Qualified help with supply:
The training to become a geriatric care assistant gives you the professional knowledge and skills you need to provide qualified assistance in caring for the elderly.
As a geriatric care assistant, you work in a team, you help with the care and support of older people, e.g. with personal hygiene and with eating. You will also support the nursing staff with medical and nursing care.
You will be involved in the day-to-day activities of the seniors and accompany them in everyday life. This requires a lot of empathy and communicative competence.
After this training, you can take on nursing and social tasks under the guidance of a nursing specialist.
Promotion of German language skills
In addition to professional training as a geriatric care assistant, it is about improving your German language skills.
Do you have little knowledge of German (language level A2) and would like to be trained as a geriatric care assistant?
You will receive the necessary support in the German language in special migrant classes. After a year of German lessons at our school, you will take the B1 language test.
Before the end of the training, you must provide proof of a B2 language certificate according to ALTE guidelines. Such certificates are telc, TestDaF, Goethe or ÖSD.
Learning Areas:
Learning content and subjects for geriatric care assistants
- Tasks and concepts in elderly care
- Supporting old people in organizing their lives
- Legal and institutional framework of geriatric care work
- Elderly care as a profession
- German (after one year of German lessons language test level B1 - before the end of the training language test B2 language certificate according to ALTE guidelines
- Civic Studies
- Music, Religion
Entry requirements:
- High school diploma
- Health suitability (medical certificate)
- Police certificate of good conduct
- Training contract with a facility for outpatient or inpatient care for the elderly
The two-year training course is free of charge for you. You will receive a monthly training allowance from your training company.
Duration of training: 2 years
Successful completion of the training can serve as an entry point for further qualification as a nursing specialist.
- The instruction in block form includes 1580 theory hours.
- The practical training is 850 hours.
A training contract with a care facility is required for the practical part of the training. During the training you will be supervised and accompanied by a practical guide. In addition, there are practical visits by the school.
Typical jobs of a Elderly care assistant
Outpatient care and nursing:
- Social stations
- outpatient care services
- assisted living
- Outpatient Intensive Care
- in private households
Partial inpatient care and nursing:
- Day care
- Night care
- Respite care
- Day clinics
Inpatient care and nursing offers:
- Retirement and nursing homes
- Hospitals
- Rehab clinics
- inpatient hospices
Other fields of activity:
- Counseling centers
- At the Home Superintendent
- At the Medical Services
- On cruise ships
- And many more possibilities