Applying for recognition of foreign professional qualifications as an youth/child care worker

• Foreign professional qualification You have acquired a comparable professional qualification as a youth/child care worker in another country. • Application for determination of equivalence You have not applied for recognition in another federal state to date. • Personal suitability service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/ According to § 5 of the law regarding the recognition of qualifications in caring professions (SozBAG), state recognition cannot be granted if you have been found guilty of any serious offences that are associated with untrustworthiness to practise the profession. To verify this, we require an extended certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority pursuant to § 30 a of the Central Federal Register Law (BZRG). Any previous convictions are listed on the certificate of good conduct. State recognition can be granted if the certificate of good conduct has no entries. • German language skills www.europaeischer-referenzrahmen.de/sprachniveau.php To receive state recognition, your German skills must be at least at level C1 of the common European framework of reference for languages. • For online applications: registration/login via BundID service.berlin.de/nutzerkonten/bundid/ To submit your application online, log in with your BundID account. If you do not yet have a BundID account, please register with BundID. The basic registration with a user name and password is sufficient for this.

• Application for determination of equivalence of a foreign professional qualification to the state recognised youth/child care worker qualification (Erzieher(in)) You can submit your application either online or using the form. The social education profession of nursery school teacher is regulated by state recognition. The equivalence of your professional qualification with the aforementioned profession will be assessed upon application. • Curriculum vitae An up to date curriculum vitae in tabular form in German (listing your education, training and work experience). • Identity document Copy of your identity card or other official identification document containing a photograph Your residence permit if already present, and provided that you are not a citizen of an EU state. • Evidence of the intention to perform gainful activities in the State of Berlin • A copy of your police registration in the state of Berlin (registration with the registration office) if you already live in Berlin (see ‘Further Information’). • If you are not yet a resident of Berlin, you will need evidence of your intention to work in Berlin. This could be a copy of an employment contract or evidence of contact with an employer in Berlin. At the very least, we will require a statement that you intend to work in Berlin. • Evidence of your foreign professional qualification • A copy of your original general school-leaving qualification or university entrance examination • A copy of your certificate of your professional qualification in the original language, including a detailed overview of teaching subjects and hours (diploma supplement/study book) in theory and practice. Please enclose a German translation of these documents. • Marriage certificate You are only required to submit a copy of your marriage certificate if it is associated with a change of name. Please enclose a German translation of these documents. • Evidence of relevant work experience and other evidence of competence e.g. references from employers, professional training measures, courses or other seminars. Please enclose a German translation of these documents. • Evidence from the country of origin Evidence of your qualification to practise the profession in the country you have trained in, provided that the profession is regulated in this country. Please enclose a German translation of these documents. • Documents in German www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/ • You must present your documents in German. Translations must be prepared by publicly appointed or authorised translators. • Translations of foreign documents that are not written in the Latin alphabet must also include a transliteration of the professional title pursuant to the ISO standard. • No German translation is necessary for any documents that were originally issued in English.

• Application for determination of equivalence of a foreign professional qualification to the state recognised youth/child care worker qualification (Erzieher(in)) www.berlin.de/sen/jugend/fachkraefte/anerkennung-sozialberuf

145,00 Euro

• "Law on determination of equivalence of foreign professional qualifications in the State of Berlin (Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz Berlin - BQFG Bln)" gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=BQFG_BE • "Law on state recognition in social-educational and care professions in the State of Berlin (Sozialberufe-Anerkennungsgesetz - SozBAG)" gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-SozBerAnerkGBErahmen

• Information on the recognition of foreign socio-educational qualifications (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/anerkennung/sozialpaedagogische-berufe • Publicly appointed or authorised translators in Germany (Justice portal) www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/ • Registration in the state of Berlin / Registration of a flat (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120686/de_plain/

You may only submit your application for a determination of equivalence in Berlin if you intend to work later in this regulated profession in Berlin.