Care Practitioner

Embark on a transformative journey with our Care Practitioner Program, designed for individuals passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. This comprehensive course equips you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to provide compassionate care in various settings.
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Care Practitioner

Embark on a transformative journey with our Care Practitioner Program, designed for individuals passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. This comprehensive course equips you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to provide compassionate care in various settings.
Apply Now

TYPE:  Partially-funded skills programme  |  MODE:  Classroom based  |  VENUE:  Durban North Campus  |  DURATION:  4 months  |  CREDITS:  64

Excellerate Property Services (EPS) remains committed to supporting Corporate Social Investment (CSI), Skills Development, and Socio-Economic Development initiatives across South Africa. As part of this commitment, EPS has allocated funding for bursaries and partial bursaries aimed at the upliftment and empowerment of South African youth. These bursary opportunities provide funding for selected online and class-based skills programmes offered by Vital College, a SETA/QCTO-accredited institution. 

All applications must be submitted online through Vital College. 

THIS BURSARY 

Excellerate Property Services (EPS) is currently providing partial funding for the Care Practitioner course at the Durban campus. Eligible applicants are encouraged to apply online to be considered for this opportunity. 

What is a Care Practitioner? 

A Care Practitioner provides supervised and unsupervised care and support to patients and their immediate families or household members within the home and appropriate community-based settings. 

The role focuses on promoting, restoring, and maintaining an individual’s maximum level of comfort, functionality, and overall health, including providing compassionate care that supports dignity at the end of life.

Home-care services are increasingly required by institutions, private households, and community-based care environments. There is therefore a growing need for qualified practitioners who can deliver comprehensive and professional home-care services tailored to both general and specialised care requirements.

A Care Practitioner delivers services beyond the scope of a domestic worker or general cleaner. The role requires awareness of health and safety risk factors, hygiene and infection control, ethical conduct, and professional standards of care. This qualification develops the core competencies required of all home-care practitioners, while also offering specialised skills for specific areas of care, such as elderly care, frail care, dementia care, and child care.

This qualification is ideal for:

  • Individuals providing home-care services within institutions or private households where specialised care is required
  • Persons currently working in a home-care environment who wish to enhance and formalise their skills
  • New entrants seeking a recognised qualification to gain employment in the home-care sector
  • Individuals aiming to develop the competencies required to deliver comprehensive home-care services with due regard for life, health, and property.

On completion of this part-qualification, learners will be able to:

  • Provide care to the elderly, frail individuals, persons with disabilities, and those living with chronic illnesses
  • Apply knowledge and practical approaches when working with individuals living with dementia
  • Implement palliative care principles with compassion and professionalism
  • Promote health, hygiene, and wellness practices within the home-care setting
  • Demonstrate essential life skills required for effective home-care practice
  • Perform home-care activities competently within a chosen area of specialisation.
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Course Description

Embark on a transformative journey with our Care Practitioner Program, designed for individuals passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. This comprehensive course equips you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to provide compassionate care in various settings. Throughout the program, you will explore critical topics such as ethical principles, healthy living factors, personal grooming, and specialized care for frail individuals and those with disabilities or chronic conditions. You’ll also learn to administer medications safely in home environments and apply palliative care principles to support clients facing life-threatening illnesses.

  1. Reflect on own values and beliefs systems and how they influence own behavior.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of rules, regulations and code of conduct in the workplace.
  3. Demonstrate appreciation of and care for the employer’s property in place of work.

Module 1
Demonstrate knowledge of ethics and values.

To be confirmed 

  1. Explain the basic principles of personal hygiene.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of healthy and nutritious eating habits.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the consequences of abusing drugs and medicine.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of sports and/or recreational activities for a healthy lifestyle.

Module 2
Demonstrate An Understanding Of Factors That Contribute Towards Healthy Living.

  1. Deal with common health conditions to help prevent the spread of illness.
  2. Practice good hygiene habits.
  3. Practice good grooming and dress habits.

Module 3
Practice good health and grooming habits.

  1. Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the normal function of the body systems.
  2. Identify the common degenerative, disease and trauma processes and their effect on the body systems of the frail person.
  3. Assess the condition and environment with reference to the specific needs of the frail person.
  4. Provide for the needs of the frail person.
  5. Demonstrate the use of a variety of basic frail care equipment.
  6. Demonstrate knowledge of the human rights of the frail person.

Module 4
Provide care to a frail person.

  1. Storing medicines.
  2. Explaining the administration of prescribed medicines.
  3. Giving medicine by mouth.
  4. Giving medicine by inhalation.
  5. Administering medicine by rectum.
  6. Instilling eye, ear and nose drops.

Module 5
Administer medication in a home environment.

  1. Explaining and describing the different components of activities of daily living (ADL).
  2. Evaluating the person’s ability to perform ADL.
  3.  Implementing and integrating different strategies in ADL.
  4. Designing, developing, monitoring and evaluating an appropriate programme to assist the person in implementing ADL.

Module 6
Promote activities of daily living for clients with a disability or a chronic condition.

