How can a foreigner acquire the first specific skill in the long-term care field?

1. XNUMX.What are the conditions for the applicant to apply for Specific Skill No. XNUMX (long-term care field)?

From April 2019, so that long-term care facilities can accept more foreign human resources who are mainly engaged in physical care and other work."Specific skill No. 1" (nursing care field)A new status of residence (visa) system has begun.
* Foreign personnel with specific skill No. 1 cannot be engaged in home-visit nursing care work or in the form of dispatch.

Then, what are the conditions required of a foreigner to apply for this status of residence "Specific Skill No. 1" (long-term care field)?
It can be roughly divided into the following three.

▼ Conditions required for foreigners themselves

1. ① Pass the long-term care skill evaluation test (skill test)
2. ② Pass the long-term care Japanese evaluation test
3. ③ Passed the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Basic Test or the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N4 or higher.

However, foreigners who have successfully completed "Technical Intern Training No. 2" whose work content is long-term care are exempted from the above examination and can move to Specific Skill No. 1 (long-term care field).

2. What is the content of the Nursing Skills Evaluation Test?

Long-term care skill evaluation testThere will be 45 questions and the exam will last for 60 minutes.
Out of 45 questions,Department has 40 questions,5 practical questions.

The 40 subjects in the proficiency test are

• "Basics of long-term care"
• "Mechanism of mind and body"
• "Communication technology"
• "Life support technology"

It is to confirm whether or not you have the basic knowledge that can be said to be an immediate force in the field of long-term care.

XNUMX. XNUMX.What is the content of the Long-term Care Japanese Evaluation Test?

Long-term care Japanese evaluation testThere will be 15 questions and the exam will last for 30 minutes.
The contents are

• "Long-term care words"
• "Long-term care conversation / voice"
• "Long-term care document"

The questions will be given from the subject.
Special language may be used in nursing care work, so in order to check your knowledge in this area, you will not only need to take a regular Japanese language test, but also take a test like this.Japanese language evaluation test specific to the field of nursing careis imposed.

Regarding the implementation status of skill tests specific to the nursing care field, please refer toMinistry of Health, Labor and Welfare websiteImplementation information is updated from time to time.

Foreigners who have passed the examinations specific to the field of long-term care and the general Japanese Language Proficiency Test, or who have successfully completed "Technical Intern Training No. 2" whose work content is long-term care, are specific skills 1 The requirements for the person who will move to the issue (nursing care field) are generally met.

1.What if it is difficult to acquire or transfer to Specific Skill No. XNUMX (long-term care field) even if I have passed the exam?

Due to the circumstances of the foreigner himself, it may be difficult to move to Specific Skill No. 1 (long-term care field) even if he / she has passed the above examinations and technical intern training.

That is the so-called up until now in Japan.Residency statusThis is when the parts related to the product are not in good condition.
Of course, if you are committing a crime, for example, when you were an international student, you got permission to work outside the status of qualification and worked part-time while attending school.

• ・School attendance rate is very poor
• ・I was working part-time for hours that exceeded the rule that, in principle, I could only work part-time for less than 28 hours a week.
• ・Students residing in Japan without applying for a visa change after dropping out of school

When there are circumstances such as.

Although the specific skill visa was created with the purpose of resolving the shortage of human resources in certain industries, it is not operated in a way that does not look at anything regarding the residence status.
Companies that accept foreign workers need to confirm with the foreigners themselves who wish to work.

*“Specified Skills Nursing Care” is “Technical intern training long-term care"Or"Long-term care visaIs different from.
Please be careful not to be confused.

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