This qualification reflects the role of workers in the community and/or 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. 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. To achieve this qualification,
CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support is ideal for those people seeking to gain employment in Residential Aged Care setting and or Home or Community based environment as a team leader.
CHC52015 Diploma of Community Services is ideal for those people seeking to gain employment in Community based environment as welfare support workers, community workers, disabilities services
To achieve this dual qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 120 hours of work in a Residential Aged Care Facility and 100 hours of work in Community Service Organisations.