Reconciling family and career, equal opportunities and integration. Since 1901.Â
"Close to life and professional" - our mission
familea is a socially responsible association with a tradition of over 120 years in the Basel region. Reconciliation of family and career, equal opportunities and integration form our guiding principles for the design of support.
With around 700 employees - over 180 of whom are trainees and students - we are a recognized and important specialist and training institution in the social sector.
Our childcare services provide parents with important relief in their daily educational routine and offer children and adolescents a safe place for healthy development.
"On the pulse of time" - our offer
Today, our services include over 40 daycare centers with around 1900 places, the Lindenberg children's home and three decentralized residential groups, the Im Vogelsang transit home, women's counseling and the foster children's center.
"Committed to the future" - our vision
"Fine mesh - strong net" - our story
familea was founded in 1901 as the "Basler Frauenverein" (Basel Women's Association) to support women and especially unmarried mothers who were economically, socially and legally disadvantaged. Unmarried mothers found it difficult to find work and good care for their child.
As early as 1903, the Women's Association opened the refuge for women and daughters in need, founded the welfare commission for young boarders, the youth welfare organization and the service daughters' association (1904), the Lindenberg children's home (1906), which still exists today, the women's welfare and legal protection branch (1907), the first day care center for children in Switzerland and the arrangement of people's or workers' gardens (1909), the workers' wreaths (1910), an employment agency for hourly women, laundresses and seamstresses, a home work agency and a home work sale.
"A lived familea culture" - our values
Management
As management, our commitment is to the values of familea, namely work-life balance, equal opportunities and integration. We are committed to the well-being of children, young people, women and families out of conviction. In the same way, this commitment at the operational management level is directed at our more than 700 employees. They are the driving force behind familea's professionalism and flexibility.
Monika Bitterli
Management
Jacqueline Baumgartner
Personnel & Development
Aron Reichenbach
Daycare
Pradeepa Anton
Marketing & Communication
Sabine Zimmermann
Finance, Administration, IT
Office
Ilker Basol
Accounting clerk
Giovanna Bieri
HR Administration
Mikka Bonaventura
IT and administration clerk
Alois Brown
Division Management
Anja bus
HR Administration
Philipp Buser
Finances + Controlling
Monica Elmayan-Mantelli
Administration
Pascale Friedli
Assistance and Projects Admin
Marianne Habegger
Division Management
Nadine Hebeisen
Administration
Christian Hohl
Accounting management
Leon Hoppe
Marketing & Events
Christine Imoberdorf
Division Management
Sarah Imonopi
Assistant Head of Daycare
Viktor Kempinski
Marketing and communication
Marcel Keyerleber
Head of Facility Management
Tamara Kohler
Assistance management
Daniel Kohler
Accounting
Matthias Liebig
Specialist responsibility for ICT
Sonja Looser-Müller
Specialist responsibility HR Administration
Elvir Mahic
Maintenance and repair management
Claudia Meyer
Consulting and administration
Nicole Müller
Division Management
Ruth Ozeri
Vocational training
Martina Pangracova
Administration
Carol Provenzano
Head of vocational training
Charlotte Sprüngli-Christensen
Placement Office
Dominique Spörri
HR Administration
Andreas Stadelmann
Catering management
Rachid Taksaoui
Accounting
Ismet Twerenbold
Facility Management
Mirella Unfer-Nenz
Administration
Barbara Walser
Reception
Sarah Wohlgemuth
Administration clerk
Jeannine Zuber
HR Administration
Organigram
Board of Directors
With commitment and teamwork for familea. Every day, more than 700 employees in the children's and youth homes, in daycare centers, in the Center for Foster Children Northwestern Switzerland and in women's counseling are committed to the needs of women, children and families. As the board of familea, we see it as our duty to ensure the success of our association and the quality of our services through clear strategic management and to set the course for a sustainable future through effective decisions.
Sibylle Schürch President
Claudia Morselli Vice President
Corinna Brunetti-Flum
David Klein
Heinrich Degelo
Martina Polek
Yvonne Pieles
News
familea at the Vocational Training Week 2025
Women's Day - a sign of appreciation for women in our advisory services
