Network

As part of the “Care and Career” project, the BRK Kreisverband Bayreuth is developing an international network with partners from all over the world to promote the training of care professionals and enable them to work in Germany. The close cooperation focuses in particular on the exchange and adaptation of curricula from universities and training institutions abroad in order to achieve rapid recognition of training courses by German authorities.

Make an application

Current information on the recognition process, information sheets and forms as well as answers to the most important questions can be found at www.anwissen-pflege.bayern.de. It is recommended to carefully prepare all required documents and follow the instructions on the Bavarian State Office for Nursing website to ensure the recognition process goes as smoothly as possible.

Application for recognition

You can submit your application for recognition to the Bavarian State Office for Nursing.

You can find the online application here.

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Reports from our network

Fränkisch - der deutsche Dialekt als Mittel zum interkulturellen Austausch.
Experience Franconia: Dialect Lessons with the District Managers

As part of the Care & Career project, district managers Markus Ruckdeschel and Thomas Petrak brought the Franconian dialect directly into the classroom for international trainees and skilled workers in recognition.

Experience Franconia: Dialect Lessons with the District Managers
Mit gezielter Weiterbildung stärkt der BRK Kreisverband Bayreuth die Integration internationaler Pflegekräfte und investiert in eine vielfältige, zukunftsfähige Pflege. LUCE Stiftung. Ausbildung zum Integrationscoach.
Embracing diversity, strengthening integration: BRK Bayreuth is breaking new ground in nursing care

Successful completion of the Integration Coach training. The qualification strengthens competencies in supporting international nursing professionals and helps to further promote integration, teamwork, and respectful cooperation in everyday work.

Embracing diversity, strengthening integration: BRK Bayreuth is breaking new ground in nursing care
Lena Röglinger und Chen Chen absolvieren die Weiterbildung zum Integrationscoach.
Strengthening Integration: Successful Completion of the Integration Coach Training within the Care & Career Project

Successful completion of the Integration Coach training. The qualification strengthens competencies in supporting international nursing professionals and helps to further promote integration, teamwork, and respectful cooperation in everyday work.

Strengthening Integration: Successful Completion of the Integration Coach Training within the Care & Career Project
Internationale Pflegekräfte und Auszubildende des BRK-Kreisverbandes Bayreuth erlebten gemeinsam ihren ersten Kinobesuch in Deutschland. Im Rahmen des Projekts Care & Career besuchten sie das Cineplexx Bayreuth und nutzten den Filmabend nicht nur zur Unterhaltung, sondern auch zum Austausch, zur Sprachpraxis und zum besseren Kennenlernen.
Going to the Movies Together – International Nursing Staff Experience Their First Cinema Visit in Germany

International nurses and trainees of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) District Association Bayreuth experienced their first cinema visit in Germany together.

Going to the Movies Together – International Nursing Staff Experience Their First Cinema Visit in Germany
Im Rahmen des Projekts Care and Career feierten unsere internationalen Fachkräfte aus dem Anerkennungskurs gemeinsam mit den Auszubildenden aus der Pflege eine fröhliche und bunte Weihnachtsfeier.
Celebrating Together and Discovering Traditions

In September 2025, the BRK District Association Bayreuth launched an adaptation course for the first time to recognize nursing qualifications obtained abroad.

Celebrating Together and Discovering Traditions
Die Teilnehmenden die ersten Pflegeanpassungs-Kurses des BRK-Komeptenzzentrums Bayreuth. Mit Tobias Korn (Leiter BRK-Kompetenzzentrum), Marcel Hauswurz (Bildungsreferent BRK-Kreisverband Bayreuth), Projektleiterin- Care and Career Chen Chen und Dr. Gerlinde Wunder. zum Start des Anpassungskurses.
International Nurses Ready for Germany: BRK Bayreuth Launches Adaptation Course

In September 2025, the BRK District Association Bayreuth launched an adaptation course for the first time to recognize nursing qualifications obtained abroad.

International Nurses Ready for Germany: BRK Bayreuth Launches Adaptation Course
Gemeinsam starten - Get-together beim BRK-Kreisverband Kulmbach
Starting Together – Get-together at the BRK District Association Kulmbach

Four new trainees from China at a joint get-together with the team of the BRK District Association Kulmbach

Starting Together – Get-together at the BRK District Association Kulmbach
BRK-Kreisgeschäftsfüher Stefan Adam begrüßt die vier neuen Auszubildenden aus China beim BRK-Kreisverband Kulmbach.
Welcome to Kulmbach – New Trainees from China Start at the BRK District Association Kulmbach

Four new trainees from China have started their nursing training at the BRK in Kulmbach

Welcome to Kulmbach – New Trainees from China Start at the BRK District Association Kulmbach
Musical Visit from Benin Brings Joy to BRK Retirement Home in Bayreuth

Musicians from the Pepit’Arts de Benin choir at the BRK Retirement Home in Bayreuth. Invitation to Bayreuth by IFEDE.

Musical Visit from Benin Brings Joy to BRK Retirement Home in Bayreuth
The BRK in Bayreuth – A Great Place to Work

The BRK District Association Bayreuth offers numerous benefits to its employees. All the advantages are compiled in the factsheet “The BRK in Bayreuth – A Great Place to Work.”

The BRK in Bayreuth – A Great Place to Work
Diversity in the BRK District Association Bayreuth: Raising Awareness and Preventing Discrimination

Workshop with the Anti-Discrimination Counseling Service “Füreinander in Oberfranken” (FiO) to convey preventive and intervention measures against discrimination and to raise awareness of diversity within the BRK District Association Bayreuth.

Diversity in the BRK District Association Bayreuth: Raising Awareness and Preventing Discrimination
Top Earnings Already During Training – Attractive Career Prospects in BRK Nursing Education and Beyond

The BRK offers nursing trainees an attractive salary package along with strong additional benefits. With a mobility allowance, shift bonuses, and rapid salary increases after graduation, starting a nursing career at the BRK is doubly rewarding.

Top Earnings Already During Training – Attractive Career Prospects in BRK Nursing Education and Beyond
Erfolgreiche Absolventinnen und Absolventen der Ausbildung zur/zum Pflegefachhelfer/-in an der BRK Schulen Pflege.
32 graduates celebrate the start of their careers in nursing

A total of 32 trainees – 21 nursing assistants and 11 nursing specialists – successfully completed their training at the BRK Schools of Nursing in Bayreuth in 2025.

32 graduates celebrate the start of their careers in nursing
Markus Ruckdeschel (KGF BRK-Bayreuth) und Chen Chen (Beauftragte für internationales Recruiting des BRK-Kreisverbandes Bayreuth) beim Kick-Off zur Delegation zu den Kooperatiospartnern in China 2025.
BRK Expands International Project “Care and Career”

In preparation for the third delegation trip to cooperation partners of the “Care and Career” project in China, the BRK District Association Bayreuth is hosting a kick-off event to encourage exchange and get to know one another.

BRK Expands International Project “Care and Career”
Teilnehmende der Schulung Internationale Fachkräfte: Chance und Herausforderung mit Dozentin Priscilla Hirschhausen und Ibukun Koussemou vor der Geschäftstelle des BRK Bayreuth. (Gruppenfoto)
International Professionals: Opportunity and Challenge

BRK Bayreuth trains staff to enhance intercultural competence

International Professionals: Opportunity and Challenge