Apply for registration as a professional counselor

• You must submit an application for registration in writing by post, e-mail or DE-Mail.
• You submit this application to the competent parent authority at the local care authority.
  
  • The local care authority in whose district your place of business is located (e.g. your office) is responsible for you.
  • If you do not have a place of business and work from home, the care authority at your place of residence is responsible.
• You submit the application with all the necessary documents.
  
  • It will be checked whether all documents have been submitted.
  • It will be checked whether you meet all the requirements.
• After the check, you must prove your suitability and reliability in a personal interview.
• You must then prove that you have professional liability insurance for financial losses.
• Once you have successfully completed the registration process, you will be sent a registration certificate.

More information

Professional caregivers can work independently or as a caregiver for a recognized care association (association caregivers).

Are you interested in working as a professional caregiver?

The Betreuungsbehörde Bremen is looking for suitable people to work as a freelance or part-time professional caregiver.

• The completed and signed application form
• Certificate of good conduct according to § 30 paragraph 5 of the Federal Central Register Act
  
  • Not older than 3 months.
  • The certificate is sent directly to the parent authority by the Federal Office of Justice.
  • You can find the link to apply for a certificate of good conduct from the Federal Office of Justice under "Further information" - "Information and application for a certificate of good conduct from the Federal Office of Justice".
    
    • Please specify the following recipient:
      
      • Office for Social Services Bremen Head Office
        Hans-Böckler-Straße 9
        28217 Bremen
• Information from the central debtor register
  
  • According to §882b of the Code of Civil Procedure
  • Not older than 3 months.
  • You can find the link to the enforcement portal under "Further information" - "Enforcement portal".
• Declaration of whether insolvency, investigation or criminal proceedings are pending in court
• Declaration as to whether registration as a professional supervisor has been refused, withdrawn or revoked in the last 3 years prior to application
• Appropriate evidence of the acquisition of the required expertise. These include:
  
  • Knowledge of care and accommodation law, the associated procedural law and in the areas of personal and property care
  • Knowledge of the support system under social law
  • Knowledge of communication with people with illnesses and disabilities and of methods to support decision-making
• Proof of expertise can be provided through studies, vocational training, further training with a final examination and recognized training courses. Certificates of employment cannot generally be taken into account
  
  • You can find a selection of relevant courses under "Further information" - "Overview of courses recognized under state law in accordance with the Supervisor Registration Ordinance".
• Notification of the intended overall time scope and organizational structure of the professional supervisor's activities

• Application for registration (pdf, 1.4 MB)
  

200,00 EUR Registration.

150.00 EUR for rejection, revocation and withdrawal.

144.00 EUR Decision by separate notification as to whether and to what extent other proof of expertise is provided by the documents submitted.

144.00 EUR Decision on the presumption of expertise.

What deadlines must be paid attention to?

Objection period: Within one month of receipt of the decision.

How long does it take to process

A decision on the application must be made within 3 months. The deadline begins after receipt of the complete documents. The deadline can be extended once as appropriate.

• § 23 Betreuungsorganisationsgesetz (BtOG)
• § 24 Absatz 1 Betreuungsorganisationsgesetz (BtOG)

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