Home Based Personal Care Worker – 104792

Description

QCTO Occupational Qualification, Career Pathway for Home Based Personal Care Worker – 104792

The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Home Based Carer.

A Home Based Carer provide supervised care and support to patients and their immediate families/household members in the home and appropriate community based settings in order to promote, restore and maintain a personal maximum level of comfort, function and health including care towards a dignified death.

A qualified learner will be able to:

• Assess, plan and provide holistic (physical, spiritual, emotional and social) care and support for patients and household members
• Capacitate patient and household/family members as participants in the patient care team
• Make appropriate referrals in order to facilitate a continuum of care
• Maintain records and reports regarding care and support provided