CHC40102 - Certificate IV in Aged Care Work

Enhance your career in Aged Care working with elderly people.

Course Objectives

The CHC40102 — Certificate in Aged Care Work course is designed to equip you to provide physical and social support to elderly individuals and people with a psychological disability in hostels, group homes and community settings. With a strong practical focus, you will be taught the basic skills required in such a career, including:

• How to communicate appropriately with clients and colleagues,
• How to deliver the best service to your clients, and
• How to support group activities.

Undertaking this course will also allow you to specialise in areas such as providing care and support to aged people with disabilities.

This training is based on the National Community Services/Aged Care competency Standards and reflects nationally endorsed industry requirements.

Career Opportunities

This course provides training for aged care workers in hostels, nursing homes, group homes, private homes, labour market programs for the aged and health related programs for the aged.

We are being invited to place students in hospital environments and they are being employed in hospitals to provide personal care for patients in acute medical/surgical wards and in palliative care situations. This certificate enables people to gain employment in Home and Community Care funded agencies who have frail aged and younger people with disabilities in their client group.

Course Content / Structure

There are fourteen units of competency which make up a CHC40102 — Certificate IV in Aged Care Work. Competency is required in all 14 units. There are eleven compulsory units and three electives*.

Code	Module Name
CHCAC12C	Provide services to an older person with complex needs
CHCOHS401A	Implement and monitor OHS policies and procedures for a workplace
CHCAC7C	Plan and monitor service delivery plans
CHC0RG5B	Maintain an effective work environment
CHCCS2C	Deliver and develop client services
CHCCS301A	Work within a legal and ethical framework
CHCAC6C	Support the older person to meet their emotional and psychological needs
CHCGROUP3C	Plan and conduct group activities
CHCADMIN3B	Undertake administrative work
CHCINF2B	Maintain organisation's information systems
CHCCOM3C	Utilise specialist communication skills to build strong relationships
Elective Units
HLTFA1A*	Apply Basic First Aid
CHCAC15A*	Provide care support which is responsive to the specific nature of dementia
HLTFA2A*	Apply advanced first aid

Industry Placement

An industry placement of approximately 200 hours will be undertaken during the course. The course coordinator will arrange the location, time and duration of the placement.

Assessment Methods

This course includes 14 written assessments that you complete as part of your course work and then forward to your tutor. Once your tutor has marked and graded your work they will send it back to you with their comments. Workplace assessments are also included as part of your course.

Competencies will be assessed based on your workplace demonstration of skills and knowledge, written assessments and classroom activities.

Workplace Assessment

Workplace training gives students the opportunity to develop practical job skills, such as interacting with people in a professional environment, developing communication skills, as well as an insight into particular job roles and responsibilities. Overall, students have found workplace training enhanced their chances of getting a job and succeeding at it.

As a mandatory part of this course, students are required to seek workplace training. Workplace training and assessment is the gathering and evaluation of evidence during normal work activities in order to determine whether a required element within a competency has been achieved. Workplace assessment will entail a combination of recognition, observation, questioning, discussion and third party validation.

Following this, all students are required to provide a signed Pre-Assessment Interview form, Workplace Assessment form, Record of Outcome form and also the Workplace Agreement form to verify they have successfully demonstrated the practical components of each of the required competency outcomes. A qualified manager/supervisor must sign the forms as validation.

Selection Criteria

Students interested must hold a CHC30102 - Certificate III in Aged Care Work unless students can demonstrate previous aged care work experience of a minimum 2 years and have a strong interest in the work required. This course is an upgrade from a CHC30102 - Certificate III in Aged Care Work.

Skills Recognition — Exemptions/Transfers

Students may be eligible for exemptions/transfers on the basis of previous qualifications.

Further Study Links

Participants successfully completing this course may apply for entry into Certificate IV in Health (Nursing), or Bachelor of Nursing.

Course Delivery Options

Six month full-time classroom delivery and clinical mode. A distance program is also available for qualified industry staff with a CHC30102 - Certificate III in Aged Care Work.

Fees and Charges

A non refundable student administration fee of A$300 has been included into all course costs. (Fees and concessions are subject to change and you should always contact the Student Administrator to confirm fee details). You may be eligible for fee assistance or other forms of Funding and Incentives — please contact Centrelink or your Job Network provider.

Qualification

As part of the Australian Qualifications Framework this program is nationally recognised. On successful completion students will be awarded the Certificate IV in Aged Care Work.