Home help job training

critical

Hi, was looking for information on what I need to become a home help or carer. I need to change career and work around my young child. I feel I would enjoy this work and would be able to work a few hours each day. What courses would I need to complete?

Sup08

critical wrote: »

Hi, was looking for information on what I need to become a home help or carer. I need to change career and work around my young child. I feel I would enjoy this work and would be able to work a few hours each day. What courses would I need to complete?

You could always go to this event

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Intreo-Careers-Fair.aspx

There will be Home Care Companies here and they will advise you on what they require.

You must register to attend. Register here and it's free.

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/intreo-careers-fair-tickets-18092107982

dueaug

Hi Critical, I am 5 modules into an 8 module Major Award in Healthcare Assistant. I am working as a carer in peoples homes and thought this is all I would need, however just tonight in class I heard I am supposed to have a full level 5 Major Award in Healthcare Skills by Jan 2016 in order to work in home care to care for HSE clients!! Luckily I only have to do one extra module to achieve that major award but I cannot find anywhere that does the extra module I need! I logged in here tonight looking for the info

spurious

dueaug wrote: »

Hi Critical, I am 5 modules into an 8 module Major Award in Healthcare Assistant. I am working as a carer in peoples homes and thought this is all I would need, however just tonight in class I heard I am supposed to have a full level 5 Major Award in Healthcare Skills by Jan 2016 in order to work in home care to care for HSE clients!! Luckily I only have to do one extra module to achieve that major award but I cannot find anywhere that does the extra module I need! I logged in here tonight looking for the info

What module do you need?

dueaug

Hey Spurious I need the "infection prevention and control". They now need access to a hospital for this module so lots of places have dropped it.

spurious

Where in the country are you dueaug?

dueaug

Sorry Spurious I am in Kildare. have tried raising the query with QQI but they just closed the query without even answering it!!

spurious

http://www.barrowtraining.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Infection-Prevention-and-Control.pdf

Maybe contact the above people and see if they are affected by this change and if they have any plans regarding staying able to offer it?

This centre http://www.ncutraining.ie/courses/infectionpreventionandcontrol.html (in Coolock, Dublin) have a course in that module scheduled to start November 20th - perhaps ring them and see have they access to a hospital?

dueaug

Thanks a million for the information Spurious. Lots of help there. Actually just sent of a contact us request for the place in Coolock. Thanks a mil again.