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The CHC33015 – Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Disability) is designed for workers in the community or residential setting who provide individualised support to the aged or people with disabilities. They must use discretion and judgement and take responsibility for their own outputs. They are taught the factual, technical and procedural knowledge of the concepts and practices required. Students may undertake this course as an entry pathway into the aged care or disability care industry. Our course is directed towards developing multi-skilled workers for the broad range of services supporting aged people and the disabled in residential and community settings. This course supersedes the CHC30212 Certificate III in Aged Care.
The total tuition cost for the CHC33015 – Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Disability) is AUD $5,800 for international students.
For international students: secondary course fee is $2,500
For more information please Click here or contact us on: enquiry@ihna.edu.au or call 1800 22 52 83
| Melbourne (Heidelberg) Campus 597-599, Upper Heidelberg Road, Heidelberg Heights, Victoria 3081 Australia |
| Melbourne (CBD) Campus Level 6, 131 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria – 3000, Australia |
| Perth Campus Level 4, 12 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA – 6000, Australia |
| Sydney Campus Level 7, 33 Argyle Street,Parramatta, NSW 2150 Australia |
The course is provided through teacher led classroom mode delivery. It will be delivered over 755 hours over two semester including theory (20 contact hours per week at an IHNA campus), self-paced structured e-learning, simulation training (120 hours) and at least 120 hours of work based training/ professional experience placement (PEP) in two blocks of 2 weeks each, after each semester.
Besides the above structured learning, students are advised that they will be required to do approximate 10 hours per week of unstructured learning.
The simulation training is for review of the learning activities, practicing communication, work based skills, management skills and to undertake other assessments e.g.: group presentation/individual presentation.
14 units of competency are required for this qualification.
| CHCCCS015 | Provide individualised support |
| CHCCCS023 | Support independence and well being |
| CHCCOM005 | Communicate and work in health or community services |
| CHCDIV001 | Work with diverse people |
| CHCLEG001 | Work legally and ethically |
| HLTAAP001 | Recognise healthy body systems |
| HLTWHS002 | Follow safe work practices for direct client care |
| CHCAGE001 | Facilitate the empowerment of older people |
| CHCAGE005 | Provide support to people living with dementia |
| CHCCCS011 | Meet personal support needs |
| CHCDIS001 | Contribute to ongoing skills development using a strengths-based approach |
| CHCDIS002 | Follow established person-centred behaviour supports |
| CHCDIS003 | Support community participation and social inclusion |
| CHCDIS007 | Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability |
There are no pre-requisites or any other training package entry requirements for this course.
IHNA has in place admission criteria for courses in its scope as required by its ‘Application and Enrolment Procedure for VET Courses’ to ensure that candidates meet industry requirements.
Offshore International students who wish to apply for this course must meet the following requirements.
In addition, all the applicants are required to have successfully completed an ACSF test and demonstrate competence as working at Level 3 for all indicators to enroll for this qualification (issued within the last 12 months from the time of admission).
It is essential for the student to possess basic computer skills.
Professional Experience Placements (PEP) is a compulsory component of this course and 100% attendance is mandatory. Students must complete all theory and simulation components satisfactorily prior to attending placements.
The Professional Experience Placements will be 5 days a week. Students may be allocated a morning (AM) or afternoon (PM) shifts. Morning shifts usually start at 7 am and evening shifts can finish at 10.30pm. Each shift is 8.5 hours long (including 30 mins meal break).
PEPs are undertaken in partnership with a wide range of placement providers. These providers are located throughout metropolitan, regional and rural areas, and in some cases interstate. Students must consider that they may be required to travel or relocate for the duration of the placement to the facility location. Students must attend as per schedule; no special arrangements or changes will be made on the allocated placements. PEPs may be cancelled without prior notice by the facility.
Additional Requirement for professional experience placement.
While IHNA will work with you to make “reasonable adjustments” in the campus lab and classroom, there are work place practice conditions that occur in the workplace environment that are beyond IHNA’s control.
The physical requirements below are necessary to function in the healthcare facility and/or community setting. Students must be able to perform and complete course objectives and requirements with or without reasonable adjustments. Our courses cater to a range of candidates. The candidates are required to be physically fit to manage tasks.
Skills and abilities that are needed to perform client care to pass the course objectives and requirements are:
If you have a disability or disorder or on any longer medications that will require reasonable adjustments to fulfil these requirements, then please declare in your course application.
Assessment strategies are implemented for collecting evidence and making judgements about whether competency has been achieved by the learner.
The assessments confirm whether an individual can perform to the standards expected in the workplace, as expressed in the relevant endorsed unit of competency.
Assessment tools used include :There are a number of pathways that students can benefit from after studying the CHC33015 – Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Disability), such as:
Successfully completing this course will enable you to work as a:
87,800 persons were employed as Nursing Support and Personal Care Workers in 2015. Job openings over the next 5 years are expected to be greater than 50,000.
Source: Department of Employment. For full details on Practice Managers visit Job Outlook
Information for this occupation (presented as charts and tables), includes employment level and growth.
These data show past and projected (to 2020) employment levels (thousands). Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Department of Employment trend data to November 2015 and Department of Employment projections to 2020.
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Then apply for the CHC33015 – Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Disability) with IHNA.
Before applying for the course, please check the entry requirements for this course.
If you require any assistance, please feel free to contact us on: enquiry@ihna.edu.au or call us on: 1800 2252 83
| Duration : 40 Weeks |
| Volume of Learning : 1 year |
| Amount of Training : 755 hours | AQF Level : 3 | CRICOS Code : 093194D |
| Course Delivery : Face-to-Face |
| Campuses : Melbourne (Heidelberg), Melbourne (CBD), Perth and Sydney |
| Organisation delivering the program : Institute of Health and Nursing Australia (RTO ID: 21985) |
| Organisation issuing certification : Institute of Health and Nursing Australia (RTO ID: 21985) |
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