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Originally Posted by mick
I believe you HAVE to take NVQ and go on courses on a regular basis now by law
i know Anne had to take her NVQ 3 and was asked to take the Managers course too
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There are still quite a lot of places advertise in Observer for un trained carers ( although it does say, must be willing to work towards NVQ)
There are mandatory training sessions that EVERY care/nursing home MUST adhere to............
Health and safety
Manual Handling
fire safety training
Basic first aid
and where you are required to handle food ... basic food hygiene.
Anyone can be trained in these things.... but it takes good carers and managers to keep checks that these things are being done day in day out.
I am trained to NVQ level 3, with a hell of a lot of other things that I trained for..... the last nursing home that I worked in was a stickler for training courses....but its all worth while
