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Have you been unemployed for a long time, possibly with health restrictions and would like to get back on your feet professionally? A work opportunity gives you, as a recipient of citizen's allowance, the opportunity to carry out an activity that prepares you for employment on the labor market.

The activities to be carried out must be additional, non-competitive and in the public interest.

A work opportunity can only be considered if your integration into the labor market cannot be achieved with other benefits. A work opportunity usually lasts up to 24 months. It can be extended by up to 12 months.

Work opportunities are carried out by a suitable organization. This can be, for example, an educational institution, a charitable and welfare-oriented company or a non-profit association.

The working hours are determined by the Jobcenter on a case-by-case basis.

Your contact person at the Jobcenter will assign you a work opportunity. In addition to your Citizen's Allowance, you will receive an additional expense allowance, for example for additional travel costs or work clothing. The amount of the additional expense allowance is based on the actual expenses incurred as a result of participating in the work opportunity. You will only receive the additional expenses allowance for hours in which you have actually performed work, i.e. not for sick leave, vacation days, weekends and public holidays.

You are insured against accidents through your training provider.

If you receive benefits in kind from your measure provider from your own funds, such as a monthly bus and train ticket, your additional work allowance will be reduced accordingly. If you receive additional cash benefits from the measure provider, these will be taken into account as income and offset against your citizen's allowance.

The costs required to carry out the work opportunities will be reimbursed to your measure provider.

The decision on a work opportunity is at the discretion of your Jobcenter. You do not have a legal entitlement to this support.

• You can be assigned to a work opportunity if
  • this benefit is necessary for your integration into work and no other benefit can be considered for you to introduce you to the labor market and
  • you have not been assigned to work opportunities for more than 24 months within the last 5 years.
• The work opportunity must
  • be additional, i.e. the work to be performed would not be carried out without the support, would not be carried out to the same extent or would only be carried out at a later date.
  • be in the public interest. Your work must therefore serve the general public, not commercial interests or a limited group of people.
  • be competition-neutral, i.e. no regular employment relationship may be displaced or prevented.

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You will receive a job opportunity from your contact person at the Jobcenter.

• Your contact person will explain the type, scope and duration of the work and tell you who you will be working for. Your interests will also be taken into account.
• You will also be informed of the details of the work opportunity in writing.
• You can also confirm your assignment online.

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You can find the Jobcenter responsible for you via the office finder.

The Employment Agency is responsible

You can find the Jobcenter responsible for you via the office finder.

• § Section 16d of the Second Book of the German Social Code (SGB II)

• Information on the topic "Improving job opportunities, finding work" on the website of the Federal Employment Agency
• Example of successful integration into the labor market through job opportunities on the website of the Federal Employment Agency
• Technical directives of the Federal Employment Agency on the subject of work opportunities
• Information on benefits for integration into work on the website of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)
• Information on employment promotion benefits on the website of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)

Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)