Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Home and Community)
Provider:
Course Code:
CHC33021
CRICOS Code:
112472C
Qualification Level:
Certificate
Course Area:
Health and Medicine
Duration:
26-Week
Study Mode:
Full Time
Location:
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Course Fee:
AUD 5,000 Per Course
Delivery Mode:
On Campus
Target:
International
Intake:
January, April, July, October
Course Overview
This qualification opens the door to a rewarding career and builds a solid foundation for your future as a care worker. It offers the skills and understanding required to deliver support and care services to older people in residential, home and community settings. You will learn to work with supervision, to agreed care plans and within organisational guidelines and professional practice frameworks.
Course Structure
The following 14 units of competency are required for this course:
Core Units:
- CHCCCS015 Provide individualised support
- CHCCCS023 Support independence and wellbeing
- HLTAAP001 Recognise healthy body systems
- CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically
- HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
- CHCCOM005 Communicate and work in health or community services
- CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
- HLTINF001 Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures
Elective Units:
- CHCCCS011 Meet personal support needs
- CHCAGE001 Facilitate the empowerment of older people
- CHCAGE005 Provide support to people living with dementia
- CHCPAL001 Deliver care services using a palliative approach
- CHCHCS001 Provide Home and Community support services
- HLTAID003 Provide first Aid
Entry Requirement
| Admission Requirements | |
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| Academic Entry Requirements | Direct entry to this course requires:
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| Language Requirement | |
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| IELTS Score (Minimum) | English equivalence to 5.5 IELTS or similar. |
Career Opportunities
Potential career outcomes include:
- Personal care worker
- Person-centred carer
- Multi-skilled worker
- Assistant in nursing
- Support worker
- Respite worker
- Community care worker
Internship or Work Placements
This course includes 200 hours of mandatory industry placement