Home Based Personal Care Assistant NQF Level 2
COURSE OVERVIEW
The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Home Based Carer. Home Based Carers provide supervised care and support to patients and their immediate families/household members in the home and appropriate community based settings in order to promote, restore and maintain a person’s maximum level of comfort, function and health including care towards a dignified death.
A qualified learner will be able to:
- Assess, plan, and provide holistic (physical, spiritual, emotional, and social) care and support for patients and household members
- Capacitate patient and household/family members as participants in the patient care team.
- Make appropriate referrals to facilitate a continuum of care
- Maintain records and reports regarding care and support provided
Assessment and Award
Students are required to complete the following:
- 1 theoretical assignment
- 3 practical assignments
- 4 workplace assignments
Eligibility requirements for the external summative assessment:
The HWSETA is the assessment partner and will conduct the external exams. To qualify for the external summative assessment, learners must have a copy of a completed and signed Statement of Work Experience as well as proof of successful completion of the Knowledge, Practical, and Workplace Modules.
Upon completion of this course, students will be awarded an Occupational Certificate: Home Based Personal Care Assistant from the QCTO.
FEES | |
Registration | R500 |
Admission fee | R2500 |
Monthly | R1200 x 12 |
Practical fee | R2000 |
Total | R19400 |
PRACTICAL TRAINING FEE COVERS THE FOLLOWING
HPO- FIRST AID KIT, GLOVES, BP MACHINE, TELESCOPE, MUSKS, APOLONES, HEAD NETS
SAW& CYC- REGISTRATION WITH THE COUNCIL BOTH AS STUDENT AND PRACTITIONER
OHS-SAFETY BOOTS, EAR PROTECTOR, SAFETY GLOVES & EYE GOGGLES
ADMIN FEE COVERS:
R500 – NON REFUNDABLE
R2500- A PAIR OF UNIFORMS, NAME TAG, AND ALL BOOKS FOR TRAINING FOR THE SEMESTER
NOTE: EACH LEARNER SHOULD BRING THE FOLLOWING:
- PROOF OF PAYMENT FOR REG& ADMIN FEE
- FULLY COMPLETED APPLICATION FORM
- SACSSP
- 2 ID PHOTOS
Programme structure
Module 1
Knowledge Modules (8 credits)
Fundamentals of Home-Based Care
Module 2
Practical Skill Modules (30 credits)
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
Module 3
Work Experience Modules (30 credits)
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