EUTB®
"Welcome at the CIL Mainz independent supplementary participation counseling (EUTB®). We offer individual counseling for you and your family members concerning possible services for your social participation. Our counseling is free of charge, independent and in addition to other counseling offers. Counseling with us is done by persons with disabilities for persons with disabilities, following the peer counseling approach."
Who are we?
The EUTB® at the CIL Mainz offers free of charge counseling. We are responsible for the city of Mainz and the rural district Mainz-Bingen. We use the principle of peer counseling for our work, which means that the counseling is done at eye level, from one affected person to another, adjusted to your individual, personal needs. This counseling method is especially effective in situations where dealing with one’s disability is discussed.
What do we do?
We offer counseling on all topics that come up when living with a disability. We are happy to inform you about your possibilities related to living with a disability or chronic disease. If necessary, we also offer help leading up to the application to specific benefits. Our counseling always focusses on your strengths and encourages you to make autonomous decisions for yourself.
Possible counseling questions
We offer (among others) counseling on the following topics:
- How can I apply to a “Schwerbehindertenausweis” (Disability Identification Card)?
- Can and should I categorize participation benefits as personal budget?
- Who bears the cost of a sign language interpreter?
- With which work life participation benefits can I keep my current job?
- Which benefits exist to facilitate vocational training for young people?
- I would like to study. Which benefits exist for during my studies?
- How do I manage to live self-determinedly in my own apartment?
- What are the possibilities to change from a sheltered workshop to the primary labor market and is that a sensible solution for me?
- In my case, which funder is responsible for which benefits and how do I receive them?
What is special about EUTB®?
Our EUTB® counseling is:
- supplementary: Our counseling is supplementary to other counseling offers
- independent: The counseling is independent from service providers or administrative bodies that pay benefits
- holistic: We look at all circumstances of advice seekers
- biased: We are on your side and advocate solely in your interest.
- individual: We offer counseling in our main office in Mainz and in our branch offices in the rural district of Mainz-Bingen. In addition to counseling in person we also offer counseling via telephone, Skype, Zoom or Mail. If you’d like, we can also come to your home. It goes without saying that the counseling can also be offered in German sign language (DGS) or a foreign language
- confidential: What we talk about in counseling sessions is strictly confidential and will never be passed on
- free of charge
Don’t hesitate to arrange an appointment with us. You can choose between the following counseling options:
- in person at our main office in Mainz and Nieder-Olm or in one of our branch offices in Oppenheim, Sprendlingen, Bingen and Bacharach in the rural district Mainz-Bingen
- video call via Skype or Zoom
- in your home
- via email or fax
We are happy to arrange a sign language interpreter. If wanted we also offer interpretation in a foreign language. Please consider that a booking needs a respective lead time.
Main office Mainz
Rheinallee 79-81
55118 Mainz
Telephone: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 3
Fax: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 440
E-Mail: eutb-mainz(at)zsl-mainz.de
Opening hours
Scheduled appointments:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm
Walk-In:
Wednesday from noon till 6pm
Main office Nieder-Olm
Kreuzstraße 3
55268 Nieder-Olm
Telephone: 0 61 36 / 76 93 99 9
E-Mail: eutb-mainz(at)zsl-mainz.de
Opening hours
Scheduled appointments:
Monday and Wednesday from 10 am to 4 pm
Thursday from 9:30 am to 12:30 am
Friday from 10 am to 3 pm
Walk-In:
Tuesday from 10 am to 4 pm
Branch office Bacharach
In the Rathaus (city hall) of Bacharach
Oberstraße 1
55422 Bacharach
Telephone: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 3
Fax: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 440
E-Mail: eutb-mainz(at)zsl-mainz.de
Opening hours
Walk-In:
Every first Thursday of a month from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Branch office Bingen
Caritaszentrum St. Elisabeth
Rochusstraße 8
55411 Bingen
Telephone: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 3
Fax: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 440
E-Mail: eutb-mainz(at)zsl-mainz.de
Opening hours
Scheduled appointments:
Every third and fourth Thursday of a month from 2 pm to 5 pm
Walk-In:
Every second Thursday of a month from 2 pm to 5 pm
Branch office Oppenheim
Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz (conference room in the outbuilding of the Castello)
Sant` Ambrogio-Ring 31
55276 Oppenheim
Telephone: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 3
Fax: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 440
E-Mail: eutb-mainz(at)zsl-mainz.de
Opening hours
Scheduled appointments:
Every second and fourth Thursday of a month from 2 pm to 5 pm
Walk-In:
Every first Thursday of a month from 2 pm to 5 pm
Branch office Sprendlingen
Wißberghalle
Stettiner Straße 1
55576 Sprendlingen
Telephone: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 3
Fax: 0 61 31 / 14 67 4 - 440
E-Mail: eutb-mainz(at)zsl-mainz.de
Opening hours
Scheduled appointments:
Every second, third and fourth Tuesday of a month from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Walk-In:
Every first tuesday of a month from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm