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School for social support: for sound training and further education

Are you interested in the profession of social care worker and would like to find out more about the activities and training opportunities in this professional field? Or are you already working as a social care worker and looking for interesting further training opportunities? A school for social support offers you comprehensive opportunities for training and further education in the field of social support for both options.

 

For example, a social support school generally offers training to become a social support worker, which concludes with an internal school certificate and enables you to work independently as a professional support worker in the future. For a care specialist or a health specialist, the training is reduced by one year and only takes two years. Learn how to competently support people in difficult life situations and help them to master their everyday lives in a social support school.

 

Here on Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch you are sure to find a school that meets your requirements and where you can imagine completing your training or further education. Use our contact form to get in touch directly with the school in question and find out what they offer. Those responsible at the school for social support will be happy to send you comprehensive information brochures and training documents for the professional examination (BP) to become a social support worker with a federal certificate.

Questions and answers

The cost of training to become a social companion with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education ranges from CHF 17,000 to CHF 24,000 (as of 2019), depending on the school. There are also additional costs for specialist literature, compulsory travel and external stays as well as for the Federal Professional Examination. However, as the federal government has been providing financial support for preparatory courses for federal examinations since the beginning of 2018, participants can expect a refund of the course fees of CHF 8,500 to CHF 9,500. For more information, please contactSERI.

Social assistants work in very different areas, depending on the school for social assistance, even during their training. cognitively, physically or mentally impaired people, in outreach youth work, in everyday support for families and individuals, in support for migrants, in work with refugees and asylum seekers or, for example, in support for the elderly, whether in nursing homes, retirement homes or at home.

At a school for social support, you can prepare for the Federal Professional Examination (FPE) to become a social support worker with a federal certificate. Some schools also offer other training courses and continuing education, further training, for example to become a migration specialist with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education. For more information, please contact the schools using the contact form.

The preparatory courses last between 1.5 and 3 years, depending on previous training and the school for social support.

Participants in continuing education, further training at a school for social support acquire extensive skills in self-management and personal development, communication and conversation, approaches and methods in social support, models and theories and their implementation, for example in the areas of domestic violence, addiction, migration, legal foundations, psychopathology, child protection, crisis support, cognitive and physical impairment, outreach work with the elderly, etc.

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SOZB School for Social Support
The SOZB School for Social Support enables committed adults to make a well-founded lateral entry into a social profession. Providing professional support, encouragement and encouragement to people in challenging situations - this is what the practical, part-time and forward-looking training courses enable you to do. The traditional school offers adults high-quality training with a certificate. At the same time, our courses are preparation for the professional examinations leading to the recognized qualifications of "Social Support Worker with Federal Certificate" or "Migration Specialist with Federal Certificate".
The school has also been running courses for foster parents and various further training courses since 2017.
To find out more about our courses, register for one of our information events via our homepage.
Strengths: Good support for moving lives. We enable committed adults to make a sound career change into a social profession.
Region: Zürich
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Helidux academy is an institute with many years of experience in adult education. Our learning culture is based on the experiences and resources of the learners. This enables us to shape learning as a holistic process: with head, heart and hand. Clear learning objectives and our individual active support are the foundation for this. We offer our learners a wide variety of methods, lecturers with practical experience and bright rooms with modern infrastructure. We want to open up new horizons and accompany you on this path with enthusiasm and professionalism.
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