Community Services Courses
This is a full list of available courses.
CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)
This qualification addresses work in the community and residential who follow and individualised plan to provide person-centred support.
- carry out activities to maintain personal care and/or other activities of living for people in an aged care setting
- carry out activities related to an individualised plan
This program is a classroom based program conducted over a 3 month period, with attendance 2 day per week and self-directed learning to complete learning and assessment activities or as a traineeship over a 12 month period.
Possible job roles include:
- Accommodation support worker
- Assistant in nursing
- Home care assistant
- In-home respite worker
- Care service employee
- Nursing assistant
- Personal care assistant
- Community care/support worker
- Residential care worker
- Support worker
CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability)
This qualification focuses on how to follow an individualised plan and provide person-centered support to carry out activities to maintain personal care and/or other activities of daily living for people in a disability care setting. This course can be delivered in a flexible program of classroom training and self-paced learning activities and students have up to 12 months to complete the course.
Possible job roles include:
- Support worker
- Assistant in nursing
- Personal care worker
CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Home and Community)
This qualification focuses on how to follow an individualised plan and provide person-centered support to carry out activities to maintain personal care and/or other activities of daily living for people in a home and community care setting. This course can be delivered in a flexible program of classroom training and self-paced learning activities and students have up to 12 months to complete the course.
Possible job roles include:
- Aged care worker
- Assistant in nursing
- Personal care assistant
CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support
This qualification reflects the role of workers in the aged care sector operating in residential settings, clients’ homes and community based environments. Workers will take responsibility to provide services to people with complex care needs, assist in program development and deliver individualised care. This course can be delivered in a flexible program of classroom training and self-paced learning activities and students have up to 12 months to complete the course.
Possible job roles include:
- Assistant in nursing
- Community care worker
- In-home respite worker
- Personal care worker
CHC43115 Certificate IV in Disability
This qualification reflects the role of workers in the disability sector in a range of community settings and clients’ homes. To encourage people with varying disabilities to be independent, participate in the community, support relationships and provide individualised care. This course can be delivered in a flexible program of classroom training and self-paced learning activities and students have up to 12 months to complete the course.
Possible job roles include:
- Disability support worker
- Community care worker
- Residential care officer
- Personal care assistant
CHC43415 Certificate IV in Leisure and Health
This qualification reflects the role of workers participating in the design, implementation and evaluation of leisure, health activities and programs to improve the daily lives of people with varying care needs in residential facilities, community services and day centres, including working with people supported by the NDIS. This course can be delivered in a flexible program of classroom training and self-paced learning activities and students have up to 12 months to complete the course.
Possible job roles include:
- Leisure and therapy assistant
- Assistant in nursing
- Recreational activities officer
The healthcare industry is Australia’s largest and fastest growing industry. This highly important workforce is projected to have the strongest employment growth over any other industry, supported by the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Australia’s increasingly ageing population. Community services positions recorded the strongest growth of all broad occupation groups over the past five years, rising by 21.4% or 234,300 new jobs!
Now more than ever before, Australia is in need of registered nurses, aged and disability care workers, personal care workers, nursing support workers and a whole range of other roles relevant to the community services sector.
Possible roles in this industry:
- Aged care worker
- Disability services worker
- Personal caregiver
- Residential disability support worker
- Respite care worker
- Aged care supervisor
If you’re looking for a new career path or to apply your desire to help people in need, consider a role in a rewarding, people-centric industry like community services today.
Source: Department of Jobs and Small Business, Australian Jobs 2018 Report, 2018.
