CAREGIVING NC II is a technical-vocational program that prepares students to provide treatment and assistance to infants/toddlers, the elderly, patients with disabilities, and special needs, as well as end-of-life treatment. The curriculum offers an overview of the various attitudes, mechanisms of disease, and other primary needs of patients.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The course structure for Caregiving NC II is divided into the following modules:

• Basic Competencies
• Participate in workplace communication
• Work in a team environment
• Practice career professionalism
• Practice occupational health and safety procedure
• Common Competencies
• Implementing and monitor infection control policies and procedures
• Responding effectively to difficult/challenging behavior
• Applying basic first aid
• Maintaining high standards of patient services
• Core Competencies
• Providing care and support to infants/toddlers
• Providing care and support to children
• Fostering social, intellectual, creative and emotional development of children
• Fostering physical development of children
• Providing care and support to elderly
• Providing care and support to people with special needs
• Maintaining a healthy and safe environment
• Responding to emergencies
• Cleaning living room, dining room, bedrooms, toilet, and bathroom
• Washing and ironing clothes, linen and fabric

Lessons in the Caregiving NC II program are taught to students through classroom lectures, demonstrations, and group discussions. Students are assessed and evaluated at the end of each module discussion through direct observation, simulations, practical demonstrations, and oral and written exams.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The basic requirements for trainees of Caregiving NC II as set by TESDA includes the following:

• Can communicate both in oral and written form
• Physically and mentally fit
• With good moral character
• Can perform basic mathematical computation

Schools and training centers offering the program may include additional requirements.

DURATION OF THE COURSE

The recommended duration of the Caregiving NC II program according to TESDA regulations is 786 hours: 18 hours of Basic Competencies, 18 hours of Common Competencies, and 700 hours of Core competencies. However, the duration may be longer due to the OJT or the school's curriculum.

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