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Disabled Caretaker

Fit for youth without SEE:
Yes

A disabled caregiver is the person who takes primary responsibility for someone who cannot care fully for themselves. It may be a trained professional or another individual.

Employment Option

Self Employment Ratio

%

Education

Courses available: Caregiver is short term training course provided by CTEVT, which in average is 390 hours. At the same time, training courses in Psychology as well as physiotherapy are beneficial.

Academic Education
Professional Courses & Trainings

Possible Employers

Career in Detail

A disabled caregiver is the person who takes primary responsibility for someone who cannot care fully for themselves. It may be a trained professional or another individual.

Disabled Caretakers usually do the following

1.They are responsible for taking care of their patients such as feeding them, assisting them in their daily activities or functions, helping them bath and get dressed, and with any other duties or tasks that patients are not able to do on their own.

They are responsible for the well being of the patient as long as they are in their care.

Abilities and other Requirements

requires heavy physical work
requires permanent customer relation
requires shift work
is very stressfull
requires dealing with children, elderly people, disables or other special groups

Income and other Facilities

Entry Salary / Income
Rs. 10,000 - 25,000

Working Context

ISCO - International Standard Classification of Occupations

Security and Army Professionals
Skilled Urban Skilled Rural
Supporting Operations

The table illustrates the segregation of occupations according to the level of education & experience. The segregation is such that the 'Professionals' have the highest amount of education and/or experience then are the 2 skilled labour (Urban & Rural) and Supporting Occupations with assemblers, operators etc. Security and Army have a wider range of both education and experience and are governmental jobs.

The boxes highlighted are the ones associated with Disabled Caretaker . According to ISCO, jobs can have various levels of education and/or experience which thus puts them in different boxes as visualized in the table.

Relevant Education

Courses available: Caregiver is short term training course provided by CTEVT, which in average is 390 hours. At the same time, training courses in Psychology as well as physiotherapy are beneficial.

Education strongly relevant

Duration Fee (Rs) Access without SEE
OJT
Skilled Urban
0
Yes
On the job training means that you will directly join an organization, company or business to learn the skills you require for becoming a certain profession from somebody senior. On the job training is especially relevant for professions, where there is no formal training existing in Nepal or where learning from a mentor / senior is more effective than studying theoretical aspects. OJT are not a standard education or training, rather they are a specific type of apprenticeship for different areas that will benefit from hands-on experience. For example, career counselors observing several counseling sessions and how a senior career counselor reacts is more beneficiary than learning in a school setting. Go to education page
PGD in Healthcare Mg
Skilled Urban
1 Year(s) 0
No
Post Graduate Diploma in Health Care Management (PGDHCM) is a professionally designed program of international standard aiming to impart a foundation course in health care management in a wider sense and also prepares for some specific applications of health care management. It opens up a career and consolidates students' knowledge and also prepares them for further studies in health care management. Go to education page
Care Giver
Skilled Urban
390 Hours 0
Yes
caregiver
Skilled Urban
390 Hours 0
Yes

Education moderately relevant

Duration Fee (Rs) Access without SEE
BHCM
Skilled Urban
4 Year(s) 0
No
Bachelor of Health Care Management (BHCM) is fulfill the growing need of qualified health care professionals with health care management / administration degree. This 8 Semesters (4 Years) program prepares students to enter management practice in a health care setting. Different health care companies, hospitals and organizations related to health care management, are in need of qualified and trained candidates with health care management / administration degree. Go to education page

Ideal Qualities

Sociability, average: You are equally capable of working with only a few people or with many people at one time, without any particular preference for either. You should consider looking for jobs where you will not have to socialize with too many people, but at the same time you will not be completely on your own as well. Some examples would include managing a business, crafting, and providing services."

Work activities, rather physical: You prefer your work to be physical in nature, with only some mental activity required. You should consider looking for jobs that will require you to move around a lot and exert physical effort. Some examples would include jobs where you are on call, like medicine and technical work, teaching, and jobs involving manual labor like construction and agriculture.

Value orientation, only idealistic: You believe that your work must have meaning behind it, without any material importance. You should consider looking for jobs that will give you some personal satisfaction while doing it. Some examples would include teaching and doing social work.

Motivation to Lead, quite high: You prefer to lead and direct others in a group. You like to tell them what you want to do and convince them to follow you. You should consider looking for jobs where you can lead a group of people and direct your group’s efforts. Avoid jobs where you will not be able to share your ideas on what you want others to do.

Action orientated, high: You prefer to take the initiative in your work and to be proactive. You would rather not wait for your work to come to you. You should consider looking for jobs where you need to drive your work forward. Avoid jobs where you have to wait for something to happen before you can do anything

Sensitivity, very high: You have a high degree of sensitivity, and you are easily capable of recognizing emotional situations. You are good at being tactful in emotional situations. You should search for jobs where your sensitivity will be put to good use, such as working with customers

Emotional Stabilty, very high: You do not let criticism affect you. You do not allow your personal problems to come into conflict with your work. You should consider looking for jobs where you are required to handle a lot of criticism and evaluations of your work.

Ability to cope with pressure, high: You are capable of working under pressure, to the point where you almost enjoy it. You are not easily stressed by daunting tasks. You should consider looking for jobs where you have to work at a hectic pace and perform well. Avoid jobs where you do not have to exert much effort.

1.They are responsible for taking care of their patients such as feeding them, assisting them in their daily activities or functions, helping them bath and get dressed, and with any other duties or tasks that patients are not able to do on their own.

They are responsible for the well being of the patient as long as they are in their care.

Employment Condition

Self Employment Ratio

%

Possible Employers


Disable care centre

Size of Employment

At the moment there are people working in this job in Nepal.

Job Demand

Shows the demand of the career (1st being the highest and the last being over-saturated).


60 = very high: This job is very high in demand. You can easily find employment or will be able to sell your service easily as a self employed person.

50 = high: This job is high in demand. With a certain talent you will find a job.

40 = medium: The demand for this job is medium. You should have chances in finding a job, but you might need to be flexible regarding your working place or in self employment, might have to compete with a few other professionals about the work.

30 = low: The demand for this job is low. Only a few vacancies are published. Academic proficiency as well as experience is required to be even considered for applying for this sort of jobs.

20 = saturated: There is no more demand for this profession in the labour market. Only if existing staff is released, new people are hired.

10 = over-supplied: There are many graduates already waiting for a job in this profession. You might have to consider a long waiting list or have to prove extraordinary talent to find a job in this profession.

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