Vocational Promotion Agency

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A Vocational Promotion Agency (BFW) is a vocational support institution in Germany, with the further goal of social and health competence development for tailor-made integration into the primary labor market. Vocational rehabilitation facilities form the basis for the implementation of the legal entitlement to participation in working life according to SGB ​​IX , especially in Section 35 ff. SGB IX (LTA: benefits for participation in working life). Vocational advancement organizations are run in a non-profit company form in public or private sponsorship. The vocational advancement organizations work closely with rehabilitation providers such as German pension insurance and professional associations as well as in cooperation with social service companies.

A BFW is set up for the special needs of people with health impairments. There are medical , socio-educational and psychological specialist services to support the rehabilitation candidates during their training. The course rooms and learning locations as well as the training workshops and apartments or rooms in the living areas are barrier-free and equipped, as are the offers for leisure activities and supplies (canteen, canteen).

The 28 professional development agencies of the network plan created by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs are organized in the Bundesverband Deutscher Berufsförderungswerke . On November 30th, 2009 in Berlin, registered in the register of associations of the Charlottenburg District Court on January 8th, 2010, these joined together to form a registered association. In the Federal Working Group for Professional Development Organizations, there are another six state-recognized professional development organizations in private sponsorship.

Training at a vocational training organization

Range of training

The courses offered at a BFW correspond to the recognized training occupations and usually end with an examination at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce or other government agencies, such as the Chamber of Tax Advisors, Chamber of Crafts or the health or labor ministries of the federal states. Basically, there is no relief. In individual cases, however, an application can be made to the competent Chamber of Commerce to extend the time for the written exam, for example if the hands are impaired.

The duration of the training in a new profession to be learned is shortened to two years (four semesters).

Furthermore, numerous integration-oriented qualifications with individual duration, goals, paths and training locations are offered.

The range of training is individually different in each of the 28 BFWs. There are commercial and industrial-technical training courses, but also professions such as gardener or beautician, which can be successfully completed depending on the type of health impairment and for which there is also a need for workers so that the chance of reintegration into the primary labor market given is. Ideally, the rehabilitation candidates can draw on knowledge of their previous occupation.

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Training process

Training at the BFW does not follow the dual system (separation of training company and vocational school ). Rehabilitation candidates complete their training exclusively at the BFW or at associated facilities, which links the properties of normal vocational schools with those of training workshops, including practical facilities.

The training is adult-friendly according to action-oriented concepts. Training concepts geared to the needs of the economy ensure a practical learning and working environment, for example through training firms and projects that are oriented towards operational practice.

In addition, the rehabilitation candidates usually complete a three to five-month internship in a company close to their own place of residence in order to establish a practical relevance to their training and possibly get to know the future employer.

Requirements for participation

There must be a right to benefits for participation in working life according to the ninth book of the Social Code ( SGB ​​IX ). In contrast to the vocational training centers (BBW), the participants should have completed initial training or should no longer be required to attend school. This enables the training period for a full-fledged apprenticeship to be shortened to two years, on the one hand because some general educational content can be omitted, on the other hand because adult participants can be expected to be more apprehensive and to work on their own.

The participants in a vocational rehabilitation measure must be physically and intellectually suitable for the new job. This can be determined in a job search and work trial at the BFW, which can take between a few days and several weeks.

Once approved , the costs of the measure will be borne by the pension insurance , the employer's liability insurance association , the Federal Employment Agency or the health insurance .

Depending on the cost bearer, rehabilitation candidates receive a transition allowance during their training at the BFW . Similar to unemployment benefits, it is based on the last average earned income.

Preparatory measures by the professional development agencies

The professional development agencies also offer various measures to ensure the success of the two-year training. Not every German BFW offers all preparatory measures; different priorities are set depending on the BFW. Here, however, the interested party can find out on site by phone or e-mail which preparations are being offered.

Rehabilitation preparation training (RVT)

The RVT is aimed at people with psychological and / or social problems. Here the participants should be stabilized taking their personality into account. The training framework remains limited to a small group of people. Fears and learning problems are reduced, the integration into a learning group is trained as well as the systematic structuring of the daily routine. All of this is done by conveying specialist content through training, but also through the rehabilitation specialist services, in particular through the psychological service, during training.

Basic training and group skills (six to nine teaching units per day) are required. The absence of addictive substances is also a prerequisite and, in case of doubt, can be clarified with the rehabilitation specialist services in advance.

The focus of the RVT is on the one hand on school-professional training, on the other hand on psycho-social support. In school-professional training, the performance requirements - flexibly and individually oriented - are slowly increased.

Specialist German spelling, reporting and grammar are trained. Free speech and presentation are parts of the oral teaching units.

In the subject of mathematics , basic arithmetic methods are refreshed and taught. The individual content selection is based on the desired occupational profiles and extends from the basic arithmetic operations , fractions , algebraic principles, the rule of three to percentage calculation .

In method training , moderation and presentation techniques are taught. Basic introductions to working with a PC (Windows, WORD, Internet research) are integrated into the career exploration.

Targeted communication training also reduces uncertainty in front of a group.

The training program also includes observations in the intended training area. There, RVT participants can deal more intensively with the desired training course and get to know their desired job profile.

The participants are supported by training units and individual (e.g. psychotherapeutic) measures by specialist services (doctors, psychologists, occupational therapists, etc.). The entire RVT team regularly reflects on the training situation and the progress of the individual participants. The desired goals are constantly reassessed in individual support discussions with the rehabilitation candidates.

Finally, the rehab provider receives an RVT report. The follow-up measure, depending on the stability of the participant and the RVT start date, can either be a seamless, job-related rehabilitation preparation course (RVL) or - if the stability of the participant is sufficiently consolidated - professional qualification.

outlook

Due to a paradigm shift in social policy and the tense financial situation among service providers (statutory pension providers, professional associations, employment agencies), registrations for rehabilitation candidates in full apprenticeships at the BFWs are falling.

Since around 2006 there has been a tendency to achieve vocational rehabilitation of the participants with the aim of integrating them into the primary labor market through shortened measures of three to 18 months duration (modular measures).

The costs for a vocational rehabilitation measure in a BFW are considerable and are borne by the respective service provider to whom the rehabilitation candidate has earned benefits (example: in the event of an occupational accident, the employers' liability insurance association). Therefore, a high level of motivation and independent cooperation is expected from the rehabilitation candidates. The BFWs report to the service providers at regular intervals on the individual learning progress and whether there is a prospect of successful completion (individual support and integration plan, IFIP).

In extreme cases, the service providers have the option of terminating the rehabilitation measure if there is no prospect of success (e.g. due to a lack of cooperation, a lack of intellectual and physical ability, a protracted illness or other long-term absences).

Rehabilitation representation

In every BFW there is a rehab representative who looks after the interests of the participants towards the BFW. This is regularly elected by the rehabilitation candidates in a secret ballot. It has its own committees (e.g. kitchen committee, sports and leisure committee, boarding school committee, etc.) and has its own financial resources. In some municipalities, in agreement with the BFW management, it can send a severely disabled person's representative to the municipality's committee for the severely disabled.

List of professional promotion agencies

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