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Education voucher issuance
Service Description
You can apply for an education voucher, but you are not legally entitled to one. If you meet the requirements, the employment agency can issue such a voucher.
The education voucher must be redeemed with a certified and approved provider of your choice. You can use it to take part in a further training measure.
Process flow
Your employment agent will check whether you meet the requirements for funding. If this is the case, the employee will personally issue you an education voucher - usually during a counseling session.
Location assessment
As the term implies, the assessment determines where you stand in terms of your chances of integration into the labor market and what problems there may be with placement. It is also examined whether and which additional qualifications are necessary for you to find permanent employment. You choose together with your employment mediator. This will be noted on the education voucher.
The better your chances of finding a job after completing the appropriate training, the more likely it is that you will receive an education voucher.
Redeeming the education voucher
You can redeem the education voucher within the validity period for participation in an approved measure that pursues the noted educational goal.
The choice of course and provider is up to you. Find out about approved measures in the education and training database KursNet of the Federal Employment Agency.
You do not need to worry about anything else: The education provider confirms your acceptance into the course on the education voucher and informs the Employment Agency about it. The Employment Agency will then check whether the course you have selected matches the content of the education voucher and whether you meet the entry requirements.
Course attendance
You must notify both the Employment Agency and the educational institution of any periods of illness during the course. If the employment agency offers you a job placement during the course, you must take advantage of it - finding a job has top priority.
Towards the end and after the training
Newly acquired knowledge must be applied quickly in practice, otherwise it will be lost again in a short time. Therefore, you should start your intensive job application activities as early as possible - i.e. still during or towards the end of the continuing education.
Shortly before or at the latest after the end of the training, there will usually be another meeting with your employment agent to determine the next steps in your job search.
Who should I contact?
The employment agency in whose district you are registered with residence or have your usual place of residence.
Requirements
As the applicant, you must have been in professional employment for three years as a rule. Otherwise, initial vocational training may be considered as a priority.
Before starting participation in further training, you must also receive advice from the employment agency. Therefore, do not start any further training without first having discussed it with your employment agent.
Other conditions
- The further training is necessary to end unemployment or to avert the threat of unemployment. It may also be necessary because you do not have a vocational qualification.
- The Employment Agency has determined that further training is the "only goal-oriented measure" in your case.
- The Employment Agency considers it highly probable that you can be integrated into the labor market or unemployment can be avoided if you achieve the (specified) educational goal.
- You can prove that you have developed your own initiatives to a "considerable extent in order to end unemployment".
- The educational measure and the educational institution must be approved. Please make sure that the course and the provider of the continuing education measure are approved for funding and that the course will enable you to achieve your specified educational goal.
If, in the opinion of your employment agency, unemployment can be ended without further education or if there are other more successful instruments, you will not receive an education voucher.
What are the fees?
The education voucher is free of charge for you. Travel costs and other necessary costs incurred in connection with the participation in further education will be reimbursed to you. You can obtain the reimbursement application from your employment agency.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Validity: 1-3 months
Please submit the forms to the employment agency in good time before the start of your course.
The planned educational measure must begin during the period of validity of the voucher. If you do not start your further education within this period, the voucher will expire.
Processing duration
The education voucher is usually issued during a personal counseling session.
What else should I know?
You will find extensive information on the website of the Federal Employment Agency.
Comments
If you are entitled to unemployment benefit II, you can also apply for an education voucher from the job center. However, there is no legal entitlement to this.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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