The shortage of skilled labour can be felt in every daycare centre. Local authorities are increasingly turning to service providers in their search for staff. A delegation from the FDP in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse has now visited us to find out how the recruitment of international specialists works. The idea for this visit came from state parliament candidate Anke Pfeil from Schöneck, a municipality between Bad Vilbel and Hanau. She was accompanied by Kolja Saß (far left), economic policy spokesperson for the FDP district parliamentary group, Henrik Statz (far right), chairman of the Hanau FDP parliamentary group, and Marc Schmidt (second from right), chairman of the Young Liberals Main-Kinzig.
"TalentOrange's placement model is an excellent example of how private-sector companies can find solutions to municipal challenges," said Anke Pfeil. The politicians also drew attention to the fact that companies complain that young parents find it difficult to find childcare places for their children. As a result, they return from parental leave later than planned. A lack of childcare therefore also exacerbates the shortage of skilled labour in other sectors.
In Hesse, the municipalities of Hanau, Bad Homburg and Neu-Isenburg have so far employed Latin American nursery school teachers who were recruited and given language training by TalentOrange GmbH. "As political leaders in Hanau, we are very happy that the services offered by specialised companies such as TalentOrange provide good alternatives to expensive temporary work, which is unfortunately now the rule rather than the exception and places a heavy burden on municipal facilities," said Hanau party and parliamentary group leader Henrik Statz.
Last year, the German Childcare Association identified a nationwide need for an additional 100,000 nursery nurses, with up to 230,000 vacancies by 2030. At the same time, there are well-trained applicants in many countries around the world who cannot find jobs in their home countries. We have set ourselves the task of providing a balance here and offering young people good career prospects in Germany. Every year, we select around 400 nurses from Latin America, Asia and Namibia as well as around 50 nursery teachers for our programme. They receive a full-time scholarship to learn German up to Goethe-Zertifikat B2.
Over the past ten years, we have supported 1,800 international skilled workers until their professional qualifications have been fully recognised in Germany. We have been awarded the "Fair Recruitment Care" seal of approval and apply the same ethical standards when recruiting nursery school teachers.
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