Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Social Work, grade: 1,0, Protestant University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg (Masterstudiengang Sozialmanagement), course: Entrepreneurship, language: English, abstract: This thesis raises the question as to what extent social entrepreneurship in German child a youth welfare services is made possible and permitted by the legislator or the public authorities. To understand this, one must first define social entrepreneurship and describe how it applies to the children and youth welfare system in Germany. Subsequently, the current extent to which social entrepreneurship is permitted by the state and public authorities must be explained. Understanding this defines the role of a social entrepreneur in German children and youth welfare.