care at home worker

Care home workers provide domiciliary services to vulnerable adults including frail elderly or disabled people who are living with physical impairment or convalescing, following a specific plan to provide day-to-day care to clients. They look after the physical and mental wellbeing of clients by providing them social care.

These services could be developed in residential homes, care homes or in the patient's home. In relation to this last case, they aim to improve patients' lives in the community and assure patients can live safely and independently in their own home.

Alternative Labels

care at home worker

care home assistant

care home manager

care home supervisor

care support worker

care worker (homecare)

community home care worker

domiciliary care worker

domiciliary homecare worker

domiciliary home care worker

homecare assistant

home care assistant

home care worker

independent living support worker

living at home support worker

residential care home worker

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

accept own accountability adhere to organisational guidelines advocate for social service users apply decision making within social work apply holistic approach within social services apply organisational techniques apply person-centred care apply problem solving in social service apply quality standards in social services apply socially just working principles assess social service users' situation assist individuals with disabilities in community activities assist social service users in formulating complaints assist social service users with physical disabilities build helping relationship with social service users communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields communicate with social service users comply with legislation in social services conduct interview in social service contribute to protecting individuals from harm deliver social services in diverse cultural communities demonstrate leadership in social service cases encourage social service users to preserve their independence in their daily activities evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves follow health and safety precautions in social care practices involve service users and carers in care planning listen actively maintain privacy of service users maintain records of work with service users maintain the trust of service users manage social crisis manage stress in the work place meet standards of practice in social services monitor service users' health prevent social problems promote inclusion promote service users' rights promote social change protect vulnerable social service users provide social counselling refer service users to community resources relate empathetically report on social development review social service plan support harmed social service users support service users in developing skills support service users to use technological aids support social service users in skills management support social service users to live at home support social service users with specific communication needs support social service users' positiveness tolerate stress undertake continuous professional development in social work undertake risk assessment of social service users work in a multicultural environment in health care work within communities

Essential Knowledge

company policies customer service legal requirements in the social sector older adults' needs social justice social sciences

Optional Skills and Competences

provide palliative care

Skills & Competences

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f4525ed8-54eb-4a3b-90db-55cc01b0d9fd

Status

released

Occupations

care home worker

Description

Skills & Competences

Skills & Competences

Concept URI