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Give (older) people a better quality of life as an activation specialist HF

Do you like working with older people and can you imagine spending your working day caring for the elderly and physically impaired? Higher technical colleges offer training or further training to become an activation specialist and prepare graduates for a varied, demanding and social job. People who are ill or elderly often live in seclusion and largely avoid physical activity. Your task as an activation specialist is to improve the quality of life of those affected and, in particular, to help long-term patients overcome their illness-related inertia.

 

An activation specialist usually works in retirement and nursing homes and promotes the mental, social and physical abilities of patients through a varied and individually tailored therapy program. For the residents of old people's homes, your presence and care means a great change in their everyday lives and also promotes the community of people at your place of work. Training to become an activation specialist takes three years and prepares you for an exciting job. Your professional, personal and social skills will be trained so that you can deal with the people you care for in a sensitive, confident and health-promoting manner. You will also learn the following skills:

- Activation therapy

- Quality

- Activating everyday life

- Relationship building and interaction

- Career development

- Knowledge management

- Guidance

- Area concept activation

 

Are you looking for more information and training opportunities for this exciting training course to become an activation specialist HF? On the Swiss education portal you will find numerous competent offers for training and further education in the fields of nursing, health, gerontology, geriatric work and care.

Questions and answers

After training as an activation specialist, it is possible to work in retirement homes, day care homes, care centers, psychiatric clinics and special clinics. Activation specialists often take on responsible positions with management duties, e.g. as team leaders in institutions where they are responsible for the entire area of activation. The prospects on the job market are good.

During the three-year apprenticeship, you will learn about practical work in the activation environment as well as the theoretical principles and work processes. You will attend school up to two days a week, where you will be taught in the following areas:

  • Activation therapy
  • Activating everyday life
  • Career development
  • Quality
  • Interaction and relationship building
  • Knowledge management
  • Management and conception of the activation area

On the remaining days of the week, you will either be engaged in self-study or work experience. The school-based training to become an activation specialist is supplemented by block weeks. This is how the part-time activation specialist training works.

Anyone wishing to enrol for continuing education, further training at a College of Higher Education as an activation specialist normally requires at least three years of basic education, a high school diploma or an equivalent qualification. In addition, an aptitude test and a certificate of 50% employment in a recognized training institution must be presented.

After training as an activation specialist, you will work with older people and adults with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Working hours are usually regulated. Activation specialists work closely with other healthcare professionals, such as nurses, doctors and therapists.

Training to become an activation specialist teaches you the following:

  • Activation therapy
  • Individual and group activation
  • Activating everyday activities: e.g. techniques in the areas of design, expression, play, music, etc.
  • Interaction and relationship building
  • Theoretical foundations: e.g. in anatomy and physiology, geriatrics and psychogeriatrics, psychology, sociology, etc.
  • Quality assurance, management and interdisciplinary cooperation
  • Practical assignments in various institutions and fields of work

The following activities are carried out after continuing education, further training:

  • Designing activation offers
    • Building relationships with clients and their relatives and caregivers
    • Offers for individuals or design
    • Provide clients with a daily and weekly structure
    • guide people to actively pursue their own interests and have meaningful experiences
    • Support and encourage people to live and make decisions as independently as possible
    • enable people to feel successful and useful despite limitations
    • Plan and carry out rituals, celebrations and cultural events in institutions
  • Carry out activation therapies
    • Gather holistic information on a client's medical history and current life situation
    • Define therapeutic goals and measures
    • Select suitable forms of therapy and create a therapy plan
    • Document and analyze observations, experiences and results of the therapy and adapt further therapy if necessary
    • Advise clients and, if necessary, their relatives on forms of therapy and activities
  • Management tasks
    • be responsible for the entire area of activation in an institution
    • Leading teams and planning employee assignments
    • Instruct and train employees
    • coordinate their own activities with those of other professionals in the nursing, care and therapeutic fields
    • Ensuring the flow of information between specialists and specialist agencies

As an activation specialist in continuing education, further training, you have the following options:

  • Courses and seminars
    Offers from the Colleges of Higher Education, the Swiss. Association of Activation Specialists SVAT and other educational institutions.
  • University of Applied Sciences
    Degree courses in related subject areas, e.g. Bachelor of Arts/Science in Music and Movement, in Social Work, in Occupational Therapy, in Nursing or in Physiotherapy. Different admission requirements apply depending on the University of Applied Sciences.
As a rule, continuing education, further training to become an activation specialist takes three years full-time. However, previous educational achievements can be credited so that the duration of training can be shortened in individual cases.

You should have the following personal requirements for the activation specialist course:

  • Strong contact and communication skills
  • Empathy
  • Commitment and resilience
  • High sense of responsibility
  • Ability to lead employees and work in a team
  • Good powers of observation
  • Organizational and planning talent

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