them in their daily lives. Often, the children come to us because, for various reasons, they can no longer live in their family structures. At Sonnhalde, we offer them a protected environment in which they can grow emotionally and socially and develop new perspectives for their lives.
Address:
Kinderheim Sonnhalde
Standweg 7
3110 Münsingen
The Holee children’s house in Basel is a socio-educational institution for children from birth to the end of their primary school years.
The Holee children’s house is part of the social commitment of the Salvation Army Switzerland foundation. The facility offers space for the residential accommodation of 26 children. Three additional places are reserved for the emergency placement of minors.
The children are cared for by experienced and qualified social education workers and trainee staff. We care for the children on the basis of an individual support and development plan. The child’s well-being is always the top priority in all educational measures. We establish an environment with family-like structures in which the children find protection and security.
Address:
Kinderhaus Holee
Nenzlingerstrasse 4
4054 Basel
Heime Auf Berg AG offers a unique range of services in north-west Switzerland for the care and support of toddlers, children, young people, women and families.
We have a modern infrastructure and a total of 130 residential and care places at various locations in the cantons of Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt.
Services:
- Children and youth group
- Outpatient residential support
- Family support
- Accompanied visits
- Mother-child house
- Women’s residential group
Address:
Heime Auf Berg AG
Rebhaldenstrasse 25
4411 Seltisberg BL
You need help? You want to leave home?
Then you’ve come to the right place.
We’ll listen to you and take you seriously. Together with you, we’ll look for solutions and consider how your situation can be improved. If you can’t take it at home anymore, you can also stay with us at the Schlupfhuus for a while.
24/7
Address:
Schlupfhuus Zürich
Schönbühlstrasse 8
8032 Zürich
The pilot project AppElle! allows women and children affected by violence, as well as their relatives and professionals, to contact qualified counsellors 24/7 by calling 031/ 533 03 03. AppElle! is offered in German and French. The service meets the highest standards of confidentiality.
Victim Support and Child Protection Unit
Adresse:
Fachstelle OKey
General-Guisan-Strasse 47
8400 Winterthur
Shelter and Advice Center
Address:
Rue du Controle 12
2503 Biel/Bienne
The Domestic Violence Education Centre has been offering further education and training as well as prevention and networking work since 2002. Our goal is to expand the profession-specific skills needed to deal with domestic violence. We work with schools, health institutions, companies, social services, police training academies, training institutions for social, medical and educational professions, as well as other involved parties and professional groups, such as courts and doctors.
Adresse:
Bildungsstelle Häusliche Gewalt
Postfach
6002 Luzern
The Conference for the Protection of Children and Adults (KOKES) is an intercantonal specialist and directors’ conference. It coordinates the cooperation between the cantons, with the federal government and with national organisations. It organises specialist conferences, collects statistics for the whole of Switzerland and makes professional recommendations.
The purpose of the KOKES is:
- to address and coordinate issues of civil child and adult protection and related matters;
- to promote cooperation among the cantons and with the federal government in the field of civil child and adult protection;
- to provide information and documentation to its members;
- to provide training and continuing education for people working in civil child and adult protection.
Address:
Werftestrasse 1
Case postale 2945
6002 Lucerne
The non-profit association ‘Netzwerk Kinderrechte Schweiz’ (Swiss Child Rights Network) is made up of Swiss non-governmental organisations that work to promote the recognition and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Switzerland. One of the network’s main tasks is to report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which regularly reviews the progress and obstacles to the realisation of children’s rights in Switzerland. As part of this process, the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is monitored, commented on in periodic reports and discussed in dialogue with authorities and organisations.
Address:
Bureau Réseau suisse des droits de l’enfant
c/o polsan AG
Effingerstrasse 2
CH-3011 Bern