Care Assistants work to assess the level of care the client needs, working with other health and social care to develop a plan of care for the client. Assistant department customer care and helping families with their clients' personal, social and home care, performance of various tasks such as washing, shopping or recreational activities they support. Care assistants may be based on nursing care or housing, or could work in the community, visiting clients in their own home. Care assistants working with children, seniors and clients with disabilities or intellectual disabilities who support them on a weekly or daily basis as needed.
There are no academic qualifications should be a nurse, their employment depends on having the necessary skills and experience. Most care assistants receive on-the-job training from their employers to acquire the necessary skills and qualifications for the job. All care assistants who work in social care for adults is expected to twelve-week training program that provides training in basic aspects of being care for employees.
Care assistants must have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with different people in situations that may be stressful or emotional. More specifically, they should have:
- User-friendly approach and ability to put customers on their own, regardless of their physical or social needs
- Ability to be tactful and sensitive at all times
- Good sense of humor
- Respect for the client and their family members
- High level of patience, as changes can be long and often stressful
- Good knowledge of basic health and hygiene
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to cope with aggressive or anxious clients
- Responsible and flexible approach to clients and work
- Dexterity of hands and a certain level of physical force
- Good stamina
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Commitment to work, clients and their families
- Ability to think quickly and solve problems as they arrive
- Building relationships with customers in order to gain an awareness of their practical needs and social
- Working with clients and other professionals to develop a care plan for the customer
- Assisting clients with daily personal care such as bathing, dressing and feeding
- Performing everyday tasks for the client, such as shopping, cooking or other domestic duties
- Helping people with the mobilization
- Assist with client's overall comfort
- Organize and support clients during recreation
- Helping clients with administrative tasks, like paying bills, managing budgets, letter or e-mail writing
- Accompany clients to a destination (such as school, college, stores)
- Give palliative care for clients who are terminally ill
- Working with the families of the customer, answering questions and helping them adapt to their care responsibilities
