Service Finder
Applying for vocational training for people with disabilities who are fully incapacitated for work
Service Description
Are you currently unable, not yet or not yet able to return to the general labor market due to the nature or severity of your disability? Then, under certain conditions, the Federal Employment Agency will support services in the entry procedure and vocational training area in a recognized workshop for people with disabilities or with another service provider.
The aim of the support is to offer you appropriate vocational training in particular. Vocational training is based on the conditions of the general labor market and should be carried out as close as possible to the company or in a company. The aim is to develop your skills so that you can work in the general labor market or subsequently take up employment in the workplace, for example in a workshop for people with disabilities.
You will be continuously supported in this development process by workshops or other service providers who will instruct, supervise, accompany and train you. If your employment agency is the responsible rehabilitation provider, it will cover the costs.
Support services are available to you throughout the entire program. They will provide you with medical, educational, psychological and social support.
The services are funded for a maximum of 27 months and are divided into 2 phases: the initial phase and the vocational training phase.
Entry procedure
In the initial phase, it is determined whether the services in the vocational training area and, in perspective, in the work area will help you to participate in working life. For example, it is determined which areas of work and employment opportunities are suitable for you or whether other vocational training services are also suitable for you. These findings on your performance potential form the basis for the individual integration plan that is developed for you and with you. The integration plan contains statements on your specific need for support, the support measures and your career prospects.
The support usually lasts 3 months. The support period can be shortened to up to 4 weeks.
Vocational training area
In the vocational training area, you will receive vocational training that is tailored to your individual support needs. For example, you will be taught vocational knowledge and skills, such as how to handle materials, tools or machines. The aim is for you to learn how to carry out professional activities independently. You will also be supported in strengthening your social skills and developing your personality. You can also complete all or part of the vocational training measures in companies on the general labor market, for example through a company internship or in an outsourced vocational training place.
Qualification takes the form of both individual measures and training courses. You can help decide on your individual qualification path.
During the entry procedure and the vocational training area, you are entitled to either a transitional allowance or a training allowance. You are also covered by health, care, accident and pension insurance.
Process flow
You must contact your local employment agency in order to receive benefits in the entry procedure/vocational training area:
- Make an appointment with the Vocational Rehabilitation and Participation team at your employment agency.
- If you do not yet have a personal contact at your employment agency, make an appointment via the Federal Employment Agency's service hotline.
- In a personal meeting, you will clarify together whether you are eligible for services in the entry procedure and vocational training area.
- If your advisor determines that the support will help you to participate in working life, you will discuss the possible alternatives for providing these services (e.g. in a workshop or with another service provider, as a personal budget).
- Your advisor will also discuss the forms you need to complete with you. You can also complete the documents online.
- The employment agency will register you with the workshop or other service provider. You will then be informed about the specific start of your participation.
Requirements
- You have a disability and your rehabilitation provider is the Federal Employment Agency.
-
Due to the nature or severity of your disability, your prospects of participating in working life or participating in working life again are significantly reduced, and not just temporarily, and you therefore need help to participate in working life.
- Or: You are threatened with a disability with the same occupational consequences.
- Due to the nature or severity of your disability, you are not, not yet or not yet again able to work in the general labor market.
- It is expected that you will be able to perform at least a "minimum level of economically viable work" following the vocational training measures.
Further requirements:
- You do not have an extraordinary need for care and/or nursing.
- You do not endanger yourself or others through your social behavior (influenced by your disability).
Which documents are required?
Please ask your advisor which documents you need when you contact them.
What are the fees?
None
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Objection Deadline: 1 MonthAn appeal may be lodged within one month of notification of the decision.
Processing duration
Processing usually takes several weeks. Once the benefit has been approved, the aim is to start the measure as soon as possible in coordination with the provider.
Legal basis
- § Section 112 of the Third Book of the German Social Code (SGB III)
- § Section 117 (2) of the Third Book of the German Social Code (SGB III)
- § Section 57 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)
- § Section 60 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)
- § Section 219 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)
- Workshop ordinance
Applications / forms
Appeal to the employment agency that issued the decision. Further information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the respective decision.
Appeal
Forms available: No
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance required: Yes
Online services available: Yes
Further Information
- Technical directives of the Federal Employment Agency on services in entry-level procedures and vocational training (§ 57 SGB IX)
- Technical directives of the Federal Employment Agency on services relating to the definition and tasks of the workshop for people with disabilities (Section 219 SGB IX)
- Technical instructions from the Federal Employment Agency on services to other service providers (Section 60 SGB IX)
- Fact sheet from the Federal Employment Agency on promoting participation in working life (Fact sheet 12)
- Information on specific service providers on the website of the Federal Employment Agency
- Overview and addresses of other service providers on the REHADAT information portal website
- Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen e.V. - Information portal on the subject of workshops for people with disabilities
- List of recognized workshops for people with disabilities
- Workshop Councils Germany e.V.
Author
Federal Employment Agency (BA)
Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Professionally released on
09.09.2022
