Care assistant

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Health and social assistant , health and nursing assistant , nursing assistant or specialist for nursing assistant is a health profession . Training is regulated differently in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Nursing assistants are qualified assistants in the field of care , support and care for people of all ages.

Everyday companions in the care of people in need of care according to § 43b or § 53c SGB ​​XI are often incorrectly referred to in Germany as nursing assistants or nursing assistants. However, with the significantly shorter qualification measure to become an everyday companion, they have not acquired any professional training.

Areas of application

Care assistants can be used in all areas of health care and nursing, care for the elderly and family care; for example in facilities for the care and care of people with disabilities, in outpatient care for the elderly and sick, in private households and in church social services.

However, the operational capability is in fact partially restricted by the requirements of the cost bearers, in that the admission to participation in the provision of care services is made dependent on the fact that care workers with higher qualifications are employed, for example in sub-areas of home nursing. Care assistants are used, for example, in the outpatient care service, where their tasks include supporting the person in need of care with housekeeping, maintaining health and basic care tasks, such as helping with personal hygiene or looking after the family. In old people's and nursing homes , nursing assistants can be used in basic care as well as in activation and for care and employment offers.

Germany

education

The training of health and care assistance or to become a specialist for nursing assistant replaced since 1 August 2007, the former nursing assistant training ( health and nursing assistants , elderly care assistants , educational method nursing assistants and pediatric nursing assistants). It is not nationally standardized, but regulated by state law and therefore differently.

The two- to three-year training is carried out at various nursing and health care facilities, for example in clinics, nursing homes or nursing services. Theoretical knowledge is imparted at internal, external or external vocational or nursing schools. No training allowance is paid during this training. The training ends with a state examination, which entitles you to use the respective job title. Additional qualifications can be acquired with an additional year of training.

Admission requirements are generally a minimum age of 17 years as well as the secondary school leaving certificate or vocational qualification, vocational qualification, first general school qualification, successful completion of secondary school (exceptions are possible). As with all nursing professions, they must be suitable for health.

Training opportunities

With the secondary school certificate and after successfully completing the training, the job-related secondary school leaving certificate can be obtained. Further training in the nursing professions is possible. In elderly care, the duration of training for care assistants is usually shortened by one year. Building on this, further qualification options and training courses can be completed; That means, there is always the possibility of becoming a specialist, residential area manager, nursing service manager or home manager.

Austria

The job title nursing assistant since 2016 replaced the previous term nursing assistants .

education

The training is regulated by law and lasts one year full-time, but can also be part-time if the duration is longer; either at a school for health and nursing or in nursing assistance courses. It can be combined with other training, for example with training in a social care profession in work for the elderly, the disabled and the family. In this case, the training lasts two years full-time or three years part-time.

Admission to training takes place through a selection process. The minimum age is 17 years, the 9th grade must have been successfully completed. In the case of initial vocational training, only the two-year training as a nursing assistant can be completed.

Switzerland

education

Nursing assistance training has been regulated by the Swiss Red Cross since 1993 . Since 2012, instead of training as a nursing assistant under the old law, a two-year basic vocational training course has led to a federal professional certificate for assistant health and social affairs (AGS EBA). This has expanded the competencies for the job.

The prerequisite for the training is the completion of the lower secondary level, school level with basic requirements and a completed apprenticeship contract, social skills and practical talent. The duration of the training is two years, four days of which are practical and one day of school lessons per week. The national umbrella OdA OdASanté and Savoirsocial are responsible for professional development and quality assurance .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of a qualified nursing assistant. Berufe.net ; accessed on February 19, 2019
  2. ↑ a b Chamber of Labor Upper Austria: care assistant. ; accessed on April 13, 2019
  3. ↑ Job description: Nursing assistant (previously nursing assistant). Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ OdASante National umbrella organization for the health world of work, Switzerland
  5. ^ Nursing assistant at the Swiss Red Cross
  6. ↑ Comparison of the training assistant health and social affairs EBA (AGS) and nursing assistant SRK (PA). 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2019.

Web links

literature

  • Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Authority for Social Affairs, Family, Health and Consumer Protection Department of Social Aid, Care, Seniors and Care (Ed.): A job with a future: Health and care assistance . eurodruck, Hamburg April 2009 ( hamburg.de [PDF; accessed December 25, 2009]).