Head of social and socio-medical organizations (AFPE): training, continuing education, further training, information and schools (formerly: head of institutions in the social and socio-medical sector, previously: head of care homes)

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Are you looking for a suitable school for your training / continuing education, further training as a manager in social and socio-medical organizations (formerly: institution manager in the social and socio-medical sector, before that: home manager)?

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Care home manager training: The management position in care homes

Can you imagine working as a manager in a social or socio-medical organization? It is possible to work in a children's home, school, home for the disabled, retirement home or nursing home. You will manage the entire institution in areas such as housekeeping and administration as well as educational issues. You create a home concept and are responsible for its implementation.

As you are also responsible for overall personnel management, you recruit new employees and are responsible for their induction. You draw up a monthly deployment plan for your employees and hold the team meeting. As you are also responsible for the home's financial situation, you will be in charge of financial planning and draw up an annual budget. You ensure that hygiene and recycling regulations are adhered to. These are some of the responsibilities of the home manager.

Information on continuing education, further training as a manager in social and socio-medical organizations with a federal diploma (formerly: institution manager, previously home manager) can be found on this page.

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In order to be admitted to the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) to become a qualified care home manager, you need at least five years of professional experience, of which at least three years must be in a managerial position in the care home sector. If you have not completed a three-year apprenticeship, but a two-year apprenticeship, you must provide evidence of at least seven years of professional experience instead of five years, but here too only three years in a managerial role.

Schools that prepare you for the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) in Home Management provide you with the knowledge you need to perform your future tasks. You will be introduced to topics such as: understanding leadership, leadership behaviour, goal-oriented leadership in a team, organization and quality of teamwork, team development and cooperation, planning, implementing and evaluating leadership tasks, leading yourself and others, personnel, finances, organization, strategic and normative management. In addition, the individual schools for continuing education, further training in home management/institution management also cover other topics, although these vary from school to school. Please ask the individual training providers directly for the exact timetable for care home managers.

Upon passing the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), the continuing education, further training to become a qualified care home manager concludes with the qualification "Qualified Institution Manager in the Social and Socio-Medical Sector".

As each school offers different course models comprising a different number of teaching hours per week, the duration of the continuing education, further training to become a certified home manager or certified institution manager in the social and socio-medical field can vary between one and three years.

The Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) for qualified care home managers was held for the last time in 2012 and was subsequently replaced by the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) for qualified institution managers in the social and socio-medical sector. Persons who hold the old title are entitled to use the new title without having to take another examination.

The course costs for continuing education, further training as a care home manager or institution manager in the social and socio-medical field do not include the examination fees. These must be paid separately and amount to CHF 1,800 for 2015. In addition, there is a fee of CHF 40 for issuing the diploma and registration in the SERI register. In the case of examination retakes, CHF 600 must be paid for each of the individual examination parts (written diploma thesis; case study; presentation and technical discussion on the diploma thesis). You must also pay a fee for any equivalence assessments, which amounts to CHF 600 for a first application and CHF 400 for a second application.

The requirements for training as an institution manager in the social and socio-medical field (AFPE) are as follows:

  • Federal Diploma of Higher Education as a team leader in social and socio-medical organizations (FPE) another higher vocational education qualification (Federal Professional Examination, Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) or College of Higher Education) or a university degree in the social or health sector
  • and at least 3 years of professional experience in social/social med. organizations

or

  • Other higher vocational education qualification (Federal Professional Examination, Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) or College of Higher Education) or university degree
  • and at least 3 years of professional experience in social/social med. organizations and proof of the required industry knowledge

or

  • Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (VET Diploma) in social or healthcare services
    and at least 5 years of professional experience in social/social med. organizations
    In addition to the above requirements:
    • 3 years of management experience in the social or healthcare sector at least at team leader level
    • and proof of having managed an entire division of an organization in the social or health sector
    • and the required module qualifications (modules 1-10) or certificates of equivalence

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ARTISET Education - Continuing education
ARTISET Education is your competence center for practical, innovative continuing education for professionals in social institutions for people with support needs. Practical and competence-oriented. To promote your professional and personal development.

We divide our courses into five specialist areas:
- Personal and social skills
- Leadership/management/counseling
- Social pedagogy/child education
- Care and support
- Gastronomy/housekeeping

Our specialist courses provide employees with targeted external training on a specific topic. In training courses, postgraduate courses and postgraduate studies, professionals acquire in-depth knowledge and skills. In-house training courses support the common attitude and actions of an institution.
Strengths: As a leading training organization, we successfully offer professional training for specialists and managers in the social and healthcare sector: competent, practical and personal.
Region: Bern, Zentralschweiz, Zürich
Sites: Luzern, Bern
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Careum continuing education
Careum Continuing Education is the pioneering institution for continuing education in the health and social care sector in German-speaking Switzerland. We offer a comprehensive range of courses for specialists and managers. With our courses, you can further your education in every area of a healthcare organization. Be it in nursing and care, leadership and management, consulting and communication, teaching and learning, ageing and society, care gastronomy and housekeeping or medicine and pharmacy.

In our courses, you will acquire sound concepts and up-to-date specialist knowledge. You can put what you have learned into practice in your day-to-day work. In our further training courses, you will train your decision-making skills and expand your understanding of the needs of clients, residents, patients and employees.
Strengths: Flexible and modular - we offer you advice, orientation and individual solutions that match your educational biography, your life situation and your professional goals.
Region: Aargau
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