About CARE 360
Empowering Live-in Care Workers with a Horizontal Skillset: a 24-month Erasmus+ cooperation partnership in vocational education and training.
The project
Live-in care workers (LCWs) are at the forefront of long-term care for older people and people with disabilities, yet they are one of the most neglected groups in professional care. Many are migrants and women, often working informally, with language barriers and little access to training.
CARE 360 develops a complete educational package for them. A VET course gives educators the curriculum, materials and assessment tools to train LCWs. A mobile app puts practical, illustrated guidance in the care worker's pocket, ready to use in the middle of a demanding day.
Every result is shaped together with National Expert Boards in each partner country, made up of VET educators, caregiving experts, academics and people who receive care at home. The project builds on the Erasmus+ project HERO (2020-1-CY01-KA204-066039), which trained refugees for work in elderly care, and widens it to all people who receive care at home and to a broader set of skills.
CARE 360 supports the European Skills Agenda and Principle 18 of the European Pillar of Social Rights: everyone has the right to affordable, good-quality long-term care, including home care.
What CARE 360 sets out to do
Give care workers and educators the right tools
Tailored educational resources that improve everyday caregiving practice.
Close skill gaps and open up jobs
Horizontal skills that raise employability, especially for migrants and people from underrepresented backgrounds.
Strengthen VET in the care sector
Better working conditions for care workers and better care standards across the EU.
Six target groups
Key milestones
Kick-off meeting, Nicosia
Partners meet in Cyprus to launch the project and the target group research.
Website and needs research
The project website goes live, and care workers’ learning needs are surveyed in all partner countries.
Five learning topics agreed
Research findings inform the five course modules and app content.
Draft modules and first app version
Draft curriculum, modules and app alpha version are prepared.
National Expert Board validation
Expert boards review the modules and test the app.
Piloting in all partner countries
Twelve VET educators evaluate the course and 60 care workers with 12 educators test the app.
Final course and multiplier events
Final modules are published in five languages and shared at partner-country events.
App release and Training of Trainers
The app is planned for release in five languages and educators meet in Czechia.
One partnership, five countries
CARE 360 brings together training, care and digital expertise to support live-in care workers and their educators.