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Course Overview
Where You Can Study
BANKSTOWN
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
ASQA
Accreditation Status
AccreditedCourse Content
Facilitate the interests and rights of clients
Facilitate the empowerment of older people
Coordinate services for older people
Implement interventions with older people at risk
Provide support to people living with dementia
Facilitate individual service planning and delivery
Meet personal support needs
Support independence and wellbeing
Support relationships with carers and families
Work with diverse people
Manage legal and ethical compliance
Deliver care services using a palliative approach
Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships
Recognise healthy body systems
Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Implement falls prevention strategies
Elective unit
Provide food services
Elective unit
Work in an alcohol and other drugs context
Elective unit
Address the needs of people with chronic disease
Elective unit
Develop and implement service programs
Elective unit
Maintain a high standard of service
Elective unit
Provide loss and grief support
Elective unit
Provide suicide bereavement support
Elective unit
Recognise and respond to crisis situations
Elective unit
Respond to suspected abuse
Elective unit
Facilitate independent travel
Elective unit
Transport individuals
Elective unit
Use communication to build relationships
Elective unit
Communicate using augmentative and alternative communication strategies
Elective unit
Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability
Elective unit
Facilitate community participation and social inclusion
Elective unit
Facilitate ongoing skills development using a person
Elective unit
Provide person
Elective unit
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Elective unit
Manage and promote diversity
Elective unit
Plan health promotion and community intervention
Elective unit
Coordinate and monitor home based support
Elective unit
Meet statutory and organisation information requirements
Elective unit
Respond to client language, literacy and numeracy needs
Elective unit
Develop, implement and review quality framework
Elective unit
Manage partnership agreements with services providers
Elective unit
Coordinate client directed services
Elective unit
Work with people with mental health issues
Elective unit
Plan for and provide care services using a palliative approach
Elective unit
Plan for the provision of pastoral and spiritual care
Elective unit
Provide pastoral and spiritual care
Elective unit
Work with forced migrants
Elective unit
Work with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness
Elective unit
Confirm physical health status
Elective unit
Provide support in dysphagia management
Elective unit
Assist with planning and evaluating meals and menus to meet recommended dietary guidelines
Elective unit
Assist with the monitoring and modification of meals and menus according to individualised plans
Elective unit
Assist with screening and implementation of therapeutic diets
Elective unit
Provide first aid
Elective unit
Provide advanced first aid
Elective unit
Follow basic food safety practices
Elective unit
Assist clients with medication
Elective unit
Administer and monitor medications
Elective unit
Inform and support patients and groups about oral health
Elective unit
Apply and manage use of basic oral health products
Elective unit
Provide or assist with oral hygiene
Elective unit
Use basic oral health screening tools
Elective unit
Apply fluoride varnish
Elective unit
Maintain work health and safety
Elective unit
Manage work health and safety
Elective unit
Manage budgets and financial plans
Elective unit
Provide workplace information and resourcing plans
Elective unit
Process and maintain workplace information
Elective unit
Lead effective workplace relationships
Elective unit
Show leadership in the workplace
Elective unit
Plan and monitor continuous improvement
Elective unit
Use business technology
Elective unit
Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace
Elective unit
Mentor in the workplace
Elective unit
Common Questions
The course fee for international students ranges from $13,725 to $15,784 AUD. Additional costs for uniforms, equipment, textbooks and materials (if applicable) range from $300 to $1,000 AUD per course.
You will build practical experience in coping with the physical demands of the job such as manually lifting clients in and out of bed, transport transitions, bathing and more, performing domestic duties efficiently, and providing leadership to your team. You will also strengthen your practical skills in the custom designed, simulated organisation, Indigo Community Services and Health Hub before attending work placement.
This qualification could help you prepare for roles such as aged care worker, community care worker, direct care worker, home care planner, home care support worker, personal care worker, and residential care worker.
The course requires you to complete 15 core units and 3 elective units. The elective units must consist of at least 2 units from the electives listed, up to 1 unit from electives listed from any endorsed Training Package or accredited course, and these units must be relevant to the work outcome.
After completing the Certificate IV in Ageing Support, you can continue your studies through a vocational study pathway with a range of TAFE NSW courses, a TAFE NSW degree pathway progressing from certificates to diplomas to a TAFE NSW degree, TAFE NSW–university partnership pathways that offer guaranteed entry and credit transfer to eligible students at a number of Australian universities, or other university pathways where acceptance and credit transfer may vary depending on the university and course studied.
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