Ages Care

This 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.

Work involves using discretion and judgement in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for own outputs. Workers 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.

To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 120 hours of work in a residential or community aged care setting.

What you'll learn:

• Supporting independence and well-being of clients.
• Understanding regulatory requirements in care practice.
• Working in health and community services.
• Infection control in the care setting.
• Providing first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation