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Activation specialist - Working with the elderly and sick adults

Do you have a heart for older people and would you like to make it your life's work to look after their well-being? Are you interested in improving the quality of life of sick adults or the elderly? Training at a higher technical college to become an activation specialist may therefore be a suitable career for you. With training or further training as an activation specialist, you will be a blessing for many adults.

Long-term patients can quickly become lethargic. Your job as an activation specialist is to promote the mental, social and physical abilities of these patients. Through therapy programs, which vary greatly depending on the degree of illness or disability, you help your patients to experience variety in everyday life and companionship with other people. The work of an activation specialist is varied and often takes place in retirement and nursing homes. A completed and federally recognized apprenticeship and a general education qualification (BMS/DMS) are required for admission to a higher technical college. If you meet these requirements, nothing stands in the way of you embarking on the exciting training course to become an activation specialist. Work for the well-being of people in your everyday professional life.

The full-time course lasts three years and teaches you the following:

  • Interaction and shaping relationships
  • Activation therapy
  • Career development
  • Quality
  • Activating the organization of everyday life
  • Knowledge management
  • Concept development in the area of activation
  • Guidance

You can find suitable training courses and contacts to schools for your further training to become an activation specialist HF here on the Swiss education portal.


Questions and answers

Bei der Ausbildung zur Aktivierungsfachfrau / zum Aktivierungsfachmann HF handelt es sich um eine Weiterbildung an einer Höheren Fachschule (HF), die bereits einen Abschluss auf Sekundarstufe II voraussetzt. Das bedeutet, dass angehende Studenten über eine Maturität, einen Fachmittelschulabschluss (Diplommittelschule) oder ein eidgenössisches Fähigkeitszeugnis einer mindestens dreijährigen Berufslehre verfügen müssen, bevor Sie mit der Ausbildung in Aktivierung beginnen können.

Aktivierungsfachleute arbeiten mit betagten, behinderten oder kranken Personen (Erwachsene) zusammen, tragen zu einer verbesserten Lebensqualität durch Aktivierungs-Therapien und eine aktive Gestaltung des Alltags bei. Als Aktivierungsfachmann HF / Aktivierungsfachfrau HF finden Sie Anstellungen in Pflegeeinrichtungen und Altersheimen, in Behinderten- und Tageswohnheimen, in psychiatrischen Einrichtungen, Geriatrieabteilungen und Spezial-Kliniken.

Während des Studiums an der Höheren Fachschule (HF) zum Aktivierungsfachmann / zur Aktivierungsfachfrau werden Sie nicht nur theoretisch im Unterricht ausgebildet, sondern wenden das Gelernte parallel in der Praxis an. Ihre Arbeitszeit wird Ihnen entlohnt. Da es sich bei dem Lehrgang in Aktivierung HF jedoch um eine Vollzeitausbildung handelt, ist es nicht oder nur sehr geringfügig möglich, einer anderen Berufstätigkeit nachzugehen.

An activation specialist HF has the following tasks:

  • Activation specialists HF design activities for individuals and groups with physical, mental and/or dementia-related limitations based on artistic, creative, cognitive and practical life activities.
  • The client's physical, mental and psychosocial abilities are supported, maintained, promoted and reactivated by specific therapeutic means Activation therapy is central to the work of an activation specialist HF. This involves gathering holistic information about the client's biography, medical history and current life situation.
  • The aim of activation therapy is to organize the client's daily and weekly structure. This improves the quality of life of those affected by enabling them to use their own resources and interests to do and decide as much as possible independently.
  • Depending on the disabilities and limitations, existing abilities, possibilities and interests, the activation specialist HF defines the therapeutic goals and measures. They determine the procedure, select suitable forms of therapy and draw up a therapy plan.

Es ist keine wirkliche Zulassungsprüfung, die Sie bestehen müssen, um an einer Höheren Fachschule für die Ausbildung zum Aktivierungsfachmann HF / zur Aktivierungsfachfrau HF zugelassen zu werden, doch müssen Sie ein Aufnahmeverfahren durchlaufen. Dieses kann je nach Schule unterschiedlich sein, prüft jedoch Ihre persönliche Motivation, Ihr Engagement und Ihre Sozialkompetenzen in Form von Gruppen- und Einzelgesprächen. Genauere Angaben zu diesem Aufnahmeverfahren erfragen Sie bitte direkt bei den Schulen.

Nach erfolgreich abgeschlossener Weiterbildung  erlangen Aktivierungsfachleute den eidgenössisch anerkannten Titel „diplomierte/r Aktivierungsfachmann HF / Aktivierungsfachfrau HF“.


Redaktionelle Leitung:

Stefan Schmidlin, Bildungsberatung, Content-Team Modula AG

Quellen

Website des Schweizerischen Sekretariats für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI , Website www.berufsberatung.ch (offizielles schweizerisches Informationsportal der Studien-, Berufs- und Laufbahnberatung) sowie Websites und anderweitige Informationen der Berufsverbände und Bildungsanbieter.


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Do you want to learn a profession in the healthcare sector? Then the ZAG Center for Education in Healthcare in Winterthur is the right place for you. The modern ZAG offers a wide range of training courses at secondary and tertiary level (higher technical college) as well as career-oriented further education courses.

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