Adult Care Home Worker
As an Adult Care Home Worker, you’ll provide care and support to residents, while helping them to maintain their independence and to exercise choice. Image: Bella vista
Being a Care Home Worker
You’ll be working as part of a team with other care professionals, you’ll support the residents in implementing a care plan suitable to their personal physical, social, emotional, and cultural needs and preferences.
You can also progress to become a Senior Care Home Worker.
About the workplace
Residential care homes offer people a homely and welcoming environment where they can get that extra care and support, they need.
Getting started as an Care Home Worker
To be successful in this role you'll need:
- good communication
- empathy and compassion
- to build trusting relationships
- to be a good team player
- flexibility
- maintain accurate records.
You might want to consider the Introduction to social care programme that covers the essentials you need to start working in social care
Required Qualifications
Find the required or recommended qualifications for this role with Social Care Wales.
You will also need to be registered with Social Care Wales. You can apply to register or search the register online.
