This qualification reflects the role of support workers who complete specialised tasks and functions in aged services; either in residential, home or community-based environments. Workers will take responsibility for their own outputs within defined organisation guidelines and maintain quality service delivery through the development, facilitation and review of individualised service planning and delivery.
Workers may be required to demonstrate leadership and have limited responsibility for the organisation and the quantity and quality of outputs of others within limited parameters.
To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 120 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of the units of competency.
George Brown College has the following entry requirements. International students must:
*Note: Other English language tests such as PTE and TOEFL can be accepted. Students are required to provide their results so that it can be confirmed they are equivalent to IELTS 6.0.
These entry requirements will be confirmed through information collected on the enrolment form.
As an aged care worker, you can choose to work in residential, home or community-based environments. Aged care worker job positions include, but are not limited to:
Assessment may include the following methodologies:
Vocational
Tuition
20 hours/week
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face & Virtual
Duration
52 weeks
Study
4 terms of 10 weeks
Break
after each term, break of 3 weeks
Please refer to Application for Enrolment for your future intake dates
This qualification reflects the role of community services workers involved in the delivery, management and coordination of person-centered services to individuals, groups, and communities.
At this level, workers have specialized skills in community services and work autonomously within their scope of practice under broad directions from senior management.
Workers support people to make change in their lives to improve personal and social wellbeing and may also have responsibility for the supervision of other workers and volunteers. They may also undertake case management and program coordination.
To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 200 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency. George Brown college decides these hours to be 480 hours over 2 terms within the course duration.
The skills in this qualification must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Although there are no pre-requisites for this qualification, students at George Brown College must meet the following entry requirements to obtain admission in this training product:
All applications from international students will be assessed against the following criteria:
Students will specialize in Case Management stream, learning to:
Potential career outcomes as a:
Assessment may include the following methodologies:
Vocational
Tuition
20 hours/week
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face & Virtual
Duration
104 weeks
Study
8 terms of 10 weeks
Break
after each term, break of 3 weeks
Please refer to Application for Enrolment for your future intake dates