In a nutshell:
Location: Hanover-Stöcken
Start date: annually on August 1st
Requirements: a secondary school diploma or equivalent
Subject areas: a wide range of tasks
Funding: You can apply for pupil BAföG.
Application: Online – fast and easy access
Overview of our training programme
Your first step into a career in care
Would you like to work with people but are still unsure which area to choose? Would you also like to gain your secondary school leaving certificate through an apprenticeship? If so, the two-year care assistant apprenticeship might be just the thing for you. Both the classroom-based content and the practical training provide an insight into this wide-ranging field of work.
Theoretical Training
During your training, you will learn about providing nursing and domestic care for children, adults and the elderly, as well as how to look after them. Afterwards, you can decide where you would like to work. Nursing assistants are employed across all areas and age groups within the field of nursing, care and support for people. Due to this high demand, there is a wide range of job opportunities available to you! After completing your training, you have the option of shortening the three-year generalist training programme by one year.
Shortening your training
There are four ways in which you can shorten the training programme by one year
1. Possibility:
You have successfully completed a two-year vocational school course in nutrition, home economics and care (or similar vocational training).
2. Possibility:
You must have at least a secondary school leaving certificate (Hauptschulabschluss) or an equivalent level of education.
AND You must also have worked full-time as a care assistant for at least one year.
OR:
You have completed one year of full-time work in the care sector as part of the Federal Voluntary Service.
OR:
You have volunteered in the care service of a civil protection organisation for at least three years.
3. Possibility:
You have completed at least two years of vocational training AND can provide evidence of at least three years of professional experience.
4. Possibility:
You have a degree from a vocational training programme lasting at least two years, and you have subsequently completed a qualification in everyday care comprising at least 160 teaching hours. You have also worked in everyday care for at least two years.
We would be happy to check whether you meet the criteria. Apply now! We would then be delighted to invite you to a counselling interview.
1,800 hours of theoretical training
Lessons in the following subjects:
Work and relationship processes
Supporting people
Caring for people
Occupational area: English, German, maths, politics, religion and sport.
960 hours of practical work
Possible areas include:
Hospitals, care facilities, outpatient care services, and workshops for people with disabilities, among others. The focus is on care for people of all ages.
Theory and practice alternate on a weekly basis.
Costs / funding opportunities
The nursing assistant training programme is tuition-free!
Various funding options are also available, e.g. via the Agentur für Arbeit or Schüler-BAföG. We would be happy to advise you on a one-to-one basis.
Admission requirements
The nursing assistant training programme is open to anyone with a secondary school leaving certificate or an equivalent level of education.
Successful graduates can then progress to the second year of training to become a nursing assistant.