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Care assistants help people and try to make a positive difference in the lives of their patients. The job involves helping people who have problems performing daily activities. The role may involve working with children, the elderly or people with physical or learning disabilities. If you have a friendly and caring approach and can relate to people from a wide variety of backgrounds, a career as a care assistant could be the right path for you. It is also necessary to be patient and have a good sense of humour. As a care assistant, you will be working to help vulnerable individuals with their daily tasks. There are few jobs more important in terms of having great interpersonal skills than that of a care assistant as you will possibly be the only professional a patient has any relationship with. Here is a list of typical care assistant duties: • Learning more about your patients, their needs and interests. • Assisting people with daily personal care. • Helping people with things such as writing letters, paying bills and establishing a budget. • Working with other professionals in the field to develop individual care plans. • Completing daily chores such as laundry, shopping and housework on behalf of your patient. • Organising leisure activities. It is also possible that you will work as a personal assistant which involves working closely with a disabled individual to help them with their daily needs.