The Datum Report

Occupation 613 · Caring, leisure and other service occupations

Caring personal services

Those working in caring personal services occupations transport patients by ambulance, stretcher, wheelchair or other means and assist health professionals with the care of patients in hospitals, dental surgeries, nursing homes, residential homes, clinics, day care services and within the home.

Within this group

Nursing auxiliaries and assistants · Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) · Dental nurses · Houseparents and residential wardens · Care workers and home carers · Senior care workers · Care escorts · Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants

Classified alongside this

Animal care and control services · Teaching and childcare support occupations