Beijing’s new policy for elder care personnel training will be implemented next year, linking job subsidies to the vocational skill level of caregivers, and setting up graduate entry incentives for


undergraduate graduates to be engaged in the retirement industry for up to 60,000 yuan.

  The "Beijing Implementation Measures for the Training and Training of Elderly Service Talents" will be officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

For the first time, the measures link job subsidies to the professional skill level of caregivers, and senior technicians in the elderly care service industry directly subsidize 1,500 yuan per month.

At the same time, the national uniformly recruits Beijing students or recent graduates of Beijing area colleges or previous graduates within one year of graduation to enter the city's elderly care service industry, the undergraduate subsidy is up to 60,000 yuan for three years.

  Beijing News yesterday, the Beijing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau held a press conference to announce the "Beijing Implementation Measures for the Training and Training of Elderly Service Talents" (referred to as the "Implementation Measures"), which will be formally implemented on January 1, 2021.

  The "Implementation Measures" clearly defines that senior care service personnel refer to senior care personnel, professional technical personnel, and senior care management personnel engaged in senior care services in various senior care service institutions filed by the civil affairs department.

  According to Li Hongbing, deputy director of the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau, data statistics two years ago showed that among the nursing staff on the job in the city’s elderly care institutions, 5,181 had signed labor contracts, 1,172 had signed labor dispatch agreements, and signed labor agreements (including non-retirees). 3000 people.

Among them, about half of the staff have vocational skill level certification, and the turnover rate reaches 40%.

  As of the end of 2019, there were 3.713 million permanent residents aged 60 and above. Based on the 4.78% disability rate of the elderly in Beijing, the number of disabled elderly in Beijing exceeded 177,000.

As of June 2020, there are 544 old-age care institutions of various types and 1,005 community old-age service stations in the city, with fewer than 50,000 elderly residents.

  In May 2020, the "Implementation Plan on Accelerating the Development of Elderly Care Services" proposed to strengthen the construction of the elder care service talent team, and introduce implementation measures for the training and training of elder care service personnel; from 2020 to 2022, 10,000 elderly care workers and 500 Principals of senior care service agencies and 500 senior social workers.

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  Subsidy target elderly nursing skills talents

  The maximum subsidy amount is 1500 yuan

  Distribution model is issued monthly

  Senior technicians subsidize 1,500 yuan per person per month

  For the first time, the "Implementation Measures" link job subsidies to the professional skill level of nurses.

The establishment of rewards and allowances for elderly care positions is issued to elderly care workers who have signed labor contracts or labor service agreements (including labor dispatch agreements) in elderly care institutions, engaged in full-time elderly care services, and have obtained professional qualification certificates or professional skill level certificates.

  After verification by the civil affairs department, a monthly job reward allowance of 500 yuan, 800 yuan, 1,000 yuan, 1,200 yuan, and 1,500 yuan per person will be given to the elderly care workers in accordance with junior workers, intermediate workers, senior workers, technicians, and senior technicians. The member himself.

  The "Implementation Measures" stipulate that elderly care workers must obtain an elderly care worker's professional qualification certificate or a professional skill level certificate before they can enjoy the retirement nursing post incentive allowance.

  “Considering that if the nursing care post is granted by the nursing care institution to the nursing staff, it may cause the nursing institution to reduce the expenditure cost by converting the reward allowance to the salary package, reducing the labor cost that should be borne by the institution.” Li Hongbing introduced, To ensure that the expected policy effect of improving the remuneration of elderly care workers is achieved, the "Implementation Measures" stipulates that the district civil affairs bureaus directly pay the elderly care workers themselves through the civil affairs fund distribution supervision platform. It is specifically stated that the rewards and allowances cannot be offset. Remuneration package for elderly care workers.

If it is found that the pension institution violates the regulations and discounts the reward allowance to the remuneration of the nursing staff, if the verification is true, we will include the relevant pension institution on the credit blacklist.

  ■ Dispel doubts

  How to get the subsidy for the cancellation of the professional qualification certificate of elderly care worker?

  Li Hongbing said that although the state canceled the professional qualification appraisal for elderly care workers in 2017, elderly care workers who have obtained professional qualification certificates before September 2017 and are engaged in elderly care services in elderly care institutions in this city can enjoy the retirement nursing job rewards allowance.

  At the same time, considering that the current vocational skill level recognition work has not been fully carried out, the "Implementation Measures" set a two-year transition period, and each person who has not obtained a level certificate will be subsidized 300 yuan per month, and those who have not obtained a vocational skill level certificate after two years will no longer Give subsidies.

  Li Hongbing introduced that in the next step, Beijing will start the vocational skill level certification work. Any unit that is recognized by the human resources and social security department or the education department and can carry out the vocational skill level certification work can issue a senior care worker vocational skill level certificate.

Elderly care workers who have obtained vocational skill level certificates can enjoy rewards and allowances for old-age nursing posts.

Vocational skill level certificates are not restricted by the provinces and cities where the issuing unit is located.

  "Here, it needs to be particularly emphasized that the granting of rewards and allowances for elderly care positions does not include the establishment of elderly care workers and part-time elderly care workers in public institutions." Li Hongbing said.

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  Subsidies are targeted for college graduates in Beijing or within one year

  The maximum subsidy amount is 60,000 yuan

  The distribution model is distributed in three years

  Three-year subsidy of 60,000 yuan for undergraduate graduates

  “Among the more than 9,000 elderly caregivers on the job, 14% are under 30 years old, and the median is about 54 years old.” Li Hongbing introduced, in view of the current situation where most graduates of nursing service-related majors are not willing to enter the nursing service industry, the “Implementation The “Measures” proposes that if the state recruits Beijing students or fresh graduates from ordinary colleges and vocational schools in the Beijing area, or previous graduates within one year of graduation, those who enter the city’s elderly care service institutions full-time engaged in elderly care services can enjoy one time Sexual entry rewards.

  The specific standard is based on the standard of 60,000 yuan for undergraduate and above, 50,000 yuan for junior college (higher vocational), and 40,000 yuan for secondary vocational education. The award will be issued after the applicant has worked for the elderly service organization for one year. According to the subsidy standard of 30%, 30%, and 40%, they will be paid directly to the graduates themselves.

  What needs to be clear is that fresh graduates refer to full-time jobs in an elderly care service organization within the year of their graduation.

Past graduates within one year of graduation refer to those who entered full-time employment in an elderly care service organization the following year of their graduation year, and the graduation date is less than one year from the date of signing the labor contract.

  ■ Dispel doubts

  How to accurately define the standards for graduates to be implemented from next year?

  Since the "Implementation Measures" will be implemented from January 1, 2021, graduates in 2020 who enter a full-time job in an elderly care service organization in 2021 and the graduation date is less than one year from the date of signing the labor contract can enjoy the entry bonus.

  Enrollment awards will be issued after the graduates have worked for the elderly care service organization for one year. The entry time is based on the starting time of the graduate and the elderly care service organization signing the labor contract.

During the issuance period, if the applicant leaves the elderly care service institution, the part of the reward that has not been issued will no longer be issued.

The subsidy issuance time, in principle, is completed in the first half of each year, depending on the work progress, and strive to be completed within the first quarter of each year.

  "Previously, we also considered restrictions on the majors and positions of graduates. For example, graduates must be required to major in elderly care service management, and must be engaged in elderly care positions full-time. However, considering the actual job needs, we canceled the relevant Restrictions. All graduates who are willing to enter the elderly care service industry are encouraged to work full-time in elderly care institutions or community elderly care service stations. Regardless of whether they are engaged in management positions, professional technical positions or nursing positions, they can enjoy corresponding entry rewards." Li Hongbing said.

  Li Hongbing introduced that the establishment of graduate entry awards is aimed at attracting and encouraging graduates to enter Beijing's elderly care service institutions for medical care, rehabilitation care, nutrition allocation, psychological consultation, technical training, ability evaluation, service planning and other elderly services related Work, give full play to professional strength, drive the vitality of the industry, and comprehensively improve the overall quality of the elderly service talent team.

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  Pension training institutions

  The subsidy amount is 1500 yuan

  Distribution model

  Institutional subsidies are provided at the standard of 1,500 yuan per capita

  The "Implementation Measures" clarified the vocational skills training of elderly care workers and the training of practitioners' skill improvement, focusing on strengthening the vocational skills and care capabilities of elderly nursing personnel.

Those who pass the training and obtain the certificate of completion will be given training subsidies to the training institutions according to the standard of 1,500 yuan per person, and the required funds will be disbursed from the special funds of the Beijing Vocational Skills Upgrading Action.

  In terms of skill improvement training for practitioners, the municipal and district civil affairs bureaus will carry out professional skill improvement training for the city’s senior care service agency heads, professional technicians, and senior care staff. The training content refers to the national and Beijing nursing home deans and senior citizens. Implementation of education and training syllabus and teaching materials for nursing staff, elderly social workers, medical professional technicians, and psychological counselors.

Those who pass the training and obtain the certificate of completion will be given training subsidies to training institutions at the standard of 1,500 yuan per person, and the required funds will be included in the municipal and district fiscal annual budgets according to the implementation level.

  At the same time, improve the "three-level" training system, that is, the municipal level organizes and implements demonstration training for the improvement of the city's elderly service talents, the district civil affairs bureau organizes the vocational skill training of elderly care workers and the ability of elderly service talents training outside the municipal training. The institution organizes induction training for elderly care workers of its own unit to ensure that a full rotation training is carried out for elderly care service talents every year, and to build a hierarchical, divided labor, and key elderly care service talent training system.

  Beijing News reporter Ma Jinqian