As a women's representative in a workshop or residential facility, you support other women in their daily lives and represent their interests. This training will empower you to perform your duties competently, confidently, and with self-assurance.

If you work as a women's representative in a workshop for people with disabilities (WfbM) or in a residential facility, a clear and confident demeanor is particularly important. Our training will help you reflect on your role, expand your options for action, and develop ways to effectively support women in your facility.

If you are new to your role as women's representative, we recommend the complete training course. It includes a two-day introductory session, a five-day intensive week, and a two-day concluding session. If you have been working in this role for some time, you can also book the intensive week separately to refresh your knowledge and skills.

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Requirements for participation

You can participate in the training course…

• if you are already working as a women's representative in workshops and residential facilities for disabled people or in other areas of employment and vocational promotion, or if you are taking on this position for the first time.

You have the option of booking the week-long course of this professional development program as educational leave. The program is recognized under the Bremen Educational Leave Act of December 18, 1974 (Bremen Law Gazette, p. 348 – as amended). To take educational leave in Bremen, you can proceed as follows:

1. You apply to your employer for educational leave for the relevant part of this training.
2. On our registration form, please indicate that you are booking this training course as educational leave and have applied for it with your employer. You will then receive a registration confirmation from us specifying the educational leave to submit to your employer.
3. Your employer will approve your educational leave.
4. After the training event, you will receive a certificate of participation, which you can present to your employer as proof.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!

Contents

This training course is based on the "Curriculum for Training Women's Representatives in Institutions" by Weibernetz eV. The following questions will be discussed:

• What are my responsibilities as women's representative?
• What do I need for my work as a women's representative?
• What rights do the women in my institution have?
• How can I support women in my organization?
• How do I deal with violence against women in my institution?
• What should improve for the women in my facility?

We invite guests to discuss the individual topics and visit advice centers together.

Venue:

PBW
Paritätisches Bildungswerk,
Bahnhofsplatz 14,
28195 Bremen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 421 17 47 2-154.
Email: teilhabe@pbwbremen.de

 

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
€1720 (entire training) or €995 (theme week)

Mentor training and further education in workshops, residential facilities, child and youth welfare, refugee aid or educational institutions – this way the prospective professionals can benefit from your knowledge and experience!

As a practical mentor in your institution, you bridge the gap between classroom theory and practical application in everyday work for future professionals. You provide individual guidance, support them with your own professional experience, and share your methodological knowledge. In this way, you give future professionals orientation and confidence during their training and professional development.

Use this qualification to expand your knowledge, integrate new knowledge elements, develop your methodological competence and reflect on your role and actions as a practice mentor.

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Requirements for participation

You can participate in the professional development course…

• if you are a professional in the social services sector* and would like to provide professional guidance, support and instruction to colleagues in your institution during initial, advanced and further training.

This training does not replace officially required qualification (the so-called "instructor's certificate").

* Social service institutions include, for example:

• Workshops for people with disabilities (WfbM)
• Residential facilities for people with disabilities
• Outpatient residential care for people with a mental illness
• Outpatient help for children, adolescents and families
• Residential youth care
• Refugee aid

Contents

Topics/Modules:

• Developing and strengthening identity as a mentor for successful practice
• Planning, supporting, and reflecting on mentoring in practice
• Successfully overcoming the challenges of the mentoring process
• Practice analysis and reflection on learning pathways

Venue:

PBW
Paritätisches Bildungswerk,
Bahnhofsplatz 14,
28195 Bremen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 421 17 47 2-154.
Email: teilhabe@pbwbremen.de

 

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
1580 €

People with disabilities need support – perhaps this responsible task is just right for you as a newcomer or career changer!

If you are already active in the field of inclusion for people with disabilities, then this pedagogical qualification will allow you to expand your scope of responsibilities: We will support you in taking on responsible tasks and assisting and caring for people in different forms of housing (outpatient residential care, inpatient housing, assistance services, etc.).

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Requirements for participation

You can participate in the pedagogical qualification…

• if you are currently working professionally in the field of inclusion for people with disabilities.
• if you can demonstrate German language skills at level B2 CEFR or better.

Contents

This training program offers a basic, work-integrated pedagogical qualification for individuals new to or changing careers in the field of housing and support services for people with disabilities. The content of the training includes:

• Module 1: Introduction to further education (16 teaching units)
• Module 2: Forms of Impairment (48 teaching units)
• Module 3: Perception, Observation and Documentation (16 teaching units)
• Module 4: Development and Learning (32 teaching units)
• Module 5: Communication, Conflict Management and Group Dynamics (40 teaching units)
• Module 6: Framework and legal foundations (40 teaching units)
• Module 7: Housing options for people with disabilities (32 teaching units)
• Module 8: Participation and Housing: Accompaniment and Support Processes (48 teaching units)
• Module 9: Care and domestic activities (56 teaching units)
• Module 10: Observation (40 hours of practical training + 8 teaching units)
• Module 11: Life world, biography and cooperation (32 teaching units)
• Module 12: Reflection and Evaluation (32 teaching units)

Venue:

PBW
Paritätisches Bildungswerk,
Bahnhofsplatz 14,
28195 Bremen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 421 17 47 2-154.
Email: teilhabe@pbwbremen.de

 

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
3550 €

As a specialist in the field of employment and vocational support, you will expand your skills to support and accompany people with disabilities in their participation in working life.

