Are care roles hard to get into? Can one work on a casual basis to test it out?

Alongside all the above comment, you can be a domiciliary career as well as one that works within a care home. This involves going to people's houses and caring for them. There you'll usually get a rota and various calls of different lengths depending on the needs of the person. I mention this as very often Domiciliary care can be a little bit more flexible regarding shifts and they are always looking for people at evenings and weekends. The only other thing to bear in mind is because of the training beforehand you are sometimes tied into a set length of contract before you can leave. Otherwise you have to pay the training cost back. Before I decided to work in care, I thought about how I would feel about washing people, wiping bottoms( bowel movements can often be quite messy with older people) having to clean up incontinence mess. You have to be patient when respecting someone's independence when it takes them five minutes to walk 10 metres to the toilet. I would say the ability to be sociable, cheerful , patient and kind, whilst being able to encourage them to do the things in their best interests and also respect their independence, is very important to the job.