Medi­cal Child Pro­tec­tion Hot­line (Medi­zi­ni­sche Kin­der­schutz­hot­line)

Child Pro­tec­tion, Medi­cine, Hot­line, Tele­phone Hel­pline, Child Mal­treat­ment

• Prof. Dr. Michael Kölch, Depart­ment of Child and Ado­les­cent Psych­ia­try/Psy­cho­the­rapy, Rup­pi­ner Hos­pi­tal, Uni­ver­sity Hos­pi­tal of the Bran­den­burg Medi­cal School
• Dr. Oli­ver Bert­hold, Depart­ment of Ped­ia­tric and Ado­les­cent Medi­cine, DRK (Ger­man Red Cross) Hos­pi­tals Ber­lin | Westend

01.10.2016 – 31.12.2026

The Medi­cal Child Pro­tec­tion Hot­line (tele­phone num­ber: 0800 - 19 210 00) is a ger­man nation­wide, free-​of-charge, 24-hour tele­phone advice ser­vice fun­ded by the Fede­ral Minis­try for Family Affairs, Senior Citi­zens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) for pro­fes­sio­nals from the health sec­tor, child and youth wel­fare ser­vices, and family courts in suspec­ted cases of child abuse, neg­lect and sexual child abuse. The pro­ject is under the direc­tion of Prof. Jörg M. Fegert at the Kli­nik für Kinder-​​ und Jugend­psych­ia­trie/ Psy­cho­the­ra­pie Ulm.

Medi­cal doc­tors with a spe­cial back­ground know­ledge in the field of child pro­tec­tion pro­vide advice on ques­ti­ons such as:

•  Medi­cal ques­ti­ons rela­ted to child mal­treat­ment
•  Medi­cal con­tacts for appro­priate dia­gno­stics and the­rapy
•  What are the respon­si­bi­li­ties of spe­cia­li­zed health care faci­li­ties?
•  What is the state of medi­cal know­ledge on various aspects of abuse / neg­lect / sexual abuse?
• Which medi­cal pro­ce­dure is necess­ary, rea­sona­ble, pos­si­ble in the con­crete case?

The con­sul­ta­tion is anony­mous, the case respon­si­bi­lity always remains with the cal­lers on site.

The pro­ject is fun­ded until the end of 2026. It has been posi­tively eva­lua­ted by the DJI. The goal of the pro­ject is a per­ma­nent imple­men­ta­tion of the ser­vice

Fede­ral Minis­try for Family Affairs, Senior Citi­zens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ)