Workshops
Work areas & admissions
The workshop’s work area offers a wide range of opportunities for vocational participation. The aim is always to achieve or regain employment in the general labour market.
If this is not possible at the moment, the workshop’s work area offers many attractive participation programmes in a wide range of occupational fields. These include, for example, assembly and packaging work, woodworking, metalworking, textile processing, creative work, gardening and landscaping, warehousing and logistics as well as office work.
We would be delighted to invite you to get to know our workshop better during a personal appointment on site so that we can work with you to develop a personalised
Work areas & admissions
Our areas of work
Assembly and packaging
In this area, products are assembled, customised and securely packaged – from simple operations to complex processes.
Mechanical production
The focus here is on precision machining, such as turning, drilling and welding. Our modern machinery enables the realisation of customer-specific requirements.
Textile processing
High-quality rescue and evacuation blankets are produced in our sewing department. This area offers creative tasks and varied activities for skilled craftspeople.
Woodworking
In the joinery, our entire team produces high-quality, professional work in series production.
TASK area
For people with autism spectrum and communication disorders, the TASK specialist group offers a holistic approach with a wide range of therapies.
Creative working group
Our creative working group is a place of imagination and craftsmanship. A wide variety of products are created here that bring joy and make everyday life more beautiful.
Severe multiple
disabled areaIndividualised care, support and participation in working life adapted to the form of the day are an important component of daily structuring.
Senior citizens and AOG
As part of an all-round pedagogical and nursing care programme, older and ageing employees experience age-appropriate daily structuring and can take advantage of the various work, activity and rest options depending on their daily condition.
Packaging of medical products
Wound dressings (or colloquially „plasters“) are packed in appropriately equipped rooms
Housekeeping
In our canteen kitchen, we prepare around 450 fresh meals every day, from salads to main courses and desserts. Here, our employees learn the basics of food preparation, hygiene regulations and efficient work processes in a professional kitchen. With care and attention to detail, we ensure that all guests are well catered for.
Gardening and landscaping
Our gardening and landscaping team offers a wide range of services to not only maintain outdoor spaces, but also to design and enrich them.
Work areas
Our canteen kitchen is the centrepiece of our catering services
Around 450 fresh meals are prepared in the canteen kitchen every day. Tasty dishes are created here, from starters to desserts, which provide our employees and staff with energy for the working day.
Fields of activity
- Food preparation: Our employees learn the basics of food preparation, from the preparation of ingredients to the preparation of main courses and side dishes. This includes peeling, cutting and cleaning vegetables, fruit and potatoes as well as cutting up meat1.
- Hygiene and safety: Strict adherence to hygiene regulations is essential. This includes washing hands regularly, wearing clean work clothes and cleaning work surfaces.
- Organisation and planning: Our employees are involved in planning the menu and learn how to organise efficient work processes and manage the kitchen.
Due to the variety of tasks, the canteen kitchen offers an exciting field of work that promotes teamwork and inspires a love of cooking. Our employees acquire important skills that are not only useful in a professional environment, but also in everyday life.
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Cafeteria
Our cafeteria is the central meeting point for all employees. Here you can enjoy refreshments during the working day.
Our offer ranges from savoury sandwiches, freshly fried schnitzels and wraps to sweet delicacies such as cakes, fresh waffles and delicious sweets. Our range also includes coffee specialities, refreshing drinks and healthy options such as healthy rolls – for the perfect start to the day.
The cafeteria ensures that all employees, staff and guests are well catered for at all times. We also take care of in-house catering and deliver food and drinks directly to the meeting rooms on request.
Our work offers in the cafeteria:
- Preparing food (e.g. roasting, topping bread rolls, preparing wraps)
- Making coffee and preparing coffee specialities
- Preparing all food and drinks for serving
- Serving guests and creating a pleasant atmosphere
- Cashier service and checkout
- Preparing and providing catering for meetings
- Transporting food and drinks to the meeting rooms
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Internal services - quality and service from a single source
Our internal services ensure that all processes in the building run smoothly and efficiently. With a high degree of professionalism and modern work equipment, we ensure a pleasant working environment and the necessary hygiene in all areas.