This advanced module is perfect for you if you have already successfully completed the Special Education Supplementary Qualification (SPZ) within the past 5 years and now wish to take the state-recognized advanced training examination to become a Certified Specialist in Work and Vocational Integration (gFAB). You will expand your skills to independently design measures that enable people with disabilities to participate in working life. You will learn to plan and design vocational training processes, work and employment processes, and workplaces.

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Requirements for participation

You can participate in the professional development program…

• if you have successfully completed the special education supplementary qualification (SPZ) in the past 5 years and now wish to take the state advanced training examination for gFAB.

Contents

The teaching content is based on the areas of action in accordance with the applicable federal regulation (GFABPrV) of 13 December 2016 and the recommendations of the BIBB:

• Designing integration and participation in working life in a person-centered way
• Planning, managing, and designing vocational education processes in a person-centered way
• Planning and managing work and employment processes in a person-centered way, and designing workplaces in a person-centered way
• Planning, managing, and designing person-centered communication and collaboration

Person-centered means that we take people seriously in their unique individuality and help them find their own paths. We don't start with ideas of how people should be, but with how they are.

Venue:

PBW
Paritätisches Bildungswerk,
Bahnhofsplatz 14,
28195 Bremen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 421 17 47 2-154.
Email: teilhabe@pbwbremen.de

 

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
see description

As a group leader in the field of employment and vocational support, you will expand your skills to support and accompany people with disabilities in their participation in working life.

This professional development course is ideal for you if you already lead a group in a workshop for people with disabilities or work in other areas of vocational rehabilitation and support. You will expand your skills to become a certified vocational rehabilitation specialist, independently designing programs that enable people with disabilities to participate in working life. You will learn to plan and design vocational training, work and employment processes, and workplaces.

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Requirements for participation

You can participate in the professional development program…

• if you have completed vocational training/a relevant university degree and have at least two years of professional experience (of which at least six months must be in a sheltered workshop or other areas of employment and vocational support) (at the time of admission to the examination).
• or if you can demonstrate six years of professional experience (of which at least six months must be in a sheltered workshop or other areas of employment and vocational training) (at the time of admission to the examination).

If you do not meet the participation requirements, special admission is possible in justified individual cases.

Contents

• Module 1: Fields of work, role and tasks of a certified specialist for employment and vocational rehabilitation
• Modules 2 and 3: Target audience of a certified specialist for employment and vocational rehabilitation
• Module 4: Vocational Education
• Module 5: Skills Development and Diagnostic Procedures
• Module 6: Learning and Motivation
• Module 7: Person-centered design of work processes and workplaces
• Module 8: Observation
• Module 9: Person-centered design of participation processes
• Module 10: Work pedagogy and methods of vocational education
• Module 11: Communication and Conversation Techniques
• Module 12: Group Leadership and Moderation
• Module 13: Personality and Life World
• Module 14: Project Work Preparation – Writing Workshop
• Module 15: Contents of the Instructor Aptitude Ordinance (AEVO)
• Module 16: Supporting people in crisis
• Module 17: Networking and Transition Management
• Module 18: Exam Preparation
• Module 19: Preparatory seminar for project presentation and technical discussion

The content is based on the legally defined fields of action (GFABPrV of 13.12.2016) and the recommendations of the BIBB.

Venue:

PBW
Paritätisches Bildungswerk,
Bahnhofsplatz 14,
28195 Bremen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 421 17 47 2-154.
Email: teilhabe@pbwbremen.de

 

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
see description

Communication with parents, colleagues, and children is an essential part of the daily work of an early childhood educator in a daycare center. Do you sometimes feel insecure because you think your German language skills aren't sufficient?

Do you find it difficult to express yourself in German in certain situations? Perhaps you lack the right words, especially in important conversations concerning your children's development.

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Requirements for participation

You can participate in the professional development program…

• if you work as an educational professional in a daycare center and German is not your native language.

Contents

• to introduce/present oneself professionally
• Structuring conversation situations (informal chats, developmental discussions, support during settling-in processes, parents' evenings, etc.)
• Write down important information (letters to parents, notices, etc.)
• Communication strategies

Principles:
Professional communication situations in the workplace of a daycare center are the focus and starting point of the training. The participants' ability to act effectively is paramount (not the ability to speak formally perfect German).

Venue:

PBW
Paritätisches Bildungswerk,
Bahnhofsplatz 14,
28195 Bremen, Germany,
Telephone: +49 421 17 47 2-98
, Email: k.niemeyer@pbwbremen.de

 

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
450 €

Design the developmental spaces and educational processes of children in crèches, daycare centers or childminding services in an inclusive and equitable way!

