Come to stay. If your foreign employees and their families feel comfortable in the Ore Mountains after work as well as being successfully integrated into the company, this increases the chances of sustainable integration - arriving and feeling comfortable becomes staying.
What support options are available for your foreign employees and skilled workers in the Ore Mountains?
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Support from the Welcome Center Erzgebirge
The team from the Welcome Center Erzgebirge will be happy to advise your foreign skilled workers and their families individually from A for arriving to Z for finding a dentist.
Whether it's a personal consultation or a social event to network with like-minded people - we offer a wide range of services aimed at supporting the process of "making yourself at home".
Individual personal case consultation
In addition to providing individual advice to companies in the Ore Mountains, we also advise returnees, immigrants and their families on the topics of arriving, working and living in a personal one-to-one meeting.
As an active hub, we use a large network and contacts with many important partners to ensure that your foreign employee quickly feels at home in the Ore Mountains.
Feel free to refer your foreign employees to us or support your international specialists in making an appointment for a personal consultation.
Welcome-Hutzn
In the Ore Mountains, "Hutzn" means to move together or sit together. This custom was once established by the miners' wives on winter evenings. Today, we simply understand "Hutzn" as a convivial get-together with friends or neighbors.
Our Welcome-Hutzn aims to bring newcomers to the Erzgebirge, returnees and those in love with the ERZ into contact with each other and thus help them to arrive, make connections and network. Whether coffee tasting or creative woodworking - the topics change just like the venues and offer plenty of inspiration to get into conversation quickly.
Support for partners and family
Would your new international employees like to live and work in the Ore Mountains in the long term? The Welcome Center Erzgebirge supports your employees, their partners and families with all questions about arriving, working and living here.
Here we provide you with the most important links on all topics relating to family and children for your foreign employees and are also happy to assist you in a personal consultation.
Family reunification
Do your foreign employees want to live in Germany with their spouses and children?
The regulations that apply to family reunification depend on the nationality of the family members joining them.
The Federal Government provides detailed information on the subject of family reunification on its Make-it-in-Germany portal.
We will be happy to advise you individually and personally.
Jobs for partners and family members
The skilled labor portal Erzgebirge - the leading online job portal in the region - offers interesting jobs at attractive companies in various sectors.
Family support
Families are financially relieved and supported with various benefits and state aid.
The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth provides an overview of what state aid families can receive.
Special offers for women
In order to strengthen the potential of migrant women and encourage them to shape their lives in Germany with confidence, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees supports special seminars for women under the program title Migrantinnen einfach stark im Alltag (MiA).
Here, participants receive an easily accessible educational offer that helps them to master their daily lives independently.
Childcare
If the children of your international professionals attend a daycare center (Kita), it is easier to come into contact with other children and learn the German language. The later transition to school will also be easier.
Explain to your foreign employees that every child is entitled to childcare and what types of childcare are available in Germany.
A suitable childcare facility in the region can be found via the KITA-Bildungssserver .
Teenagers / Young adults
With its youth migration services, the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs offers expert support for social, educational and professional integration.
The advice centers are aimed specifically at young people up to the age of 27 with difficult starting opportunities and young people with a migration background.
Saxony's school landscape
The Saxon school database can be used to find the right school for the children of your foreign employees.
Some schools offer preparatory classes with lessons in "German as a second language". You can find out which schools in Saxony have preparatory classes by contacting the Saxon State Office for Schools and Education responsible for your region. They will also provide you with individual advice on educational pathways in Saxony.
Training and studies
A good knowledge of German is very important for training in Germany. German is spoken in companies and above all in vocational schools and technical colleges. Examinations are also held in German.
Your foreign employees can find out about the entry requirements for the individual training occupations from the Federal Employment Agency .
If you want to study in Germany, you need a university entrance qualification. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research provides detailed information on studying in Germany for international students at Studying in Germany.
Everything you need to know about starting a career in the Ore Mountains, career and study orientation in the Ore Mountains and suitable training and study places can be found on the MAKERZ platform of the Ore Mountains Economic Development Agency.
Support with leisure activities
You can support your new employees with social integration, for example by having a mentor or buddy (= an employee from your company who looks after and supports the new employee) take them to a club or take part in various leisure activities together.
We will be happy to help you find the right club or provide information on leisure activities in the Ore Mountains.
