Social Service Providers & Counselling Centres
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Social services providers
Caritas Housing security
Franz Josef-Straße 21
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 461 86 17
wohnungssicherung@caritas-steiermark.at
Website Caritas Wohnungssicherung
Caritas Social counselling
Regionalstelle Leoben
Franz Josef-Straße 21
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 461 86 16
sozialberatung.leoben@caritas-steiermark.at
Website Caritas Sozialberatung
Francis Night Shelter
At the parish Lerchenfeld
Karrergasse 10
8700 Leoben
+43 676 88 015 455
e.pirker@caritas-steiermark.at
Website Caritas – Haus Franziskus
Styrian debt counselling for the district of Leoben
Wiener Straße 60
8605 Kapfenberg
+43 3862 27 500
office@sbstmk.at
Website SchuldnerInnenberatung Steiermark
Weekly consultation days at Leoben City Hall (Erzherzog Johann-Straße 2) – appointments required, please call +43 316 372 507
Sozialmarkt Leoben
Waasenstraße 15
8700 Leoben
+43 800 400 171 75 4
More information to Sozialmarkt Leoben (in German)
Land Steiermark – Social support service
Hotline free of charge
+43 800 20 10 10
Sozialserver Land Steiermark
Volkshilfe Styria – Social support centre for Leoben
Pestalozzistraße 27
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 470 27
sozialzentrum.le@stmk.volkshilfe.at
Website Sozialzentrum Leoben
Wendepunkt Leoben
Franz Josef-Straße 23
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 422 32
renateschmidt@gmx.net
Website Wendepunkt Leoben
Counselling centres & psychological support
Counselling center SOPHA Leoben
Social-psychiatric help for the elderly
Homanngasse 7-9
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 318 20
sopha-leoben@rdk-stmk.at
on appointment by telephone
Addiction counselling for Upper Styria
Krottendorfergasse 1
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 444 74
office@sb-o.at
Website Suchtberatung Obersteiermark
GO-ON Suicide prevention – Regional team Leoben
Vordernbergerstraße 7
8700 Leoben
+43 664 88 54 88 76
le@suizidpraevention-stmk.at
Website Suizidprävention Steiermark
Leoben Centre for protection against violence
Vordernberger Straße 7 (at Beratungszentrum Libit)
8700 Leoben
+43 316 77 41 99
office@gewaltschutzzentrum.at
Website Gewaltschutzzentrum Steiermark
Psychosocial and legal support for victims of violence in their social environment (partner, family, job, school, …)
open on Tuesdays, appointments required; please call +43 316 77 41 99
LIBIT Counselling centre
Vordernberger Straße 7
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 470 12
office@libit.at
Website Beratungszentrum LIBIT
Psychosocial counselling, support, information and psychotherapeutic treatment for residents of the district of Leoben
Psychological counselling centre for schools
Schiffländ 8
8600 Bruck/Mur
+43 5 0248 345 – 668
waltraud.rischka@bildung-stmk.gv.at
Website Schulpsychologische Beratungsstelle
Psychological counselling for students of ÖH Leoben
Hochschülerschaft an der Montanuniversität Leoben
Franz Josef-Straße 18
8700 Leoben
soziales@oeh.unileoben.ac.at
Website Psychologische Beratungsstelle
Social-psychiatric support during psychological crises
Homanngasse 7 – 9
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 436 55
office@tsleoben.at
Website Sozialpsychiatrische Tagesstruktur
Verein Neustart
Parkstraße 11/2nd floor
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 451 77
office.steiermark@neustart.at
Website Verein Neustart
Support for the reintegration into society for offenders, support for victims and prevention
Self-help groups in Leoben
Leoben Alcoholics Anonymous
Ignaz Buchmüller-Platz 3, Pfarramt der Evangelischen Kirche (parish office)
8700 Leoben
+43 316 57 47 40
obersteiermark@anonyme-alkoholiker.at
Website Anonyme Alkoholiker Steiermark
weekly meetings: Tuesdays, 18:30 – 20:00
Multiple sclerosis self-help group
Badgasse 10, at Pfarrhof Waasen (clergy house)
8700 Leoben
+43 3847 745 15
+43 676 842 824 100
ulrike.planschek@inode.at
Website Multiple Sklerose-Selbsthilfe-Gruppe
Parkinson self-help group
Maßenbergstraße 9, Pfarrsaal St. Jakob (Jakobiheim) – parish office
8700 Leoben
Walter Ondrich
+43 680 1413 047
walter.ondrich@gmx.at
Next meetings of the Parkinson self-help group
Verein Achterbahn
Homanngasse 7-9, Sozialpsychiatrische Tagesstruktur (Rettet das Kind)
8700 Leoben
+43 676 929 55 82
office@achterbahn.st
Website Verein Achterbahn
Self-help for people with psychological distress
Women’s self-help group after cancer
Badgasse 10, at Pfarrhof Waasen (clergy house)
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 43 970
Website Frauen-Selbsthilfe-Gruppe nach Krebs
Professional integration
Job assistance Styria PSY
Counselling sessions in Leoben available; upon appointment by telephone:
