Are you interested in a job where you get to make people’s lives better each every day? You will embark on a highly rewarding career in Aged Care helping Australia’s seniors live fuller and more independent lives. Learn specialised skills to care for elderly people who, through ill health or disability are unable to care for themselves.
Certificate IV in Ageing Support
Start a rewarding career in aged care with the Certificate IV in Ageing Support. Learn how to assess the needs and plan and conduct recreational programs for seniors.
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Take the next step in your aged care career
Study a qualification that open doors to a range of job opportunities in the aged care industry, whilst giving back to the community.
This qualification builds on the skills and knowledge you would have gained in Certificate III in Individual Support or Certificate III in Aged Care. The units of study are more demanding and provide a deeper understanding of the issues concerning aged clients and service provision for this target group. Graduates will be able to enter the workforce as direct service providers in an agency that provides services to seniors.
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Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)
Launch a lifelong career helping those who have lived a long life.
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Do you want to build a meaningful career caring for our aged members of the community, assisting to enrich quality of life and making a real positive impact in your role on a daily basis?
This course is an entry-level qualification that will make you job ready to become an aged care assistant or care support worker, equipping you with a skillset to provide a high-standard of support to older people and those living with dementia by providing personalised assistance in aged care, residential and community care settings.
Join the community services industry and open yourself up to strong job opportunities in the ever-expanding aged care workforce, where qualified care assistants are highly in demand.
Study in specialised facilities
SM TAFE campuses have training facilities which simulate real-life workplace settings and students can gain hands-on practice developing skills to be workforce ready, using industry specific equipment and following safe work practices. Our Rockingham campus has a state-of-the art purpose-built learning facility for disability home care and aged care, with dedicated areas that emulate rooms in a modified residence or aged care facility.
Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Home and Community)
Launch your career in caring in the home and the community.
Support people that need it the most in a career as an aged care assistant. This course specialises in providing in demand home and community support services and also supports relationships with, a wide range of people, including carers and families.
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Students in community services benefit from sharing information about organisations, initiatives and leading expertise in our Community Services Facebook page.
Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability)
Complete this course and be on your way to a career in disability support.
Do you have a passion for helping people and want to build a career around the commitment of supporting people with disability? This course will give you job ready skills to become a professional disability care worker.
This is your chance to make a real difference in your role, supporting and empowering people with disability to reach their full potential and become more independent, whilst improving overall quality of life of your clients through your working relationship and supporting their participation in the community.
Study in specialised facilities
SM TAFE campuses have training facilities which simulate real-life workplace settings and students can gain hands-on practice developing skills to be workforce ready, using industry specific equipment and following safe work practices. Our Rockingham campus has a state-of-the art purpose-built learning facility for disability home care and aged care, with dedicated areas that emulate rooms in a modified residence or aged care facility.
Infection control Skill Set
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Learn to control COVID-19 related infection for direct care workers
In these unprecedented times, new regulations need aged care and disability workers to manage infection control.
Skills can be applied to specific health and care industry needs such as direct client care, community care, community services, in-home care, disability care, and all work environments where you provide support and care to individuals or groups of people.
Gain these skills
- introduction to infection control
- chain of infection and disease transmission
- breaking the chain of infection
- contamination and cleaning
- hazards, risks, responsibilities and reporting
Maintain your ability to work safely and within government requirements; or, prepare your business for compliance by including your staff in training, raising their capability in ensuring the safety of staff and customers in your workplace.