Overview

CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) at Open Colleges will take you from beginner to professional Support Worker in a maximum of 12-months. You will get a solid education in the fundamentals of aged care and will graduate job ready.

Potential career outcomes

Accommodation Support Worker
Aged Care Support Worker
Care Assistant
Community Care Worker
Residential Care Worker

Programme Structure

What do you learn in this course

About the human body and how to support its healthy functioning

Important skills to comply with infection control
How to facilitate the empowerment of older people
How to work with diverse people
Legal and ethical requirements for working in a care role
The skills to meet personal client support needs
How to tailor support to meet the needs of individual clients
How dementia can affect a person, as well as strategies for communicating with, supporting, and monitoring a client with dementia
How to support client independence and wellbeing
How to work effectively within the health and community care sector
How to implement behaviour support strategies
How to assist and support clients to participate in community settings.
How to work safely when providing direct client care

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

You can enroll in the majority of our courses, and start studying, anytime you like. There's no need to wait for a certain date or a new semester to start.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Self-paced
No Attendance
Continuous support with feedback on request
No interaction at all

Disciplines

Gerontology View 3 other Short Courses in Gerontology in Australia

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

There are no mandated education entry requirements for this qualification, per the CHC Community Services Training Package.

Students must be 18 years of age to enrol in this course.

It is also recommended that students

Have language, literacy and numeracy skills that ensure the ability to read and comprehend technical terms and communicate effectively through email. These skills are equivalent to those that would be required to successfully complete year 12.
Have access to a modern computer with high-speed internet.
Have access to a device with audio / video playback capabilities.
Have basic computing skills including the ability to make a short video

Tuition Fee

Funding

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CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)

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