+43 664 / 88 41 51 19
+43 664 / 88 41 51 22
aass.steiermark@gfsg.at
Website Arbeitsassistenz Steiermark
Counselling and support for adolescents and adults who feel psychologically distressed on the job market
Pro Mente Styria – Leoben
Waasenstraße 6-8
8700 Leoben
+43 50 441-0
zentrale@promentesteiermark.at
Website pro mente Steiermark/ Leoben
Services for people with psychological illnesses; professional training
Women, parents & families
Caritas Family assistance – Regional assistance in Upper Styria
Hinterbergstraße 23
8700 Leoben
+43 676 880 155 51
G.Sottovia-Simbuerger@caritas-steiermark.at
Website Caritas Familienhilfe
Counselling and legal advice for custody and parenting
Bezirkshauptmannschaft Leoben – Leoben District Authority
Peter Tunner-Straße 6
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 45571-0
Website BH Leoben
Counselling for women and girls in Eastern Upper Styria
Vordernberger Straße 7
8700 Leoben
+43 664 883 403 82
frauenberatung@rettet-das-kind-stmk.at
Website Frauen- und Mädchenberatung
Opening hours:
Monday: 09:00 – 11:00
Wednesday: 16:00 – 18:00
Family counselling at LKH Hochsteiermark State Hospital Leoben
Vordernberger Straße 42
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 401 237 5
Website LKH Hochsteiermark
Familiy Services of the City of Leoben
Erzherzog Johann-Straße 2
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 4062-278
Information on the Office for Family Services of the City of Leoben
Life, marriage and family counselling of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau
Homanngasse 7
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 451 51
Website Lebens-, Ehe- und Familienberatung
Birth Support – Doula Team Leoben
info@doulateamleoben.at
Website Doula Team Leoben
Non medical support through pregnancy, birth and postnatal time
Prenatal classes at LKH Hochsteiermark State Hospital Leoben
Vordernberger Straße 42
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 401 237 5
Website LKH Hochsteiermark
Rainbows Styria – Group for children
Information on place and dates upon request
Contact person: Michaela Pregartner
Website Rainbows Steiermark
Support for children after divorce, separation or death of a beloved person
Verein mit uns – Early support and family assistance
Waasenstraße 1
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 29 603 oder +43 664 52 33 233
mit_uns@gmx.at
Website Verein Mit uns
VGE –Association for the preparation for childbirth and parenthood
Im Tal 47
8700 Leoben
Chairwoman: Marion Read
+43 650 935 70 22
marion.read@elternwerden.at
Website VGE
People with disabilities
Caritas MoHi – Family assistance and mobile help
Hinterbergstraße 23
8700 Leoben
+43 676 880 155 51
office@caritas-steiermark.at
Website Caritas Behindertenhilfe
Counselling for people with disabilities from A to Z
Peter Tunner-Straße 6, Monthly consultation days at BH Leoben District Authority
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 455 71
Website Behindertenberatung
Institut Leben Lachen Lernen – Down Syndrome Centre
Kärntner Straße 395
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 268 52
institut@down-syndrom.at
Website Down-Syndrom-Zentrum
Jugend am Werk – Leoben branch
Schießstattstraße 10a
8700 Leoben
+43 676 880 155 51
office@jaw.or.at
Website Jugend am Werk
Lebenshilfe association for people with disabilities
Lorberaustraße 20
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 246 83
office@lebenshilfe-leoben.at
Website Lebenshilfe Leoben
Verein Esperanza
Peter Tunner-Straße 19 (the office is next to the Public Library)
8700 Leoben
+43 664 736 037 34
buero@verein-esperanza.eu
Website Verein Esperanza
Migrants
Austrian Integration Fund
monthly consultation hours at Leoben City Hall
Erzherzog Johann-Straße 2, im Rathaus Leoben – Integrationsbüro
8700 Leoben
+43 316 841 720
steiermark@integrationsfonds.at
Website Austrian Integration Fund in Styria
Caritas Social counselling for migrants in Upper Styria
Franz Josef-Straße 21
8700 Leoben
+43 676 880 153 77
office@caritas-steiermark.at
Website Caritas MigrantInnen- und Flüchtlingshilfe
Office for Integration of the City of Leoben
Erzherzog Johann-Straße 2
8700 Leoben
+43 3842 4062-278
Information on the Office for Integration of the City of Leoben
Disease & end-of-life care
Nursing care contact point – Pflegedrehscheibe Leoben
Peter Tunner-Straße 6
8700 Leoben
+43 676 8666 0675
pflegedrehscheibe-le@stmk.gv.at
Website Pflegedrehscheibe
Austrian Cancer Society Styria – Leoben branch
Hirschgraben 5
8700 Leoben
+43 316 474 43 30
beratung@krebshilfe.at
Website Krebshilfe Steiermark
Hospice association Styria for the district of Leoben
Hauptplatz 17
8700 Leoben
+43 664 870 88 08
Contact person: Siegmar Kaiser
leoben@hospiz-stmk.at
Website Hospizverein Steiermark
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