Care worker in accordance with Sections 43B and 53B of SGB XI (German Social Security Code)

Care workers are responsible for caring for people in areas of care such as long-term care, outpatient care, or day care. Care workers are not nursing professionals. The tasks of a care worker include care and activation measures and comprise measures and activities that can positively influence the well-being, physical condition, or mental state of the people being cared for.

Tasks:

• Motivating, caring for, and accompanying the people in their care in everyday activities
• Providing targeted support and memory stimulation for people with dementia
• Providing individual assistance in the everyday life of the people being cared for, e.g., with personal hygiene, nutrition, housekeeping, or mobility
• Carrying out group activities or individual care to prevent impending or existing social isolation

• Sufficient knowledge of the German language 
• Proof of physical fitness for the profession
• A school leaving certificate is not required

• 12 weeks

• 8 weeks: 160 hours in two block phases

• 4 weeks: 160 hours

The internship can be completed in the following settings:

• Institutions providing long-term inpatient care
• Day care
• Outpatient care facilities

• Opportunity to work in a variety of different care areas
• Depending on your school-leaving qualification, further training opportunities in nursing are available, e.g., geriatric nursing assistant training or training as a nursing specialist/nursing professional.