Emergency care in Pforzheim and the Enzkreis marked by a 27-year milestone of service.
The city of Pforzheim and the youth welfare office Enzkreis celebrated the 27th anniversary of emergency foster care last Friday at the Reuchlinhaus. The event, filled with music, food, and a lively exchange, highlighted the indispensable role of emergency foster care families in society.
Professor Dr. Klaus Wolf, a renowned expert in the field, delivered a lecture during the event, emphasizing the critical need for rapid placement in emergency foster families to prevent long-lasting negative psychological and social outcomes for vulnerable children.
Without the warmth and security of a family, children in crisis situations would experience changing reference persons in shift work, leading to increased trauma and instability. Lacking emergency foster care families can result in children remaining in harmful or neglectful situations longer or experiencing multiple temporary placements, which compound emotional and developmental difficulties.
Mayor Frank Fillbrunn expressed gratitude for the valuable work of the emergency foster care families in his welcome speech, stating that there would be a "big problem" if they did not exist. Many current and former emergency foster care families, youth welfare committee members, and employees from both youth welfare offices attended the event.
In the absence of emergency foster care families, even small children would have to be accommodated in institutions. This lack of immediate care leads to sustained adverse effects on mental health, attachment security, and overall well-being of vulnerable youth.
The city of Pforzheim and the youth welfare office Enzkreis are actively seeking more foster families. Interested individuals can contact the city of Pforzheim at [email protected] or the Enzkreis at [email protected].
The evening featured lively music from the band ZWO with Yvonne Ehringer and Dieter Westerteicher. Susanne Wendlberger, youth welfare office Enzkreis, and Eva Walsleben, city of Pforzheim, looked back at the past years. The event ended with music, food, and a lively exchange in the foyer of the Reuchlinhaus.
Although the specific lecture details by Professor Wolf are not directly found in the search results, the theme is broadly supported by contemporary research on foster care dynamics and child welfare, which emphasize the critical need for rapid placement in emergency foster families to prevent long-lasting negative psychological and social outcomes.
A crucial role in preserving the well-being of vulnerable children is played by emergency foster families, who provide a stable home-and-garden environment that is essential for the development and psychological health of children in crisis situations. In the absence of such families, a lifestyle of instability and trauma could potentially result, leading to compounded emotional and developmental difficulties.
