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The quality of educational leisure activities for children and young people depends crucially on committed and well-trained staff. In addition to professionals, volunteers are also important for good youth work. The basics of working with young people are taught, among other things, in the training courses for the so-called Juleica (youth leader card).
In addition to providing advice and training, the Office for Children, Youth and Family also provides financial support for many youth work activities.
The administration team provides advice on support services for youth work.
With the Juleica, the youth leader card, volunteers can prove their participation in qualified training.
General information about the Juleica
The Youth Leader Card (Juleica) is the nationwide standardized ID card for volunteers in youth work. It serves as legitimation and proof of qualification and also expresses social recognition for voluntary work.
The Juleica stands for quality: the training of volunteer youth leaders is completed in accordance with set standards. In addition to the nationwide minimum requirements, additional quality standards apply in North Rhine-Westphalia, which, among other things, regulate the duration of the training of at least 35 hours.
The card is valid for three years. The Juleica can be reissued if the applicant can provide evidence of participation in one or more further training courses of at least eight hours or ten training units. This evidence should be submitted after the expiry of the last valid Juleica after a maximum of 18 months.
The currently valid guidelines for the promotion of youth work in Bonn - measures and purchases of the City of Bonn / Office for Children, Youth and Family emphasize the importance of a "Youth Leader Card (Juleica)". Leaders of educational programs must have a "Jugendleiter*in-Card (Juleica)" or a corresponding pedagogical professional training.
Juleica qualification
Qualification course
The Office for Children, Youth and Family of the City of Bonn offers a JuLeiCa basic course once a year for future youth leaders and interested parties.
Who can take part?
The Juleica qualification is aimed at all people (aged 15 and over) who want to volunteer with children and young people in Bonn and take on responsibility.
Contents of the Juleica qualification
Whether in vacation camps, group lessons, projects or in an open youth work facility: young people and adults volunteer in child and youth work, take on responsibility and stand up for others. Once a year, the Office for Children, Youth and Family offers a qualification course to obtain the "Youth Leader Card (Juleica)".
The Juleica training qualifies, supports and strengthens volunteer work. The Juleica is a nationally standardized, official ID card for regular voluntary work in children and youth work.
The prescribed contents of the Juleica qualification include
Tasks and functions of the youth leader and the ability to lead groups,
Objectives, methods and tasks of youth work,
Legal and organizational issues of youth work,
Psychological and pedagogical principles for working with children and young people,
the risks associated with adolescence and
child and youth protection issues.
Furthermore, it is recommended that current topics of adolescence and youth work such as participation, gender roles and gender mainstreaming, migration background and intercultural competence, inclusion, international youth exchange and association-specific topics be made part of the training standards.
The current Juleica basic course will take place in May 2025 at the Auerberg Youth Center over two weekends and one practical day.
Blocks of dates for the course in May:
1st weekend:
Friday, May 9, 2025, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 11, 2025, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
2nd weekend:
Friday, May 23, 2025, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 24, 2025, 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 25, 2025, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Practical day: Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Active participation in all training modules is required for a certificate of attendance to be issued.
General data:
Cost: 20 euros
Places available: 20
Venue: Auerberg Youth Center, Stockholmer Straße 23, 53117 Bonn, Germany
Age: At least 15 - 99 years
Catering: will be provided
Registration deadline: May 2, 2025
For registration and questions about the Juleica basic course, please contact the preparation team at juleicabonnde or 0228 775668.
Requirements for the Juleica application
Volunteers who work for a youth welfare organization can apply for the Juleica if they
can provide proof of participation in a practical and theoretical qualification and
are at least 16 years old.
In addition, proof of sufficient knowledge of first aid amounting to twelve hours or 16 training units must be provided by a licensed provider.
Juleica application
The application for the Juleica is processed exclusively online. The applicant must first register on the website listed below. The application requires personal data, a digital passport photo and details of the organization where the applicant works.
The card is printed and sent as soon as the organization and the city of Bonn have checked the application. The fees for issuing the Juleica are paid by the City of Bonn.
The Office for Children, Youth and Family Affairs is the public body responsible for checking and issuing the Juleica if the voluntary work is carried out at a recognized child and youth welfare organization based in Bonn.
