Hi. I was wondering if anyone can please. Does anyone know if the N.V.Q.3 is now government funded? I know when I did my N.V.Q.2 it was government funded. The company I work for said a few months ago...
Am I right in thinking if you are given a verbal warning and you were not told it was a verbal warning,you also received no paperwork or signed anything can 6 months down the line say different? A...
Could someone answer a question for me about a contract of employment please? Does a work contract by law have to state hourly rate of pay and hours of employment? Thanks in advance.
If working for a Care Agency surely you choose the hours you want to work ??? Can I refuse to take on extra hours? I work in the community (18 hours I'm contracted for) and to cut a story short I was...
I wonder if anyone can help me and my work colleagues. We are carers in the community who get paid the 13th of each month. People who worked Christmas Day and Boxing Day were paid their normal hourly...
Hi there everyone.Just to let everyone know I've now had my op 3 weeks ago tomorrow. All went well and I'm now recovering. Very sore and likely to be for a while yet. Glad to be home and resting as...
I work in a Residential home and have my N.V.Q.2 in Health and Social Care. I and two others (also have the same) would like to do our 3. We have all been told we can't get funding but will do. What I...
I have been employed as a Care Assistant at my present Residential home for 10 months and still don't have a contract. I am not the only one.We have repeatedly been told we will get one and that it's...
Can anyone give me some advice please? I have been with my current emploter for 10 months and still don't have a contract. There are several of us in the same position. We've all asked for one and...
I am going into Hospital to have 10 teeth extracted shortly. This is in preparation for heart surgery. I am having aortic valve replacement. I am 48 years old and female. Nobody, I mean my dentist and...
I've been with my present employer for 8 months. Within the coming 3 months I shall be going into Hospital for an Aortic Valve replacement. When I was first employed my health was fine and this has...
I'm a 48 year old female.Always been in good health until last year when I was diagnosed with a bicuspid aortic valve. Never had a heart murmur before just picked up routinely. Have had angiogram and...
For the past 3 weeks or so we are currently having problems with hornets in the back garden. What started out as the odd hornet is gradually getting worse. Last night we had 2 in the bathroom which we...
This question is on behalf of a colleague in the Residential Home we work in. Can a female care assistant refuse to help a male resident with personal care if she feels uneasy in his company? Please...
I recently passed my N.V.Q.2. My folder and certificate are back to my manger of the Residential Home I work in. She is deliberately holding on to them. It has been back for over 2 months now. No sign...
I work as a care assisitant in a Residential Home. I have got another job subject to references in another home.My boss recieved a reference form last Saturday. Today [Tuesday] I have recieved a...
Could someone tell me if it's improper not to have a sluice room in a 25 bed Residential Home please? The home I currently work in doesn't have one. The majority of the residents are either...
i've completed and passed my nvq2 and want to do my nvq3. I'mbeing told I can't do my 3 as I'm not training to be a senior carer.I can do my 3 if I pay which I can't afford. I want to go for another...