Foto: Ernesto Uhlm<strong>an</strong>n INTEGRATION DURING NURSING TRAINING 64
Hardly <strong>an</strong>y other sector reflects Germ<strong>an</strong>y’s shortage of skilled labour to the extent that nursing does. There will be a deficit of up to 120,000 qualified nursing assist<strong>an</strong>ts <strong>an</strong>d carers in Saxony alone in the coming years. The Federal Government’s response has been to reorg<strong>an</strong>ise training structures. The generalised nursing training programme introduced at the beginning of 2020 now combines the once separate areas of paediatric, nursing <strong>an</strong>d geriatric care. The government w<strong>an</strong>ted this reorg<strong>an</strong>isation to increase the number of trainees by ten per cent by 2023. Instead, it actually fell by 7 per cent nationwide in 2022 compared to the previous year (Saxony: down 2 per cent). “The fact that a total of nine years of training experience is now being crammed into three c<strong>an</strong> be taken m<strong>an</strong>y different ways”, says Jörg Ahner diplomatically. However, a failure rate of around 20 per cent speaks for itself. Ahner is the director of the Rembr<strong>an</strong>dtstraße nursing home for the elderly, one of the m<strong>an</strong>y facilities run by the ASB (Workers’ Samarit<strong>an</strong> Federation) in <strong>Chemnitz</strong> <strong>an</strong>d the surrounding area. In addition to providing care for the elderly across three nursing homes in <strong>Chemnitz</strong> <strong>an</strong>d Burgstädt, the association also has involvement in outpatient care services, a residential care home for people with severe physical disabilities, <strong>an</strong>d rescue services – from emergency rescue to disaster m<strong>an</strong>agement. The org<strong>an</strong>isation currently has 630 employees <strong>an</strong>d 46 trainees, with people from 17 countries working across the facilities, from the laundry to the nursing homes. This impressive number reflects the fact that the ASB started looking at international skilled workers at <strong>an</strong> early stage: “In 2010, it was not yet <strong>an</strong> issue in the care sector, but it was definitely on our minds by 2013. That was when it slowly became apparent that m<strong>an</strong>y expert predictions would come to fruition”, says Ahner. To mitigate the shortage of skilled workers, the ASB has been working with BIP <strong>Chemnitz</strong>, the Berufliches Schulzentrum für Gesundheit und Sozialwesen (Vocational School Centre for Health <strong>an</strong>d Social Services) at the Markthalle, <strong>an</strong>d Medicampus <strong>Chemnitz</strong> since 2014. The F&U gGmbH facility started training young Vietnamese people to become nurses in the same year. The practical portion of the training is completed with the local ASB br<strong>an</strong>ch, among other org<strong>an</strong>isations, where m<strong>an</strong>y of the trainees also gain a foothold in perm<strong>an</strong>ent employment after their training. “To make integration easier, we regularly org<strong>an</strong>ise trainee events. There are also team building activities <strong>an</strong>d team days that c<strong>an</strong> be org<strong>an</strong>ised by the individual teams”, explains Katharina Busch, Central Practice Instructor. To get students in Germ<strong>an</strong>y interested in training in the care sector at <strong>an</strong> early age, she partners with schools, attends training fairs <strong>an</strong>d is active on relev<strong>an</strong>t social media ch<strong>an</strong>nels. “However, most applic<strong>an</strong>ts still find their way to us through recommendations from friends or acquaint<strong>an</strong>ces.” Thi Nhung Pham was one of those to become aware of the career opportunities at ASB through a tip from a friend. She came to Germ<strong>an</strong>y in 2014 <strong>an</strong>d completed her nursing training in 2018. She had previously undertaken a three-year pharmacy apprenticeship in Vietnam before working in a pharmacy there for very little pay. “That wasn’t my future. I w<strong>an</strong>ted a better life”, recalls the now 31-year-old. The step into a completely new environment was not easy for her, <strong>an</strong>d the biggest hurdle was the Germ<strong>an</strong> l<strong>an</strong>guage. After all, a good knowledge of Germ<strong>an</strong> is extremely import<strong>an</strong>t for carers as it enables them to communicate well with people in need of care or receiving inpatient treatment. With good Germ<strong>an</strong> l<strong>an</strong>guage skills, carers from abroad c<strong>an</strong> support patients <strong>an</strong>d give them confidence <strong>an</strong>d a sense of security. In Saxony, l<strong>an</strong>guage skills at level B2 are a prerequisite for taking up a position in the medical or nursing sector. However, the Germ<strong>an</strong> l<strong>an</strong>guage is not the only hurdle that needs to be overcome in care facilities. As Ahner explains: “In addition to the staff, our care home residents, too, need to be involved in the integration of international specialists. This is a task that we take very seriously, as different cultures <strong>an</strong>d ways of thinking come together here.” In the event of problems, <strong>an</strong> integration officer is always ready to listen to the 200 or so employees. Thi Nhung Pham’s advice to skilled workers from abroad? “Follow your path, be diligent <strong>an</strong>d learn Germ<strong>an</strong>. Then m<strong>an</strong>y opportunities will be open to you.” WEITERE INFOS: Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Ortsverb<strong>an</strong>d <strong>Chemnitz</strong> und Umgebung e.V. chemnitz.jobs/asb Our international specialists come from: Germ<strong>an</strong>y, Afgh<strong>an</strong>ist<strong>an</strong>, Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Eritrea, Georgia, Ir<strong>an</strong>, Kazakhst<strong>an</strong>, Leb<strong>an</strong>on, Nigeria, Pol<strong>an</strong>d, Russi<strong>an</strong> Federation, Syria, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam Applications in Germ<strong>an</strong> or English to: bewerbung@asb-ov-chemnitz.de 18 65
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