This qualification opens the door to a rewarding career and builds a solid foundation for your future as a care worker. It offers the skills and understanding required to deliver support and care services to older people in residential, home and community settings. You will learn to work with supervision, to agreed care plans and within organisational guidelines and professional practice frameworks.

CAREER PROSPECTS

• Personal care worker
• Person-centred carer
• Multi-skilled worker
• Assistant in nursing
• Support worker
• Respite worker
• Community care worker

STUDY PATHWAY

After completing the qualification, students may progress to study CHC43115 - Certificate IV in Disability or CHC52015 Diploma of Community Services

Units Of Competency

• CHCCCS015 Provide individualised support
• CHCCCS023 Support independence and wellbeing
• HLTAAP001 Recognise healthy body systems
• CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically
• HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
• CHCCOM005 Communicate and work in health or community services
• CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
• HLTINF001 Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures