We require self-employed carers on the Elder Platform to have at least six months of care experience prior to joining Elder and should have a minimum of two verifiable references on their profile. At least one reference must be care-related.
For each work experience entry, there is an option to add reference details. We encourage you to upload a full work experience to your profile and keep it up to date.
Customers will often look at verified references on a carers profile when making a decision on an application. Ensuring your references are up to date and verified means that you can improve your chances with future applications as customers will be able to view all of the great experience you have in care. We recommend having at least two verified references, but the more, the better!
Uploading work experience
You can add your work experience and reference details to your profile on the Elder Hub. You can this by:
Head to the home screen of Elder Hub, click on your name to the right of the Menu Bar.
Click ‘My profile’, the edit button will be in the top right hand side of the screen.
If you are viewing the Elder Hub on a desktop, you will find the edit button at the bottom of the page.
Once you are on your profile and in 'edit mode', scroll down to ‘Work experience and references’ where you can add a work experience entry.
You’ll be prompted to fill in a form for each individual work experience entry. At least one reference must be care-related. If adding care-related work experience, please state the type of care undertaken (e.g. live-in or residential).
Please also add any specific conditions you worked with, as well as any skills used. These sections will help to ensure you are matched with appropriate placements at Elder. Learn more about eligibility here.
Once you’ve saved a work experience entry, you can then request a reference. Simply add the contact details for your referee and we’ll get in touch with them to verify your work entry.
Adding skills and conditions to your profile
Clients will want to know about your work experience and which skills and conditions you have experience with. You can add which areas you have worked with, this will allow us to match you with relevant opportunities so make sure that you choose accurately to ensure the best fit.
To do this via ElderHub, follow these steps:
Head to your profile
Select the edit button in the top right hand corner
Scroll to the bottom of your profile and select the skills and conditions you have experience with.
Click save!