About this role
Personal Care Assistants provide routine personal care services to people in a range of health care facilities or in a person's home.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Personal Care Assistant include:
- assists with personal care needs such as showering, dressing, eating, mobility, communication
- participates in care planning
- follows therapy plans i.e. interventions to assist those with dementia and behavioural problems
- observes/reports changes in patients' condition
- reports complaints about care
- assists with rehabilitation exercises, basic treatment and delivery of medications.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Personal Care Assistant
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Learn to support people in aged or disability care. Build real skills and experience to help others live safely and independently.
- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 1 year
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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Diploma of Nursing
HLT54121
Get ready for a nursing career. Study patient care, clinical practice and health support with practical placements.
- Become an enrolled nurse
- 1–2 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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Train for a role in health care. Learn to assist with patient care, transport and daily clinical tasks.
- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 1 year
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available