State-Recognized Heilerziehungspfleger Specialist, Part-Time Alongside Employment

Heilerziehungspfleger specialists support, educate and care for people with intellectual, physical or psychological disabilities and promote their independence and quality of life. The training provides professional skills and covers the design of support processes based on development plans. Possible workplaces include residential homes, day support centers, sheltered workshops, special-needs childcare facilities, integration kindergartens and early intervention centers.

Activate people for meaningful activities; support them with everyday tasks; provide help for self-help; offer contact and support as a trusted person; promote social, educational and professional integration; build relationships and facilitate group processes; provide individualized support and care; promote development through suitable methods and media from art, music and movement; organize, coordinate and reflect on specialist care work.

Intermediate school-leaving certificate or equivalent qualification with at least two years of relevant vocational training; or recognized vocational training of at least two years plus one or two years of relevant employment; or at least seven years of full-time caregiving work; medical certificate confirming fitness for the profession; extended certificate of good conduct; proof of sufficient measles vaccination; proof of relevant professional work during the training.