Apply for recognition as a social pedagogue or social worker with professional training from abroad

Procedure

You can submit the application to the Senatorial Authority for Children and Education - Department 31. You must submit copies of all the necessary documents to the responsible office. The competent authority will then check:

Is your professional qualification equivalent to the professional qualification in your federal state?

For example, the content of the training and the duration of the training are important for the comparison. The competent body will also take into account your professional experience, other certificates of competence and qualifications.

The competent body will then check the other requirements. If your professional qualification is equivalent and you meet all other requirements, you will receive state recognition. You may then use the professional title "state-recognized social worker".

If the competent authority is unable to determine equivalence, you will receive a notification with an explanation of the significant differences. To compensate for significant differences, you can take a compensation measure.

If you successfully complete the compensation measure and meet the other requirements, you will receive state recognition.

Legal bases

• Bremische Verordnung über die staatliche Anerkennung von im Ausland erworbener reglementierter Sozialberufe (BremSobAnV)
• Bremisches Gesetz über die Feststellung der Gleichwertigkeit ausländischer Berufsqualifikationen (Bremisches Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz - BremBQFG)