Apply for registration as a professional counselor

If you wish to work professionally as a caregiver, you must first register successfully. You must apply for registration at your local care authority. A registration procedure will check whether you are suitable for this activity. Your personal suitability and professional aptitude will be checked.

If you are successfully registered, you can be proposed as a guardian by the guardianship authority and appointed by the guardianship courts.

Requirements

• Personal suitability and reliability.
• Sufficient expertise to work as a professional caregiver.
  
  • Must be proven by appropriate documentation.
  • If you are qualified to be a judge or have a degree in social work or social pedagogy, no further proof of expertise is required.
• Professional liability insurance for financial losses that may arise from your professional activity.
  
  • Minimum sum insured of 250,000 euros for each insured event.
  • 1 million euros for all insured events in an insurance year.
  • Notification of change by the insurance company.

What documents do I need?

• 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
  
  • Not older than three 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• Declaration as to whether registration as a professional supervisor has been refused, withdrawn or revoked in the last 3 years prior to application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