  1.  Demonstrate a basic knowledge of all aspects of the concept of palliative care.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of all the possible role players involved in the provision of palliative care and their respective roles.
  3. Demonstrate the legal and ethical issues related to the provision of palliative care.
  4.  Understand the needs of the dying patient and the family and explain what could be done to meet these needs.
  5. Assist in the management of pain and other symptoms at all levels under the direction of a qualified health worker.
  6. Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of grief and loss and the associated feelings.

Module 7
Apply palliative care principles when assisting and supporting the client and family to manage life-threatening disease.

  1.  Maximise use of time.
  2. Manage anger to enhance personal effectiveness.
  3.  Organize oneself for work.
  4. Apply stress management techniques.

Module 8
Apply self-management practices.

  1. Knowing how to behave in a business environment.
  2. Interpreting body language in a business context.
  3. Interacting with people in a business setting.
  4. Assessing own professional behaviour in a business setting.

Module 9
Behave In A Professional Manner In A Business Environment.

FREE Additional workshops and training included

  • Wound Care
  • Physiotherapy
  • Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care
  • Palliative Care
  • Artificial Feeding 
  • Nappy care & Pressure care
  • First Aid Level 1 & Basic Fire Fighting

Below are the the entry requirements

• Must reside in Durban
• 4-month student commitment
• Proficient in English
• Minimum NQF level 3
• Access to the internet

This SERVICE SETA accredited part qualification has 64 credits towards the following qualification:

SAQA 80786 , National Certificate: Home-Care Practices. (145 ).

Please see attached link for more information:

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qualification

Course Date

Classes commence in May 2026

Venue

Durban:  Block E, 95 Umhlanga Rocks Drive, Durban North.

Course Fees

This course is usually priced at R21 500-00 per student, but for a limited time, you can enroll for just R13 500-00! Plus, with our bursary covering 50% of the cost, your final fee is only R6 

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to invest in your future at a fraction of the price!

Price Slash – was 6750.00 

Now only – R4800.00

Take advantage of this great deal.

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The balance is payable as follows:
 
Nonrefundable deposit of R1000.00 payable prior to the course commencement.
 
Balance to be paid as follows:
Month 1 – R1900.00  |  Month 2 – R950.00  |  Month 3 – R950.00


There are limited places available and all applications are to be done online.

This course features a number of FREE programs and workshops.

For more information, please check the course content page.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO STUDIES.
  1. The Online Application System must be used by all prospective students applying for admission to any studies.
  2. Each applicant must submit only one application per study instance.
  3. Your application will not be processed if you have not submitted all the information and documentation required below.
  4. Once your application has been submitted, our student support will verify it.
  5. A student adviser will thereafter make contact with you in order to guide you further in your application process.
  6. Please be advised that the College reserves the right to admit or not to admit any applicant to any studies. Reasons for non-admission will be provided.


NB! This Bursary is partially funded by Excellerate Services (ES)

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS:
  1. Reside in Durban
  2. Communication at NQF Level 3 (Grade 11).
  3. 4 Month student commitment.
  4. Ability to attend in-person contact training at our branch in Durban.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO STUDIES.
  1. The Online Application System must be used by all prospective students applying for admission to any studies.
  2. Each applicant must submit only one application per study instance.
  3. Your application will not be processed if you have not submitted all the information and documentation required below.
  4. Once your application has been submitted, our student support will verify it.
  5. A student adviser will thereafter make contact with you in order to guide you further in your application process.
  6. Please be advised that the College reserves the right to admit or not to admit any applicant to any studies. Reasons for non-admission will be provided.

 

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS:
  1. Communication at NQF Level 3 (Grade 11).
  2. Reliable devices for online learning and Webinars.
  3. Learners are required to attend a compulsory in-person induction session and the Final Integrated Summative Assessment (FISA) at one of our branches located in Durban, Cape Town, or Johannesburg.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
  1. A PC, Laptop, Tablet or Smartphone.
  2. Access to a reliable internet connection.
  3. An active email account.
  4. Attend online workshops.
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I, the above candidate, hereby confirm the details provided are true and correct.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO STUDIES.
  1. The Online Application System must be used by all prospective students applying for admission to any studies.
  2. Each applicant must submit only one application per study instance.
  3. Your application will not be processed if you have not submitted all the information and documentation required below.
  4. Once your application has been submitted, our student support will verify it.
  5. A student adviser will thereafter make contact with you in order to guide you further in your application process.
  6. Please be advised that the College reserves the right to admit or not to admit any applicant to any studies. Reasons for non-admission will be provided.

 

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS:
  1. Communication at NQF Level 4 (matric).
  2. Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 4
  3. Reliable devices for online learning and Webinars.
  4. Learners are required to attend a compulsory in-person induction session and the Final Integrated Summative Assessment (FISA) at one of our branches located in Durban, Cape Town, or Johannesburg.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
  1. A PC, Laptop, Tablet or Smartphone.
  2. Access to a reliable internet connection.
  3. An active email account.
  4. Attend online workshops.
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