Qualification "Service Assistants"
Pilot project of the Robert Bosch Stiftung for lower secondary school graduates
School leaving certificate in your pocket, but no trainee position yet? - Perhaps because the grades weren’t all that good? A pilot project of the Robert Bosch Stiftung offers an opportunity for school leavers with poor grades in their lower secondary school certificate: training as a service assistant in the social and health care sector.
The program qualifies young people in the Stuttgart, Reutlingen and Augsburg regions for support activities in care for the elderly and disabled and in hospitals. 70 percent of the training program is practical and 30 theory. The school leavers are not simply left to fend for themselves, but receive intensive support from educational experts.
By working in care for the elderly, disabled and hospital patients, they are to acquire social competencies and other capabilities that will support them in finding employment on the regular job market in the longer term. Their work does not include nursing but support for the aged and disabled with mobility, during meals, janitor assistance, fetching and bringing services, or support in the household with chores like dishwashing or cleaning.
The theoretical classes during the training year focus on basic housekeeping and technical knowledge as well as on basic skills for working with elderly, disabled and hospital patients and social conduct and communication training. A customized curriculum has been developed.
After passing their closing exam, the trainees are guaranteed employment for another year by the facilities involved in the pilot project, giving them a first foothold on the job market.
School leaving certificate in your pocket, but no trainee position yet? - Perhaps because the grades weren’t all that good? A pilot project of the Robert Bosch Stiftung offers an opportunity for school leavers with poor grades in their lower secondary school certificate: training as a service assistant in the social and health care sector.
The program qualifies young people in the Stuttgart, Reutlingen and Augsburg regions for support activities in care for the elderly and disabled and in hospitals. 70 percent of the training program is practical and 30 theory. The school leavers are not simply left to fend for themselves, but receive intensive support from educational experts.
By working in care for the elderly, disabled and hospital patients, they are to acquire social competencies and other capabilities that will support them in finding employment on the regular job market in the longer term. Their work does not include nursing but support for the aged and disabled with mobility, during meals, janitor assistance, fetching and bringing services, or support in the household with chores like dishwashing or cleaning.
The theoretical classes during the training year focus on basic housekeeping and technical knowledge as well as on basic skills for working with elderly, disabled and hospital patients and social conduct and communication training. A customized curriculum has been developed.
After passing their closing exam, the trainees are guaranteed employment for another year by the facilities involved in the pilot project, giving them a first foothold on the job market.