14 Jul Certificate IV in Ageing Support CHC43015
What is Certificate IV in Ageing Support?
- Accommodation support worker
- Hostel supervisor
- Assistant hostel supervisor
- Personal care worker
- Care supervisor
- Program coordinator – social programs
- Care team leader
- Residential care worker
- Day activity worker
- Support worker
Do I need any previous training or experience?
Language, Literacy and Numeracy
How is the training delivered?
To be successful in the course you must finish 18 subjects called Units of Competency (UOC). There are 15 core units and 3 elective units.
Core units (15)
CHCADV001 – Facilitate the interests and rights of clients
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist clients to identify their rights, voice their needs and concerns and realise their interests, rights and needs.
CHCAGE001 – Facilitate the empowerment of older people
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to respond to the goals and aspirations of older people and provide support services in a manner that focuses on improving health outcomes and quality of life, using a person-centred approach.
CHCAGE003 – Coordinate services for older people
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge to provide services to an older person. It involves following and contributing to an established individual plan.
CHCAGE004 – Implement interventions with older people at risk
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work in partnership with older people and their carers to implement interventions in the context of an individualised plan to reduce risk.
CHCAGE005 – Provide support to people living with dementia
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide person-centred care and support to people living with dementia. It involves following and contributing to an established individual plan.
CHCCCS006 – Facilitate individual service planning and delivery
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the development, implementation and review of individualised support.
CHCCCS011 – Meet personal support needs
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to determine and respond to an individual’s physical personal support needs and to support activities of daily living.
CHCCCS023 – Support independence and well being
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide individualised services in ways that support independence, as well as physical and emotional wellbeing.
CHCCCS025 – Support relationships with carers and families
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work positively with the carers and families of people using the service based on an understanding of their support needs.
CHCDIV001 – Work with diverse people
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work respectfully with people from diverse social and cultural groups and situations, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
CHCLEG003 – Manage legal and ethical compliance
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to research information about compliance and ethical practice responsibilities, and then develop and monitor policies and procedures to meet those responsibilities.
CHCPAL001 – Deliver care services using a palliative approach
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to care for people with life-threatening or life-limiting illness and/or normal ageing process within a palliative approach.
CHCPRP001 – Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify networking and collaboration needs and develop formal and informal partnerships to enhance service delivery and improve professional practice.
HLTAAP001 – Recognise healthy body systems
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work with basic information about the human body and to recognise and promote ways to maintain healthy functioning of the body.
HLTWHS002 – Follow safe work practices for direct client care
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for a worker to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others in work environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining safety of the worker, the people being supported and other community members.
Elective units (3)
The three elective units must be chosen from the following;
HLTAID003 – Provide first aid
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to a casualty. The unit applies to all workers who may be required to provide a first aid response in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
HLTHPS006 – Assist clients with medication
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare for and provide medication assistance, and complete medication documentation. It also involves supporting a client to self-administer medication.
HLTHPS007 – Administer and monitor medications
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to administer medications to people and monitor them, as per the delegation from a relevant health professional, in accordance with legislation and the employing organisation’s medication and delegation policies and practice.
CHCCCS021 – Respond to suspected abuse
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify signs of possible abuse, take appropriate action according to role and responsibilities and minimise the risk of abuse to a person.
CHCDIS004 – Communicate using augmentative and alternative communication strategies
- This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to communicate with people who have complex communication needs through effective use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) strategies and systems.
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