New training program in Breitenfurt: Refugees are looking for a future in nursing!

New training program in Breitenfurt: Refugees are looking for a future in nursing!

As part of a pilot project at the Caritas House "Bernadette" in Breitenfurt near Vienna, 22 women and a man started extensive nursing training. This was announced on Friday to meet the growing need for nurses in Lower Austria. This area is particularly affected by the search for specialists, the vacant positions of which have increased over 50 percent in the past five years, as orf.at . Participant Nina Utts, a mother from Kiev, fled before the war in May 2022 and sees this training a chance of a more stable future.

knowledge of German and integration in focus

A central part of the training is a German course that is supposed to help the participants soon gain a foothold on the job market. The goal is to learn negotiating German, which is considered completely necessary in consulting the deputy managing director Florian Stummelreiter. According to Sandra Kern, the state manager of the AMS Lower Austria, the pilot project will run until May 8, after which an evaluation and possible expansion of the program should take place.

The residence and labor law conditions for Ukrainian refugees in Germany and Austria are also important. Ukrainian citizens are allowed to enter Germany -free and need a biometric passport. This regulation, which is also linked to the Ukraine Life Regulation in Austria, enables the displaced persons to secure themselves legally and to apply for a residence permit, as on hwk-muenchen.de . The granting of a residence permit is essential for legal employment, which presents many refugees with challenges, but also solutions such as the special training perspective in Vienna.