- House cleaning: Our cleaning team takes care of the regular cleaning of employee areas. We sweep, mop and use large cleaning machines to thoroughly clean the corridors. Waste disposal and the disinfection of door handles are also part of our tasks to ensure cleanliness and hygiene.
- Laundry: All of the hotel’s textiles, including kitchen linen, are cleaned in our modern laundry using industrial machines and large ironers. We guarantee the highest efficiency and quality in the care of your laundry.
- Flower shop: In our flower shop you will find a large selection of beautiful plants all year round, both for the garden and for your office. From seasonal flowers to evergreen plants that will beautify your surroundings.
Our job offers in Internal Services:
- Sweeping and mopping the various areas
- Operating the large cleaning machine to clean the corridors
- Waste disposal and regular disinfection of door handles
- Use of modern washing machines and ironers in the laundry
- Care and cleaning of the laundry
- Looking after the flower shop and caring for the plants
- General support in the cleaning and care of the house
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TASK Group
The specialist group TASK – Therapy Autism Spectrum and Communication Disorders is characterised by a holistic approach with a wide range of therapies. Employees with communication impairments leading to behavioural problems or challenging behaviour should experience the greatest possible degree of self-determination and participation in participation planning through a holistic approach and a carefully compiled methodology. The basis of all action strategies is attachment-based care work. The following methods are used:
– Discussion groups to support communication (supported by gestures, photos and pictograms)
– Mobility training and movement to improve coordination and perception
– Music therapy to enhance social interaction.
– Relaxation exercises to reduce stress
– Creative design offers for learning to plan your own actions
– Training the ability to enjoy
– Sensory integration
– Structuring according to the TEACCH approach
– Exercises to promote and maintain practical life skills and much more.
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Severely multi-disabled area (SMB)
Individualised care, support and participation in working life adapted to the form of the day are an important component of daily structuring.
Area for people with severe multiple disabilities (SMB):
The SMB groups are aimed at employees who have an increased need for support. They are offered a structured daily routine through varied programmes adapted to their daily form. The group members are introduced to working life by means of tasks reduced in line with the employees‘ abilities. The production in the SMB groups is supported by the work area.
Trained therapists, who come to the workshop from external physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy practices, work specifically on improving mobility, motor skills and sensory perception, as well as developing social skills. To promote communication skills (in the context of AAC), special aids are also used to meet the needs and capabilities of people with severe multiple disabilities. The aim is to create a feel-good atmosphere and a confidential relationship between employees and staff. The groups are therefore small in order to give each employee personal space. All group rooms have modern sanitary facilities and care rooms with sufficient opportunities for rest and retreat, as well as a small terrace, and offer a homely atmosphere.
Accompanying offers and therapies
Continuous improvement and promotion of motor, cognitive and other skills is one of the main tasks in the groups. In close cooperation with the educational specialists, therapists from the fields of physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy develop individual programmes for the employees. Some group members are significantly impaired in their ability to perceive and communicate, which is why the specialised staff in the SMB area integrate basal stimulation into the daily routine in a meaningful way. With the help of our educational concept, contact is sought with these group members to enable them to access their environment and thus improve their quality of life. The five senses are addressed in various ways, for example through touch, smells, sounds or light signals. The SMB area of the Gelsenkirchen workshops has special rooms in which personal development can be specifically promoted. There is a therapy room and a Snoezel room.
With this portfolio and the multi-professional team, the SMB area is a strong component of the Gelsenkirchen workshops.
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Senior citizens
As part of an all-round pedagogical and nursing care programme, older and ageing employees experience age-appropriate daily structuring and can take advantage of the various work, activity and rest options depending on their daily condition.
