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, 42% of Care Worker job descriptions contained personal care as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

personal care
42%
health care
42%
health care assistant
34%
home carer
34%
nurse
34%
support worker
34%
care worker
34%
nvqs
34%
dementia
34%
training
17%
support workers
9%
learning disabilities
9%
patient
9%
empathy
9%
caring
9%
safety
9%
young people
9%
safeguarding
9%
risk management
9%
cpd
9%
care plans
9%
young adults
9%
supporting people
9%
motivation
9%
compassion
9%
communications
9%
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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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