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Care workers in the European Union

Europe is confronted with the ageing of the people. Whether they want to live at home or decide to stay at nursing homes, they need intense (health) care. To provide more care, Europe needs more qualified care workers. By the end of 2020 Europe expects a striking lack competent care workers.Especially in Germany and Finland this need is already now very high. Bavaria has, so says the Federal Employment Agency, a lack of 10.000 workers in social and health care. In Finland, according the ministry of employment, they expect a lack from 20.000 to 59.000 care workers until 2025.With its collectively developed products, the project stimulates the possibility for care workers in Europe to find a job in Central and Northern Europe. In the partner countries DK and NL (at the moment) there is a surplus of care workers. Youth unemployment in ES is a great challenge. The project provides transparency in the participating countries by formulating learning outcomes for care workers. It could be particularly useful in times of high unemployment and economic crisis. With its products, the project also improves and increases employment mobility in Europe. The consortium developed units of common learning outcomes which cover parts of the qualification files of the vocational courses which the partner countries offer. For better comparability, the learning units rely on ECVET standards and EQF levels. Based on the learning outcomes the project group in cooperation with the work field created a European profile for workers in elderly care. This European profile simplifies and secures the overview of skills and competences needed in elderly care in the partner countries by using assessment methods to certify qualifications.
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