Courses

Course Description

Home Based Personal Care Assistant Course

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

Working life

You’ll work under the guidance of a healthcare professional such as a nurse and your job will
vary depending on where you’re based. For example, in a hospital you may:

• Wash and dress patients
• Serve meals and help to feed patients
• Help people to move around
• Make beds
• Make patients feel comfortable
• Monitor patients’ conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight

In a health centres and GP surgery, you may

• Sterilize equipment
• Do health checks
• Restock consulting rooms
• Process lab samples
• Take blood samples
• Do health promotion or health education work

Admission requirements

• Learners enrolling to do the part qualification (NQF2) must have: A qualification at NQF 2 or Grade 10 schooling.