Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing and Disability)

Welcome to the CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support program.

This program has been developed by the Future Social Services Institute (FSSI), in consultation with industry, experts by experience and alumni.FSSI was formed in 2016 through a strategic collaboration between Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) and RMIT University, backed by funding from the Victorian Government through the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Institute's vision is "A Victorian community supported by thriving Social Services".The program was developed with State Government funding.The goal of the program is to prepare learners for a broad range of potentioal careers and pathways within social services including aged care, family support with the aim of building the NDIS workforce specifically and the sector more generally.

The program provides students with the opportunity to develop skills across both the aged care and disability services sectors whilst at the same time completing Certificate III in Individual Support.The Certificate III in Individual Support qualification reflects the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to ageing, disability or some other reason.

The program also qualifies graduates for home and community care work in clients' homes.

Upon completion, you will be able to demonstrate discretion and judgement in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for own outputs.

You will have a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, as well as some theoretical knowledge of the concepts and practices required to provide person-centred support.You will be required to complete:A minimum of 120 hours of work placement across the duration of the program where you will be supported by RMIT teachers.

Aged Care and disability services placements will be found and booked by RMIT with their industry partners.Employment outcomes for students who have successfully completed the program include:personal care assistant community care worker personal care assistant in-home respite support worker planned activity assistant disability support worker home and community care worker

The program has been designed to utilise three learning environments (online, classroom and the workplace) to provide for a well-balanced student experience.

The program provides a blended learning approach to delivery of the Certificate III in Individual Support and provides a cross-specialisation approach with clusters developed based on 'vocational streams' designed to meet support work performance capabilities.

There are four vocational clusters. Each cluster is designed to be delivered over 10 weeks. The learning materials include a range of resources for online self-paced learning, classroom training and work placement.

Resources have been developed to cater for the needs of a pre-service target audience including:

• early school leavers
• students from a low socio-economic background
• second language learners

Program Scheduling

This program is divided into four clusters, each of 10 weeks duration that comprise of the following:

• industry derived short courses
• Greendale Community (a virtual workplace)
• classroom training
• work placement

The program schedule includes:

• online self-paced learning resources
• face to face classroom based learning including virtual and augmented reality
• workplace based learning and assessment

Pleae note the program has been desinged around the followoing:

• participants are required to attend three days per week
• classes run fro 5.5 hours per day

Learning content and activities have been developed to prepare students to undertake the assessment tasks with each cluster. Students are given opportunities to learn the content as well as build their digital literacy and technical skills using the LMS (Learning Managment System). Skills are practiced both in the classroom and in the workplace to build mastery.

Content has been provided throughout to support bith the disability and aged care contexts to offer an approriate balance between the two specialisations.

Clustering has been used to minimise the duplication inherent in delivering individual units of competency from the Certificate III in Individual Support.

Where information is repeated with the clusters, specific service context is provided to ensure that the learning continues to be relevant and engaging.

C3402 Courses

C3402 Core Units - Select ALL Seven (7) Courses

C3402 Group A Ageing Specialisation Elective Units - Select Three (3) Courses

C3402 Group B Disability Specialisation Elective Units - Select Four (4) Courses

C3402 Credit Transfer Units ONLY. Select from if required:

There are no minimum entry requirements.

Selection task for scholarships

You must complete the survey application for at http://www.futuresocial.org/learn/apply-for-a-student-scholarship/ and include with your application a statement of your interest and experience. You should include details on your intended career path and the personal strengths and attributes you will bring to the program.

You may also apply via a direct appliction link provided by one of our industry partners.

Note: You must have a valid Police Check before going on placement and this is provided by FSSI as part of the scholarship provided.

The program is subsidised by Skills Victoria and you need to be eligible for a government subsidised place

You can check eligibility at this link

https://www.skills.vic.gov.au/victorianskillsgateway/Students/Pages/vtg-eligibility-indicator.aspx

To be eligible for a government subsidised place, you must meet the Victorian State Government eligibility criteria, which includes location, citizenship, age and education history, as outlined below.

This nationally recognised Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification delivers competency-based training and assessment, designed to help you develop the skills and knowledge (competency) needed to perform effectively in the work you are training for. Competency-based assessment allows you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to complete workplace activities, safely and consistently, at the standard required in your job, in a range of situations and environments. This could involve showing an assessor how you plan and carry out tasks while explaining what you know about the task and the relevant work environment. It could also involve completing a project and reporting on the both the process and outcomes.

If you are working, your work supervisor may provide the assessor with a report on the skills and knowledge you have demonstrated.

If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (e.g. through prior paid or voluntary work experience), you can be assessed and have these skills and knowledge formally recognised. This process is called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). There is information on the RMIT website about how to apply for RPL

- refer to https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/enrolment/apply-for-credit