The maternal assistant is the natural person, certified under the law, employed by the DGASPC Alba, who cares for at their own home the child/children from the protection system, whom they receive under a protection measure - placement. Persons with legal and actual residence in the Alba county, interested in becoming maternal assistants, submit a request for evaluation and the documents listed below to the headquarters of the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection Alba, located in Alba Iulia, Bld. 1 Decembrie 1918, no. 68. The request will mandatorily mention the number of children for whom the applicant believes they can simultaneously provide optimal care conditions, their age group and gender, willingness to care for children with disabilities/handicaps, HIV-infected or suffering from AIDS. The request will include the applicant’s Curriculum Vitae as well as the reasons for wanting to become a professional maternal assistant. The professional maternal assistant certificate is issued by the Child Protection Commission of Alba and is valid for 3 years. The employment of the maternal assistant, therefore the conclusion of the employment contract, takes place from the moment they receive the child/children in difficulty under a protection measure.