Your profession: Care assistant (m/f)

Professional activities

Care assistants provide basic nursing care for people suffering illness, senior citizens and people with disability. Their duties also include the domestic and social support of those people in need of care and their family members.

Fields of work

Care assistants work, for example,

in hospitals
in old-people’s homes and care homes for the elderly
in establishments providing support and care for people with disabilities
in outpatient elderly care and nursing services
in private households of people in need of care
for church-based social organisations

Regulation

This profession is regulated in some federal states.

The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).