Feltenfüchse

Feltenfüchse is a German personnel-services brand specialising in the placement of pedagogical professionals. It operates as a sister company of feltenpersonal, the group's nursing-focused staffing arm, and is part of the family-owned felten group founded in 2006 by Heike Felten, a qualified pedagogue. While feltenpersonal concentrates on nursing staff, Feltenfüchse extends the group's temporary-employment model to educators (Erzieher/innen), special-needs educators (Heilerziehungspfleger/innen), childcare workers (Kinderpfleger/innen), social-pedagogical assistants and social assistants. The brand positions itself as a family business with heart: it promises permanent contracts from day one without a probation period, above-tariff pay including allowances, 30 days of holiday, flexible working hours and regular employee events. With more than 2,000 employees across the group, Feltenfüchse emphasises that temporary work does not mean isolation — staff frequently meet colleagues at assignments and events. The group operates from over twenty locations in Germany and serves roughly 2,500 clients nationwide, including hundreds of hospitals, care homes and facilities for people with disabilities. Feltenfüchse is led within the second generation of the Felten family. Joschka Felten joined in 2014 and is managing director; his younger brother Bastian Felten, a trained health and nursing professional, has been involved from the start and is also a managing director. Their mother, founder Heike Felten, remains the guiding figure behind the company's values. The brand's website is feltenfuechse.de, and it presents itself as a place where pedagogical professionals can find assignments close to home or, for those who want variety, participate in the group's "Work & Travel" programme through sister brand feltenbummler.

The felten group was founded in 2006 by Heike Felten, a qualified pedagogue (Diplom-Pädagogin). According to the company's own account, she did not start the business primarily to make money but to give people from difficult life situations the chance to work in nursing and pedagogy, and to offer employees in these challenging professions an environment in which they feel valued and comfortable. The group initially built its reputation in nursing staffing through feltenpersonal, working with hundreds of hospitals, care homes and facilities for people with disabilities. Over time the family business grew to more than twenty locations across Germany and around 2,500 clients nationwide. A second generation took over operational leadership: Heike's eldest son Joschka Felten joined the company in 2014 and became managing director; her younger son Bastian Felten, a trained health and nursing professional, was involved from the beginning — first as a student and later also as managing director. The group describes itself as one of the largest personnel-service providers in the healthcare sector and the largest family-run company in that industry. Feltenfüchse emerged as a sister company of feltenpersonal to extend the group's staffing model to pedagogical professions. While feltenpersonal focuses on nursing staff, Feltenfüchse places educators, special-needs educators, childcare workers, social-pedagogical assistants, social assistants and other pedagogical professionals. The brand leverages the group's existing experience and client network, offering assignments close to employees' homes as well as a "Work & Travel" option through the related feltenbummler brand. With more than 2,000 employees across the group, Feltenfüchse emphasises a family-like culture, regular employee events and benefits such as permanent contracts without probation, above-tariff pay and 30 days of holiday.

• 2014

  Joschka Felten joins the company and becomes managing director.

• 2006

  felten group founded by Heike Felten.

• Feltenfüchse launched as a sister company of feltenpersonal to serve pedagogical professionals.

Family-run staffing brand for pedagogical professionals, offering secure, well-paid and flexible employment with a personal touch.

• Temporary staffing for educators

  Placement of Erzieher/innen, Heilerziehungspfleger/innen, Kinderpfleger/innen and other pedagogical staff in temporary roles.

• Permanent placement

  Direct permanent employment without probation period.

• Work & Travel

  Assignments for pedagogical staff who want variety, offered through sister brand feltenbummler.

1. 1Zeitarbeit für pädagogisches Fachpersonal | feltenfüchsefeltenfuechse.de
2. 2Über uns | feltenfüchsefeltenfuechse.de
3. 3Wikidatawikidata.org