German job centre offers out-of-work teenager a position in a brothel

19-year-old was 'horrified' when she received letter offering work in brothel

Job centre said it was mistake she was not contacted by phone beforehand

Centre has said it would never offer jobs in prostitution, but was aware the establishment was in the red light district

'Horrified': A 19-year-old woman was offered a job serving drinks at one of the biggest brothels in the German city of Augsburg by her local job centre (file picture)

A German teenager was left 'totally horrified' after a job centre offered her work in a brothel, it has been reported.
The 19-year-old woman, a trained housekeeper who had been looking for work since November, was offered a job serving drinks at one of the biggest brothels in Augsburg, in Bavaria.
The teenager said her mother was so horrified at the thought of her daughter working 42-hour weeks at the nude bar, the Colosseum, that she screamed when she heard of the offer.
The job centre told the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that they were careful to telephone applicants to talk about the position before sending the letter, according to The Local.
But the centre's director Roland Fürst said it was a mistake this had not happened in the unnamed teenager's case.
The centre has now apologised to the teenager and said it would no longer offer work at the bar.
It said it would also carry out more stringent checks on the companies who advertise through the office.
Mr Fürst said: 'We would never offer jobs in prostitution.'
But he added: 'We knew the establishment was operating in the red light district.'

Eight other potential employees recieved phone calls. Mr Fürst said the fact the 19-year-old was not spoken to on the phone first 'should not have happened'.

Brothel: The job centre said it would never offer jobs in prostitution, but it 'knew the establishment was operating in the red light district' (file picture)