HOME BASED
PERSONAL CARE
ASSISTANT
Our qualification is designed to equip you with the expertise to allow progression opportunities.
HOME BASED
NQF Level
NQF 2
Credits
68
SAQA Nr
104779
Delivery Mode
FULL TIME
Duration
6 MONTHS
- 2 months knowledge
- 4 months work placement
Cost Amount
R17 000
Entry Requirements
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NQF Level 1 (Grade 9
Home Based Care Assistants offer essential physical and emotional aid to patients and their household members. They operate under direct supervision and provide holistic care, addressing physical, spiritual, emotional, and social needs. This qualification prepares learners to function as competent Home Based Care Assistants. The benefits of Home Based Care (HBC) are widely recognized, contributing positively to patients, families, communities, and healthcare systems globally (WHO 2007).
What will be included in our costs?
TABLET • EXTERNAL INTEGRATED SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT • WORKPLACE MONITORING
What this qualification consists of
Knowledge
modules
- Fundamentals of Home Based Care.
Practical skills
modules
- Identify and report on possible needs of patients and family/household members on an ongoing basis.
- Implement delegated components of the care plan (Household and patient).
- Capacitate patients/family/household members in basic practical care skills.
Workplace experiences
modules
- Exposure to the processes of monitoring the implementation of the home based care plans.
- Exposure to the processes of ensuring the active participation of patients and households in the management of care at home.
- Exposure to the processes of capacitating patients/family/ household members in basic practical care skills.
- Exposure to the referral processes.
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