Young adults receive suitable and necessary help if and for as long as their personal development does not guarantee a self-determined, autonomous and independent lifestyle. As a rule, assistance is only granted until the young person reaches the age of 21; in justified individual cases, it should be continued for a limited period beyond this age. Termination of assistance does not preclude the granting or continuation of assistance.

Assistance for young adults is possible if it is suitable for young adults, whereby the young adult takes the place of the legal guardian or the child young person.

Examples:

• Counselling in the sense of youth, family and educational counselling
• Educational counselling (care assistance)
• temporary out-of-home placement (e.g. other forms of supervised accommodation)
• intensive individual socio-educational support

Even after the help has ended, young adults receive counselling and support within a reasonable period of time as part of aftercare to help them become independent to the extent necessary and in a form that they can understand, comprehend and perceive.