Mutpol Youth Services

Organization overview: Mutpol is a non-profit social service provider organization, offering assistance and support to disadvantaged young people with difficult living conditions and in need of support. The organization is based in the town of Tuttlingen, Germany.  

Founded in 1825 as a rescue facility “for poor and neglected children“, it has changed name, purpose and services for young people several times. In 1840, it was renamed into „Private educational institution for children in need of help”. In 1997, it was decentralized and remodeled into a modern and innovative youth welfare facility. In 2004 it was renamed to „Mutpol Diakonische Jugendhilfe Tuttlingen e.V.“ with the memorable lighthouse and the Slogan „Learning living.

Work Philosophy

  • We offer the necessary space and protection , for children to unfold and discover life and themselves.
  • We see ourselves as a service provider , for our customers the responsible youth welfare office ) as well as for the children , the youths and their families , who are being assisted by us.
  • Our help is needs based , flexible and solution oriented.
  • In a creative and innovative way , we try to find ways out in difficult situations , evaluating case by case.
  • Cooperation and participation , are very important to us.
  • Motivation, efficiency and profitability / economic efficiency are our guidelines.

Services offered

  1. Stationary offers
  2. Semi stationary offers
  3. Outpatient offers
  4. Open youth work , school social work
  5. Projects
  6. Refugee care
  7. Center for special education , formation and consultation with the funding focus on the emotional and social development , Gotthilf Vollert Schule
  8. Region Böblingen: SpFH , educational assistance , family therapy , intercultural working network Böblingen
  9. Training institute FoBiS

Services are decentralized and currently offered in 13 counties in the Tuttlingen region.


  1. Stationary premises

On the premises:

Boys' residential group for 8 young people aged approx. 12-17 years

3 intensive groups for 6 children and adolescents each; co-educational from approx. 10-17 years (mentally disabled people, mostly with psychiatric experience)

1 mixed-gender regular residential group

1 girls' residential group

1 emergency reception group 


In the social areas in the district of Tuttlingen:

Decentralized residential groups for 8 children and young people aged 12 and over in Liptingen and in the town of Tuttlingen

A residential group for children aged 6 and over in Aldingen

Two intensive residential groups with a special focus

Youth residential communities, various smaller, more flexible residential offers through to Assisted individual living


Educational centers

Currently 5 places; education by educational professionals in their private setting


  1. Semi inpatient services

  • 2 day groups on the main site Im Steinigen Tal (up to 10 children per group aged up to 10 children aged from elementary school)
  • 2 day groups in the town of Tuttlingen Wirbelwind 1 and 2 in Schillerstrasse ( up to max. 20 children aged from elementary school)
  • Day group in Spaichingen ( usually 8 children in primary school age and older)
  • Combined offer in Immendingen "Youth welfare under one roof"
  • 1 "mixed form" inpatient semi-stationary in Aldingen

  1. Outpatient offer

  • Socio educational help for families
  • Educational assistance
  • Educational assistance in intensive form
  • Intensive socio educational individual care
  • Long term individual care
  • Youth professional assistance
  • Project management process in the regular school / youth welfare in Spaichingen, Wurmlingen and Fridingen
  • Schulsozialarbeit
  • All day care and schooling for autistic students
  • General basic support at the SBBZ Mutpol

  1. Open/ local youth work School social work

  • We provide in 5 municipalities in the district , competent employees in the open local youth work , who as part of the work order
  • Accompany self administered youth clubs
  • Perform individual help
  • Seek out the youths at their meeting points
  • Lead through events and projects
  • Perform community work
  • Lead through group offers
  • School social work I addition to the open youth work , we operate at six Schools in the district among others , also in educational vocational schools ), the School social work and its closed related , youth vocational help

  1. Projects

  • Pedagogical experience projects for example the climbing wall situated in communication center , canoeing , mountain hiking
  • Offers within the state program “Strength”
  • Erasmus Projects in Andalusia , Greece , Iceland and Portugal
  • ISE Support in Spain and Poland
  • ISE Support at the Storenhof
  • Lunch menu at the Schillercafe via VAB and Autistic class
  • Formation in housekeeping and administration
  • Discussion with public crriers about the needs in the future and timely help development / Participation in the youth welfare planning
  • Symposium/ expert conference and advanced training for educators in daycare centers

  1. Unaccompanied minors Foreigners/young refugees and their families

  • Since the summer of 2015 until today , we took in about 110 UMAs in all ways of inpatient accomodation in the district of Tuttlingen
  • In the meantime , the development of outpatient offers ; way to independance offers ; assisted living , has gained weight
  • We facilitated / enabled the mentoring of 12 UMAs within the assisted living in the district of Rottweil
  • Development of offers for families , their children, as well as the community oriented refugees help

  1. SBBZ

  • Center for special education and consultation with the funding focus/ priority emotional and social development - Gotthilf-Vollert-Schule
  • School at the home - with the educational programs: Primary school/ secondary school (Werkrealschule) / secondary school (Realschule) / Learning/ To learn; connected with a vocational/ professional school with the VAB in a special form and a one-year or a two-year schooling in the domestical vocational school; various differentiated, intensive offers for education and support
  • Decentralized, various offers in district of Tuttlingen, Rottweil and Schwarzwald-Baar:
  • Schulen des Lebens“(„School of life“): Spaichingen, Wehingen, Trossingen, Immendingen, Schwenningen, Brigachtal, Rottweil, Schramberg, Oberndorf
  • Cooperating forms of organisation at Public/ state schools in Fridingen, Spaichingen and Wurmlingen
  • Online-schooling – „Virtual classroom“
  • ERASMUS + supports the targets of the EU-Strategy "Europe 2020" for growth, workplaces, social justice and integration.

  1. Region Böblingen:

Socio educational help for families , Educational assistance , Family therapy , Network for intercutural work

  • We, Mutpol Diakonische Jugendhilfe Tuttlingen e.V., have taken over of all offers of the social therapeutic association Holzgerlingen, and integrated it under the brand name Mutpol Region Böblingen
  • Belonging to it A family center in Holzgerlingen, NIKA: Network intercultural Work, Diverse socio educational ambulant help for Families , children and youth

  1. FoBiS Fortbildungsinstitut

We are since March 2016, after taking over the social therapeutic association , an advanced training organisation / advanced trainer provider with a systemic oriented advanced training institute

Various seminars to systemic work

But also: Inhouse advanced training, Needs based new development of seminars togeather with establishments and offices of the social sector


What do children and youths need?

  • Learn to trust
  • Courage for new things
  • Self-confidence
  • Success
  • Performance/ Achievement
  • motivation
  • Safety
  • Targets
  • Rules and limits
  • To be taken care of
  • To be taken seriously