finding a home care assistant/ caregiver jobs

[jguanlao]

hi everyone! im new here. bout week ago. I am with my husband here in Birmingham ( hope to find friends in birmingham escp. Filipina) i am a graduate of nursing in the phil last april. i didn't yet take my local exam. hopfully i can find a way to be a nurse here.. and hearing from ur suggestion will be a big help for me.

i am now trying to find a job here like caregiver/home support assistant. yesterday i called the agencies i found from yellow pages. there are about 20 of them.. but unfortunately i only got 3 out of 20 that will send me an application i hope to find more agencies that are willing to trained and accept a first time employee..

[joebloggs]

what type of visa are you here on spouse/workpermit ?

why are you phoning agenices ? why don't you phone the care homes, and also look for jobs at your local nhs hospitals. there are jobs you can do without needing to take uk exams.

http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/advsearch

there are nearly 10,000 nhs jobs listed, you might find one you like and can apply for. just do a search in your local area..

[jguanlao]

what type of visa are you here on spouse/workpermit ?

why are you phoning agenices ? why don't you phone the care homes, and also look for jobs at your local nhs hospitals. there are jobs you can do without needing to take uk exams.

http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/advsearch

there are nearly 10,000 nhs jobs listed, you might find one you like and can apply for. just do a search in your local area..

my visa is work permit dependent visa. thanks for the suggestions!

[IainBusby]

hi everyone! im new here. bout week ago. I am with my husband here in Birmingham ( hope to find friends in birmingham escp. Filipina) i am a graduate of nursing in the phil last april. i didn't yet take my local exam. hopfully i can find a way to be a nurse here.. and hearing from ur suggestion will be a big help for me.

i am now trying to find a job here like caregiver/home support assistant. yesterday i called the agencies i found from yellow pages. there are about 20 of them.. but unfortunately i only got 3 out of 20 that will send me an application i hope to find more agencies that are willing to trained and accept a first time employee..

Hi jguanlao and welcome to the forum.
My wife took a 6 month full time caregiver course in the Philippines, but unfortunately in this country they don't recognise her qualifications, they only seem to recognise NVQ's for caregiving.

Iain.

[darren-b]

Also try the jobcentreplus website - there are lots of caregiver vacancies on there. Not all the employers require you to have an NVQ, and some will even help you to obtain one.