Seoul Social Service Institute Develops Practical Training Content for Caregivers and Disability Activity Support Workers

Strengthening the Expertise of Care Workers and Establishing a Continuous Training System

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Social Service Institute announced on the 22nd that it has developed ‘Care Worker Training Practice Content’ to improve the job skills of care workers.

This content is produced as practice videos based on simulations, enabling self-directed learning and continuous education without restrictions on training periods or locations. The training content is composed of emotional activities, health management, and hygiene activities according to importance and frequency of use, based on the ‘Development of Care Worker Practice Content and Demand Survey Results from Private Institutions’ for care workers such as caregivers. For disability activity support workers, factors related to disability types were additionally included.

The detailed training videos consist of a total of 40 contents for caregivers, including ▲ coping with problem behaviors of dementia patients ▲ responding to hypoglycemia symptoms ▲ assisting rehabilitation exercises, and 42 contents for disability activity support workers, including ▲ wheelchair mobility support ▲ communication support with outsiders ▲ response to seizures.

The Seoul Social Service Institute will hold an online report meeting on the development and production results of the care worker training practice content on the same day to share results and discuss utilization plans such as platform configuration for providing educational content.

Hwang Jeong-il, CEO of the Seoul Social Service Institute, said, “We expect that this training content will strengthen the professionalism of care workers and promote win-win cooperation with private institutions,” adding, “We will continue to pursue improving the quality of care services by establishing an education system for care labor.”

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