Course Overview
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Course Content
Meet personal support needs
Support relationships with carers and families
Facilitate the interests and rights of clients
Facilitate the empowerment of older people
Implement interventions with older people at risk
Provide support to people living with dementia
Deliver care services using a palliative approach
Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships
Manage Legal Ethical Compliance
Recognise healthy body systems
Coordinate services for older people
Facilitate individual service planning and delivery
Support independence and wellbeing
Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Work with diverse people
Provide loss and grief support
Elective unit
Provide first aid
Elective unit
Manage work health and safety
Elective unit
Common Questions
Students are required to complete a total of 120 hours of work placement. This is broken into 30 hours per term, completed during Week 11 of each term across 4 terms. ACVET will assist you to find a work placement, or you can find your own. A trainer and assessor will visit you during placement to discuss any issues and conduct observations for assessment purposes.
The fee for the Certificate IV in Ageing Support (CHC43015) is AU$11,100.
Assessments for this course may include written questions, projects, presentations, reports, and role plays/observations. At the beginning of each unit, your trainer and assessor will outline the specific assessment tasks that must be completed.
You must demonstrate English language competence equivalent to IELTS 6.0. This can be evidenced through accepted English tests such as PTE or TOEFL, or through documented evidence of being educated for 5 years in an English-speaking country, completing at least 6 months of a Certificate IV level course in an Australian RTO, or successful completion of an ACVET English Placement Test.
Before commencing work placement, learners are required to provide a Federal Police Check (name check) that is not older than 3 months, as well as evidence of up-to-date vaccination as required.
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