How well known is the "Job Coach (BP)" qualification among potential employers? What are the professional benefits of further training?

Job coaches for work integration are qualified specialists in the field of coaching and work integration. As a link between the people concerned and employers, they ensure that people with difficult access to the labor market can return to paid work in the long term. With their solution-oriented activities on both the client and employer side, job integration job coaches make an important contribution to a fair labor market and the common good in society. In this way, they also contribute to a functioning economy.

The professional examination for job coaches in work integration has been in existence since 2019. In the sheer number of coaching training courses, it offers a standardized, federally regulated qualification option with clearly defined and verifiable job and competence profiles. Seven Swiss organizations, which have joined forces to form a supporting association, are responsible for conducting the still young professional examination: Savoirsocial, Supported Employment Switzerland, INSOS Switzerland, Arbeitsintegration Schweiz, Verband Arbeitsagogik Schweiz, ARPIH and Agogis. They are committed to providing needs-based further training courses throughout Switzerland and to promoting young talent. Their courses and qualifications are correspondingly well established in Switzerland.

The professional examination for job coaches in work integration with a federal certificate is a federally recognized examination and is part of higher vocational education and training. The professional examination offers a first opportunity for specialization after basic vocational training (Federal Certificate of Competence, EFZ). It is practice-oriented and is therefore highly valued by employers.

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