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Altenpflegehelfer - Recognize foreign professional qualification

Service Description

Working as a geriatric care assistant is regulated in Germany. This means that you may only work in this profession without restriction and to the full extent if you are formally entitled to use the occupational title of "state-recognized geriatric care assistant". To obtain this authorization, your foreign qualification must be recognized.

Process flow

In the procedure, your foreign professional qualification is compared with a German reference qualification. The competent body checks whether there are significant differences between your foreign professional qualification and the German professional qualification. In addition to the training, your professional experience acquired in Germany or abroad may also be taken into account.

If the examination is positive, you will receive a certificate of equivalence as part of the professional licensing process. You will be treated legally in the same way as persons with a corresponding German professional qualification.

In addition to the recognition of your qualification, you must fulfill further requirements:

  • Personal suitability

  • Health suitability

If there are significant differences between your and the German reference qualification, you have the option of taking an adaptation measure (aptitude test or adaptation course) to achieve equivalence.

You can choose between two options:

  • Adaptation course: the adaptation course is a practical post-qualification, which means a course, a seminar or an internship. Often a course or seminar is combined with an internship. The duration of the adaptation course depends on the identified differences between your foreign qualification and the German qualification.

  • Aptitude test: An aptitude test is an examination in which your qualification for the profession of geriatric care assistant is tested. An aptitude test is not a new final examination. In the aptitude test, only the deficits that were identified in your training are tested.

You can also work as a care assistant without formal recognition. However, you will then not be able to use the professional title of geriatric care assistant and thus not be able to work to the full extent in this field.

German language skills at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages are recommended for practicing the profession.

In professions that require a state permit to practice, the recognition procedure can also be carried out via the technical systems of the point of single contact as of January 18, 2016.

Who should I contact?

Please contact the Thuringian State Administration Office.

Which documents are required?

  • Application for permission to use a professional title for EU (EEA) and third countries
  • a tabular list of the training courses you have completed and your professional activities (in German),
  • a proof of identity,
  • proof of qualifications acquired abroad,
  • proof of relevant professional experience or other proof of qualifications, if these are required to establish equivalence, and
  • a statement as to whether you have already submitted an application for the determination of equivalence and, if so, to which office
  • If applicable, a decision (i.e. the result of the equivalence test) issued by another federal state.

It does not matter what nationality you have or in which country you acquired your qualification. You can also submit the application from abroad. However, you must have the intention to work in Thuringia as a geriatric care assistant. You must document this intention with proof, such as:

  • Proof of applying for an entry visa for gainful employment or.
  • Proof that you have had contact with potential employers or
  • a business concept

If you are a national or resident of the EU, EEA or Switzerland and there are no specific reasons why you do not intend to do so, you do not need to provide proof.

All documents from the second up to and including the sixth point must be submitted as originals or certified copies. As a rule, all documents must be submitted in German. If the documents are written in another language, you will need a translation by a publicly appointed or sworn interpreter or translator. The competent body may also allow another form for the documents to be submitted.

Documents issued or recognized in an EU member state or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area may also be submitted electronically as of January 18, 2016. In the event of reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the documents submitted and if absolutely necessary, the competent body may also require the submission of certified copies in this case.

What are the fees?

  • Granting of permission to use the professional title - 50 euros;
  • Adaptation course or aptitude test - 200 euros.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

No deadlines are set for the application. The processing time specified below must be observed.

Processing duration

You will be notified of a decision on the determination of the equivalence of your training certificate within three months of submission of the complete documentation. The deadline may be reasonably extended once if this is justified by the specifics of the matter. The extension of the deadline is a maximum of one month if you have acquired your proof of education in a member state of the EU or a contracting state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in a state equated by agreement.

Legal basis

Applications / forms

You have the right to appeal against the decision of the responsible office on your application or against a decision not made in due time in accordance with the Administrative Court Code (objection proceedings, if necessary legal action).

Appeal

The application to use the professional title "Staatlich anerkannte Altenpflegehelferin/ Staatlich anerkannter Altenpflegehelfer" can be submitted informally.

What else should I know?

The recognition and qualification consulting offices of the network "Integration through Qualification" (IQ Network) will be happy to advise and accompany you before, during and after the recognition process.

Supporting institutions

For telephone advice on recognition in German and English, please call the "Working and Living in Germany" hotline

Tel.: +49 30 1815-1111

Reachability:
Monday to Friday from 09:00 - 15:00 each day

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Thuringian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family (TMASGFF)

Professionally released on

07.07.2016

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

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