Certificate III in Individual Support

Become an aged care/support worker, and learn the skills to provide aged, disability and other support to people in the community and/or residential settings.

You will start your career ahead of other graduates, with the 'Assist with medications' and depending on your stream, safe food handling skills, required by most employers in the health sector.

Our teachers are experienced registered nurses, who all have current industry experience and will train you to be work ready as a health support worker, or to take the next step into a nursing qualification.If your goal is to continue your studies, this program will give you a pathway with credit into our Diploma of Nursing.

You will gain the academic background and support to succeed in studies to become an Enrolled Nurse, which in turn, will open the opportunity to continue study in the Bachelor of Nursing.

Whichever pathway you choose, our strong relationships with public and private health care providers across Western Victoria will set you up to start a career which can take you as far as you want to go.You can study this program as a traineeship or as an on-campus program.

Note that traineeship eligibility requires that you are employed as a trainee within the Health sector, and that you and your employer are able to enter into a training agreement.Information Webinar at 7.00pm Tuesday 13th October 2020.Find out more about Federation TAFE's Health programs by joining us for our Nursing &

Individual Support (Aged Care) Information Webinar at 7.00pm Tuesday 13th October 2020.Federation TAFE is offering students across the wider Ballarat, Horsham and Ararat areas the opportunity to attend Federation TAFE’s a Diploma of Nursing (HLT54115) and Certificate III Individual Support Aged Care (CHC33015) Information Webinar.The Webinar Information Session will be hosted in Microsoft Teams and will discuss study options commencing in 2021 and how to apply.

Register Now!Once registered you will receive webinar details and directions on how to join.

For further information please email:

TAFE.Marketing@federation.edu.au

The course content below provides all possible units related to the course. If the course has various streams, the units you are required to study will depend on your chosen stream.

PROVIDE INDIVIDUALISED SUPPORT CHCCCS015

SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE AND WELLBEING CHCCCS023

COMMUNICATE AND WORK IN HEALTH OR COMMUNITY SERVICES CHCCOM005

WORK WITH DIVERSE PEOPLE CHCDIV001

WORK LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY CHCLEG001

RECOGNISE HEALTHY BODY SYSTEMS HLTAAP001

FOLLOW SAFE WORK PRACTICES FOR DIRECT CLIENT CARE HLTWHS002

FACILITATE THE EMPOWERMENT OF OLDER PEOPLE CHCAGE001

PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA CHCAGE005

PROVIDE FOOD SERVICES CHCAGE006

MEET PERSONAL SUPPORT NEEDS CHCCCS011

SUPPORT RELATIONSHIPS WITH CARERS AND FAMILIES CHCCCS025

PROVIDE HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES CHCHCS001

PROVIDE FIRST AID HLTAID003

ASSIST CLIENTS WITH MEDICATION HLTHPS006

Entry requirements (year 12)

Extra Requirements

All applicants are required to undertake a literacy and numeracy assessment test

• Attend an interview
• Police check
• Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• Immunisations according to health industry requirements for the health care workforce

Please note the police check and Working With Children Check (WWCC) will be at your own expense (it is advised that prospective students start the processing of these early)