Certificate III in Individual Support

This qualification reflects the role of workers in the community andor 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.

Care for people needing support with a Certificate III in Individual Support. This course prepares students to provide individualised support in working roles. 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.

This course is available with either a Disability or Aged Care specialisation. There is a minimum of 15 supervised scheduled face to face course contact hours on campus per week as well as 5 distance online education hours per week. This comes to a total of 20 hours per week, which includes the work placement hours. Students are also required to undertake reading, activities, research, assessments and homework. This course requires a minimum of 120 hours practical placement to be completed over the period of the qualification. Placement must occur for the full duration of the study in the qualification. Support can be given upon request.

Minimum age of 18 years or turning 18 years old prior to commencement of the course

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Year 11 Australian Senior High School Certificate, or equivalent (e.g. completion of Year 12 or High School in the students home country) with full academic results.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Upper-Intermediate English (equivalent to 5.5 academic or general IELTS) or successful completion of college LLN Test

REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION

Photo ID and evidence of citizenship (international students must provide copy of passport)

COMPUTER SKILLS & EQUIPMENT

Students on this course require computer access for learning purposes and to complete course assessments. As such, learners must have beginner/intermediate computing skills including use of Microsoft Office programmes, in addition to hardware requirements of a desktop or portable computer with keyboard, pointing device, speaker, web camera and microphone, and a broadband internet connection.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Applicants for this course must be able to make themselves available to undertake the industry placement that forms part of the training and assessment activity. Students must be fully vaccinated against COVID19 prior to undertaking placement. Specific Updates to English Language Requirements for Student Visas: General Student Visa: The minimum IELTS score has increased from 5.5 to 6 (or equivalent). Packaged ELICOS: The minimum IELTS score to undertake a packaged English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) program has increased from 4.5 to 5.0.