The Care Assistant Certificate demonstrates set of standards that health and social care workers adhere to in their daily working life. Designed with the non-regulated workforce in mind, the Care Assistant Certificate gives everyone the confidence that these workers have the same introductory skills, knowledge and behaviours to provide compassionate, safe and high quality care and support.

TRAINING PROGRAMME COVERS 4 MAJOR STREAMS:

1) Basic Home & Personal Care Assistant Training
2) Aged Care for Elderly (with medical conditions eg. Hypertension, Diabetes, Peptic Ulcer Disease, Dementia etc )
3) Disability support care
4) Creative care for children

Over the course of your training, you’ll cover a number of key modules related to delivering care. These include:

• Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disability
• Basic life support
• Communication
• Duty of care
• Equality and diversity
• Fluids and nutrition
• Handling information
• Health and safety
• Infection prevention and control
• Personal development
• Privacy and dignity
• Safeguarding adults
• Safeguarding children
• Understanding your role as a care assistant
• Working in a person-centered way

DURATION: 6 weeks period of lectures [weekends only] and practical engagement at care facility where you will be exposed to few call duties during the day and at night during the week days.

BASIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

You must

• be 18+ years old and of good character
• have a good understanding of written and spoken English
• possess a minimum of SSCE/GCE Certificate or appropriate level of literacy
• provide referees or guarantors
• knowledge of healthcare setting will be an advantage but not essential

Training is ongoing!