Health Care Studies

The purpose of this qualification is to equip learners with the knowledge and skills to practice effectively as a social auxiliary worker under the guidance and supervision of a social worker to achieve the aims of social work. This implies that social auxiliary workers are assistants to social workers, providing support services and working under the supervision of social workers. Social auxiliary work complements and supports social work in all focus areas with services to individuals, families, groups, and communities with regards to a full range of social services and related social welfare matters.

The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Home-Based Carer. Home Based Carers provide supervised care and support to patients and their immediate family’s/household members in the home and appropriate community based settings in order to promote, restore and maintain a person’s maximum level of comfort, function and health including care towards a dignified death.