TRAINING IN THE CARE SECTOR
REFORMPFLEGESCHULE CARECOMET (CARECOMET – INNOVATIVE NURSING CARE TRAINING)
All over Germany there is a shortfall in the number of people working in the nursing and care sector. Yet there are also numerous people who have migrated to the country and want to support themselves through work, but have to overcome huge hurdles to do so. This where Reformpflegeschule CareComet comes in with an innovative solution that benefits everybody.
For whom?
People who speak German as a foreign language and want to train as a nurse or care assistant
Aim
Qualifying as a nurse or care assistant, recognition of foreign nursing qualifications
Duration
1–3 years
Location
Frankfurt
A new kind of nursing school
CareComet is a non-profit project that provides high-quality nursing care training for migrants, with additional German lessons throughout the programme. This allows CareComet to create new career opportunities for people who need to improve their language skills while also training the nursing staff who are so desperately needed.
CareComet also helps migrants to get their school or vocational qualifications in nursing and care from other countries recognised. The project is being run in conjunction with the Hesse Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration and FRAP Agentur Frankfurt, with the aim of integrating people into the German job market as quickly as possible
CareComet was set up in Frankfurt in 2022 thanks to the Crespo Foundation.
CARECOMET IN NUMBERS
6.749
extra nursing staff needed
23,3 %
without a qualification
2
training programmes offered by CareComet
‘I was thrilled to be accepted! I’ve learned so much here. Finally I have a plan for my future career.’
PARTNERS
CareComet is a project run by Bildungsprofis gGmbH in cooperation with AGAPLESION MARKUS DIAKONIE gGmbH, with the support of the Crespo Foundation.
CONTACT
Petra Rahn
Bildungsprofis GgmbH
