Social and spatial development planning supports neighborhood-based social work by providing statistics, data, and facts, and develops strategies for its further advancement. 

Justice means treating unequal things unequally!

The “Wiesbaden Participation Standard for Neighborhoods with High Social Needs” is a technical framework that outlines the necessary and desirable provision of social infrastructure facilities, as well as social work services and programs for all age groups, in these neighborhoods. It was developed jointly by experts and managers from welfare associations, independent social work providers, social administration, associations, and institutions.

47 agencies, associations, and organizations expressly support this concept.

In neighborhoods with high social needs, social work stakeholders network through neighborhood conferences. This body of professionals serves to facilitate the exchange and (further) development of social services in the neighborhood.