As attitudes towards disability and approaches to care giving evolve, demand grows for highly skilled people to deliver an increasing range of practical and personal support to a diverse client base.

This qualification targets the skills, knowledge and aptitudes required in community and/or residential care settings. Learn how to work with and support people who may require help due to disability or other reasons, and to follow individualised plans for person-centred support. Hone your interpersonal skills, develop professional judgement and discretion, and learn to identify and take responsibility for your own outputs.

This course will give you a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, plus theoretical knowledge relating to the concepts and practices required to provide ongoing person-centred support.

Employment outcomes resulting from the completion of this course may include working with clients who have disabilities in either residential facilities or in the client’s home.

• Support Worker
• Care Assistant
• Community Care Worker
• Disability Support Worker
• Home Care Assistant
• Personal Care Assistant

• Classroom
• Full time
• Part time

Assessment may consist of

• written answers to questions
• role plays
• project
• holistic assessment
• vocational placement
• recognition of prior learning

Evidence may be

• written
• audio recordings
• video recordings
• observation
• Zoom recording
• interview
• documents

Note that part of the practical assessment for this course is assessed during the vocational placement. You must successfully pass the vocational placement to achieve an outcome of “competent” for this course.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Students must be able to obtain an NDIS Working Clearance to be enrolled in this course. A student without the NDIS Working Clearance cannot complete the vocational placement and, therefore, cannot complete the qualification.

All students will engage in a language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) activity to evaluate potential support requirements. Students who are funded are required to complete an alternative and similar activity.

Course consists of 13 units … 7 core units and 6 electives. Assessment activities will include holistic assessment activities as well as 120hr (minimum) vocational placement at which you will demonstrate your learned skills.

Note that the following does not form part of the course, however they are required for students to be eligible for vocational placement:

• First Aid Certificate – included in the course fee
• Manual Handling Certificate – included in the course fee
• In some jurisdictions you will also need to complete Responding to Abuse and Neglect training to be permitted to work with minors (ie <18yo). Where this is the case, the training fee also included in the course fee.

Fees vary due to government funding options available for some courses. Please contact us to confirm course fees.

Options may include:

• Fee for Service
• Concession
• SkillingSA
• Smart and Skilled

• Full time – up to 6 months

In full time mode, classes are 2 days per week (9:30 – 3:00) and a further day per week to complete assessments – i.e. 3 days per week over 20 contact weeks plus a mandatory 120hr vocational placement.

• Traineeship
  

Course is also offered as a traineeship which is delivered in an on-the-job mode.