Care Worker Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Health & Medicine

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Care Worker Skills List in Health & Medicine

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Care Worker role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Care Worker job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Care Worker job descriptions contained health care as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

health care
50%
personal care
50%
dementia
38%
nvqs
38%
health care assistant
25%
care worker
25%
support worker
25%
nurse
25%
home carer
25%
training
19%
support workers
13%
learning disabilities
13%
patient
7%
empathy
7%
caring
7%
safety
7%
residential care worker
7%
young people
7%
safeguarding
7%
risk management
7%
cpd
7%
care plans
7%
young adults
7%
supporting people
7%
motivation
7%
compassion
7%
communications
7%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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