TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Where I learn more about Elderly Care?
If you are or will be taking care of elderly persons, you can join the Social Welfare Department (SWD) and Department of Health (DH)’s pilot training scheme which has 8 core modules in elderly care and care skills, and 4 elective modules on caring for elderly persons with dementia and stroke. Training materials will be available in Chinese, English, Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesia and Thai.
Your employer must recommend or give you permission attend and they must take out employees' compensation insurance policies.
Elder sitting service is available at the training centre. As there is limited space, you or your employer will need to call the SWD or DH to confirm the elder sitting arrangement at least 3 days before the actual training.
You will receive a certificate of attendance if you complete the training. Click HK Christian Service to find out more.
Where can I learn more about First Aid and CPR?
A number of organisations offer first aid courses.
www.redcross.org.hk Hong Kong Red Cross offers an 8-hour domestic helper first aid course in English, Cantonese or Putonghua which covers injuries and household accident prevention. The course can be conducted at your employer’s premises or at the Red Cross Training Centre at various locations across Hong Kong. Click Red Cross to find out more.
www.bestfirstaidhk.com Best First Aid at Sai Kung provides a 3-hour class focusing on infant and child first aid and CPR. The course focuses on the types of medical emergencies that children face, and how they differ from adult conditions.
Email Info@Bestfirstaidhk.com find out more. Click https://www.facebook.com/BestFirstAidInHongKong/ for their Facebook page.
www.matilda.org Matilda International Hospital at The Peak runs an 8-hour paediatric emergency first aid training course. You will get a First Aid Certificate if you pass the exam given at the end of the course. Click Matilda to find out more
YWCA Centre of Learning and Life Enhancement runs an 8-hour course on child first aid and CPR. You will receive an attendance certificate if you complete the training. If you pass the Child CPR test, you will receive a Child CPR Certificate.
Where can I go to learn more about Child and Baby Care?
A number of organisations offer child and baby care courses.
www.uplifters-edu.org Uplifters offers an online course covering baby care, safety and development from 0 to 18 months of age. Other topics covered in this course are baby well-being, hygiene, food safety, baby’s milestones, health and how to communicate with your employer. Click Uplifters to find out more.
www.inspiredhk.com InspirED offers a wide variety of programmes including communication with young children, learning through play in the early years, helping children learn to cooperate and more.
Email inspiredhk1@gmail.com or call them at +852 6191 3343 for more details.
www.matilda.org Matilda International Hospital at The Peak runs an 8-hour child care course which is particularly helpful for those working with children aged 0 to 1 years. You will receive a record of attendance if you pass an exam given at the end of the course. Click Matilda to find out more.
Are there any sports classes that I can attend ?
Yes! Click here to find out more.
Are there any personal development classes that I can attend?
Yes! A number of organisations offer general and personal development courses.
enrichhk.org Enrich has many self-development and growth courses covering topics such as personal finance, entrepreneurship, investments and communications. They also run a mentoring programme. Click Enrich to find out more.
www.uplifters-edu.org Uplifters has a 6 month online course on money management and personal growth which you can attend using your phone. Click Uplifters to find out more.
http://www.isshk-hope.org/index.html Hope runs classes on a variety of topics such as English or Cantonese language, computer skills, sewing and photography. Many are free and others at a low cost. For example English/Cantonese is HKD100 for 50 hours of classes. Click Hope to find out more.