Specialist in social and health care

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Certified specialist in social and health care is a publicly recognized degree at master's level that is awarded after successfully completing industry- related commercial advancement training in accordance with the Vocational Training Act. The nationwide examination takes place on the basis of a special statutory ordinance before the examination board of a Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).

Specialists in social and health care work in areas where social management tasks overlap with business management requirements, for example in hospitals / clinics, health centers, rehabilitation and preventive care facilities, residential and nursing homes, with transport and rescue services, with health insurance companies or at Associations.

The target group for this advanced training examination primarily comprises the group of specialists from nursing, social and health professions who are willing to gain further qualifications in order to take advantage of new opportunities for advancement.

On July 21, 2011, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research issued a new ordinance on the specialist in health and social services , which reorganized the previous advanced training as a specialist in social and health and redesigned the training content and examination criteria. Examinations according to this new regulation are already taking place; However, until July 31, 2015, examinations can still be carried out according to the "old" examination regulations for a specialist in social and health care.

Training content

The content is divided into a business-related part and an action-specific part.

Contents of the business-related part

Contents of the area-specific part

  • Social and Health Economics
  • Legal regulations in social and health care
  • Marketing in social and healthcare
  • Management in social and health care

Training duration

The DIHK framework plan recommends 600 teaching hours for advanced training as a specialist in social and health care. Public and private educational institutions offer courses for the exams between three and 24 months, both full-time and part-time; However, participation in a course is not compulsory for admission to the examination.

Exam admission requirements

Anyone who can be admitted to the examination

  • Relevant completed vocational training and then at least two years of activity in social and health services or
  • a successfully completed vocational training in another recognized commercial, administrative, helping, educational or caring profession and then at least three years of activity in qualified activities or
  • at least five years of professional experience in health and social services

proves.

Deviating from this, anyone can be admitted to the examination who, by submitting certificates or in some other way, proves that they have acquired comparable knowledge, skills and experience that justify admission to the examination. This is a matter of interpretation by the testing institution.

The fulfillment of the admission requirements must only be proven at the time of the examination. This means that the training times for this examination can also be partially or wholly credited as evidence of professional experience.

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