The first senior citizens‘ group was set up back in 1999 in response to demographic change and the increasing number of older and ageing employees. We now have three senior citizens‘ groups that comprehensively fulfil the statutory mandate of „participation in working life“ for this group of people. Older employees also have the opportunity to gradually prepare for the third stage of life and thus for life after the workshop.
In our senior groups, we offer a quiet working environment in which production takes a back seat. During the course of the day, additional work is offered for the work area, which can be completed without stress and time pressure. Instead, the focus is on promoting quality of life and social contact. In addition, different part-time models are offered in response to the decreasing capacity and changing needs.
Depending on interests and abilities, practical and everyday tasks are also offered. In addition, there are various errands inside and outside the workshop. The various employment and exercise programmes are also intended to help maintain skills and mobility and prepare people for a meaningful way to spend their twilight years. In 2024, the cross-group programme for mental and physical activation was expanded with the purchase of a chat table and a tabletop.
The senior citizens‘ area is not exclusively aimed at employees aged 50 and over, but also at those who have already aged considerably due to advanced physical and mental decline and may be showing signs of dementia. Some are already unable to cope with the demands of everyday workshop life due to deteriorating eyesight and hearing. Some also have an increased need for rest and increased care requirements.
In order to be able to adequately meet the special needs of older and ageing employees in terms of space, the three adjoining senior citizens‘ groups are designed to be low-stimulus and clearly laid out, as well as being equipped with their own kitchen, a quiet area and adjoining sanitary facilities.
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AOG
Participation in work and social life, in connection with integration into everyday life in the workshop, is the focus of close educational support. The fundamental aim of this small group is to promote the individual personality and to consolidate behaviour that is appropriate to the situation and socially acceptable.
In June 2018, the assistance and orientation group was opened as a small group with close support in everyday working life and offers 12 employees with „challenging behaviour“ a workplace.
„Challenging behaviour“ is not just a one-off behaviour, but rather frequently recurring behaviour that is inappropriate or socially unacceptable. In many cases, this is an expression of excessive demands, inner turmoil or personal distress. In everyday working life, it becomes apparent that the circumstances in a large working group are not conducive to achieving goals. Employees are often insecure and are unable to communicate adequately due to a lack of communication techniques. Employees and those around them are often overwhelmed and therefore quickly reach their limits. The existing potential for conflict can have a negative impact on group activities, which means that prompt escalation prevention is urgently required as part of the educational work.
Everyday working life is characterised by a clearly structured daily routine with consistent rules and procedures, which is intended to provide employees with significant security and orientation.
Under the given framework conditions, work is carried out to promote and stabilise individual personalities, taking individual needs into account. In the course of this, alternative courses of action are developed and work is also carried out on increasing personal frustration tolerance and improving the ability to deal with conflict. In the long term, the aim is to improve community skills and, if necessary, to enable individual employees to be integrated or reintegrated into one of the regular or large working groups.
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Administration group and reception
Our reception is the first point of contact for visitors, suppliers and employees. The tasks in this area are varied. The commitment of each individual helps to ensure that everyday life in our building is structured and efficient. The administration group: Our administration group performs a variety of important tasks that support the smooth running of our facility. Thanks to these varied tasks, the administration group offers an exciting field of work that promotes organisational talent, accuracy and teamwork.
Work areas & admissions
Inclusion in the work area of the workshop
The workshop’s work area offers a wide range of opportunities for vocational participation. The aim is always to achieve or regain employment in the general labour market.
If this is not possible at the moment, the workshop’s work area offers many attractive participation programmes in a wide range of occupational fields. These include, for example, assembly and packaging work, woodworking, metalworking, textile processing, creative work, gardening and landscaping, warehousing and logistics as well as office work.
We would like to invite you to visit our workshop in person to get to know us better so that we can work with you to find a job offer that is tailored to your personal needs.
