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Since the end of 2012, Fachhochschule Dortmund has had a cooperation agreement with the AWO Dortmund sub-district. This gives both students and employees the opportunity to obtain a childcare place for their child. The AWO Dortmund sub-district is currently responsible for 16 childcare facilities spread across the city of Dortmund. Please contact the family service for further information.

Please note: Unfortunately, we can no longer offer places in our U3 childcare as the facility has been closed due to under-utilization.

Your childminder is ill and you have an important appointment at the university? You have the option of using MoKi for such and similar bottlenecks. Your child will be looked after within an agreed distance from you on the university premises while you have an important appointment at the university, for example. Mobile childcare does not replace regular childcare, but it is your short-term care close to the university for emergencies and off-peak times.

In addition to MoKi, MoKi online has established itself as an online childcare service. For example, children can use a video conferencing system to chat with a MoKi supervisor and other children and listen to stories being read aloud.

Is your child's head spinning during the vacations? During the first weeks of the summer school vacations and during the Easter and fall vacations (NRW), children between the ages of 6 and 13 have the opportunity to register for the Fachhochschule Dortmund vacation program. Together with children of members of TU Dortmund University, they experience a varied program around the campus of Fachhochschule Dortmund and TU Dortmund University.

Yes, as a family-friendly university you will find various facilities that you can use with your child.

• Changing tables
  At all locations of Fachhochschule Dortmund you will find TÜV-certified changing tables that can be opened up. They are equipped with a mat and a diaper pail.
• The Kids-Box
  To support parents of slightly older children, play boxes can be lent at all faculties. They contain all kinds of utensils to keep children occupied in a playful way - for example, if the daycare center is on strike or the childminder is unavailable.
• Parent-child room
  Fachhochschule Dortmund provides its students and employees with children of different ages at all three locations with child-friendly "parent-child rooms", which offer the opportunity to organize themselves while looking after the children, to exchange ideas or simply to take a break.

The Family Service supports and informs you on all issues relating to a better work-life balance. Please feel free to contact us.

Topics that are frequently addressed by the Family Service:

• Childcare
• Pregnancy and maternity protection
• Parental allowance and parental leave

There are many different types of support available:

• Support in the household
• Accompaniment to the doctor
• Shopping assistance
• Caring for your relatives in need of care or providing company
• Care for relatives with dementia
• day care
• Short-term care and respite care
• 24-hour care
• Senior citizens' shared flats
• Full inpatient care in a care facility

Of course, the Family Service will also advise you if your relative in need of care is not in your area. Together, we will consider what support can be organized and the Family Service will put you in touch with other contacts and providers in your relative's area.

People with dementia in particular have special needs. There are various dementia diseases, of which Alzheimer's disease is probably the best known. The Family Service will provide you with information on the subject of dementia and tell you how a diagnosis can be made if dementia is suspected. You can also find out what respite and support services are available specifically for people with dementia.

The sports program of the Dortmund University of Technology ranges from A for aerobics, B for body toning and C for cricket to Z for Zumba. By purchasing a sports card, you can try out new sports courses each semester. In addition to the sports courses, you can do individual training on equipment in the "FitnessFörderwerk" fitness studio after a short introductory course.

Every year there are running events where you can work out together with your colleagues.

Campus run
Here you run several laps around the campus of the Technical University and Fachhochschule Dortmund on Emil-Figge-Straße. One lap is 2.5 kilometers long. You can register for various disciplines and compete with your colleagues.

Employees and students can benefit from discounted conditions as part of our cooperation agreement with FitX.

Train now for just €24/month instead of €29/month

- and save the registration fee of €29.00!

You can take advantage of various bicycle rental offers:

• Company bicycles
  You can borrow our company bicycles free of charge during working hours to travel between the individual locations. One contact person is responsible for lending bikes at each location.

If your bicycle tire is low on air or a screw is too loose, you can use the public service stations for bicycles at our locations.

If you feel tension in the shoulder and neck area due to your sitting or standing job, you can use our mobile massage. A professional massage team of physiotherapists offers a complete back massage in 20 minutes for a small fee.

In cooperation with the Arbeitsmedizinischer und Sicherheitstechnischer Dienst e.V., your occupational health care is provided by a company doctor.

The responsible company doctor will support you with health issues relating to your workplace or personal health issues, such as

• Questions about health and ergonomics in the workplace
• Vaccination advice
• Travel medical counseling
• Preventive care and aptitude tests
• Medical counseling in company integration management
• Implementation of the flu vaccination

If you are experiencing stressful challenges in your professional or private life, you can take advantage of the various services we offer to support you.

• Company social contact persons
• External psychological counseling
• Bereavement counseling

We also offer other services such as health days and lectures, further education and training and nutrition courses.