General Information
Long-term care includes a broad range of personal, social, and medical services and support that ensure people with, or at risk of, a significant loss of intrinsic capacity (due to mental or physical illness and disability) can maintain a level of functional ability consistent with their basic rights and human dignity.
Professions:
- Homecare assistant
- Childminder/preschool assistant
- Home administrative assistant
- In-home childcare assistant (professional nanny)
- In-home cook
- Home cleaning assistant
- Domestic help
- Caregiver
- Medical/psychological assistant in nursing homes
Entry requirements
- None
- Previous experience in the field (e.g. internship)
- Related diploma or VET course, licenses or certifications
- Be familiar with technical machinery
Hard skills
- Knowledge of technical agricultural equipment
- Physical fitness
Entry requirements
- Formal qualifications in childcare
- Basic local language
- Housework - little to no education
- Formal qualifications in medical care (dispensing medication)
- Field experience valued
- Driver’s license
Hard skills
- Organization and planning
- Physical strength
- Childcare skills
- Basic medical skills/knowledge
Soft skills
- Dynamism
- Empathy/compassion
- Interpersonal communication
Transferable skills
- Creativity
- Efficiency
- Adaptability
- Patience
- Digital skills
Work sector/industry statistics (with reference link)
OECD (2023), “Women represent the overwhelming majority of LTC workers in all countries: Share of LTC workers that are women, 2021”, in Beyond Applause? Improving Working Conditions in Long-Term Care: , OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/3194c968-en.
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Video or article (with reference link)
- A Day in the Life of a Home Care worker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C8KRMjhnB8
- (What I do as a support worker in a Care Home:challenges and benefits(learningdisability, adult care)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig32R9Q_F8g&t=123s)
Entry requirements
Hard skills
Soft skills
Transferable skills
Entry requirements
- Bank account
- Taxpayer identification number
- Social security number
- Residence permit
- Health certificate
- Work permit
- Basic local language
- Basic English
- Cell phone
- Good health
- Good physical condition
- Email account
- CV
- Address
- Phone number
- Work experience (optional)
- Good hygiene
Hard skills
- Tourism management degree
- Booking/Reservation softwares
Soft skills
- Empathy
- Intercultural communication
- Conflict/complaints management
- Good physical condition
Transferable skills
- Driver’s license
- Digital marketing skills
- Customer service skills/Active listening
- Foreign language certification