This training course provides you with the professional and practical knowledge to support children with special needs in crèches, kindergartens, or childminding settings. We will discuss topics such as inclusion, diversity, discrimination, and equal opportunities, and show you specific strategies for inclusive work.

Use this training to develop yourself personally, acquire new perspectives, discover creative solutions for everyday teaching practice, and grow together in exchange with colleagues!

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Requirements for participation

You can participate in the training course…

• if you work as an educational professional in a daycare center, nursery or childminding service with children aged 0 to 6 years.
• if you want to design developmental spaces and educational processes for children in an inclusive and equitable way.

Contents

• Module 1: Inclusion and equal opportunities – educational, legal & institutional foundations in childcare
• Module 2: Societal dimensions of diversity and pedagogical practice concepts of inclusive work in early childhood education
• Module 3: Systemic understanding as the basis for inclusion and equal opportunities
• Module 4: Advanced Module: The group decides on the further development of individual diversity dimensions from Module 2
• Module 5: Inclusion in early childhood education – practical application and peer consultation
• Final colloquium

The overarching educational goals of UNESCO's 2030 Education Agenda are inclusion, equal opportunities, quality education, and lifelong learning. This professional development course will help you, as an early childhood educator in Bremen's daycare centers and nurseries, to effectively and enthusiastically promote these educational goals.

Venue:

PBW
Paritätisches Bildungswerk,
Bahnhofsplatz 14,
28195 Bremen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 421 17 47 2-154
. Email: fortbildung@pbwbremen.de

 

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
2100 €

Expand your skills while working to professionally support children between 0 and 3 years old in their development.

Our professional development course to become a specialist in early childhood education for children under three is perfect for you if you already work in a daycare center or in childminding with children aged 0 to 3 and would like to expand and deepen your skills. Through practical experience and peer exchange, you will optimally align your pedagogical approach with the needs of early childhood.

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Requirements for participation

You can participate in the professional development course to become an early childhood education specialist…

• if you work as an educational professional in a daycare center or in childminding.
• if you work with children aged 0 to 3 years.
• if you would like to expand and deepen your skills in this area.

Contents

• Module 1: The beginning is crucial (Lecturer: Jutta Philipson-Eichert, certified social worker, systemic supervisor, multiplier for participation in daycare centers, child protection specialist)
• Module 2: Working with the family system (Lecturer: Jutta Philipson-Eichert, certified social worker, systemic supervisor, multiplier for participation in daycare centers, child protection specialist)
• Module 3: Enabling self-directed learning and participation – working inclusively (Lecturer: Monika Wilken, certified special education teacher, focus on inclusive and participatory pedagogy for children under 3)
• Module 4: Observing – Paying Attention – Respecting (Lecturer: Jutta Philipson-Eichert, certified social pedagogue, systemic supervisor, multiplier for participation in daycare centers, child protection specialist)
• Module 5: Project work – more than a method (Lecturer: Henriette Lüttmann-Rams, educational scientist)
• Module 6: Everyday Integrated Language Education and Observation (Lecturer: Barbara Miertsch, Speech Therapist)
• Module 7: Creative Design (Lecturer: Barbara Rosengarth, artist, art educator)
• Module 8: Conclusion (Lecturer: Henriette Lüttmann-Rams, Educational Scientist)

Venue:

PBW
Paritätisches Bildungswerk,
Bahnhofsplatz 14,
28195 Bremen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 421 17 47 2-154
. Email: fortbildung@pbwbremen.de

 

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
1980 €

Here's how to shape the educational partnership between parents and educators in a collaborative and conscious way to optimally promote the child's education and development!

Every day, as an early childhood educator, you operate within the complex relationship between parents and children. For the child's development, it is crucial that this collaboration functions effectively. In this training course, you will learn action plans for dealing with challenges and difficult situations, and how to cultivate a partnership in education and upbringing.

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Requirements for participation

You can participate in the professional development course…

• if you work as an educational professional with children aged 0 to 6 years.
• if you want to organize the collaboration with the parents in a spirit of partnership.
• if you want to develop specific action plans for cooperative collaboration with the parents.

Contents

Through theoretical analysis and collegial exchange, we develop action plans that enable you to cooperate with parents – and ideally pave the way to an educational partnership.

• Block 1: Collaboration with parents: Knowledge – Necessity – Desire – Ability
• Block 2: The child does not come alone: ​​Recognizing, understanding and respecting the family system
• Block 3: Educational partnership: Talking, arguing and acting together

After the training, we offer you the opportunity to participate in a regularly held peer consultation group (fee applies).

Venue:

PBW
Paritätisches Bildungswerk,
Bahnhofsplatz 14,
28195 Bremen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 421 17 47 2-154
. Email: fortbildung@pbwbremen.de

 

Registration information:
Registration required

Cost:
829 €