One person caring about another represents life’s most significant valueJim Rhon
Welcome to CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support
This course will allow you to work as a Personal Care Assistant in various environments within the community. The course will educate you in the world of individualized person-centred support and teach you a wide array of skills and abilities that will build your character, your confidence and ignite the existing passion you already have, to care and support vulnerable people.
This course will enable you to learn skills and communication techniques to ensure that you are capable and suited to enter the care industry and be ready to make a real, lasting change in your community and in your clients’ lives.
Important notice
From 1 July 2024, the residential aged care system changed to give older people more control of their choices. In addition, the government is building a new Aged Care Act which will replace the:
- Aged Care Act 1997
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 and
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018.
The new Act aims to improve the ways services are delivered to older people in their homes, community settings and approved residential aged care homes. It will lead to fundamental changes in the aged care sector that includes:
For more information about this please, click here to be directed over to the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care Website.
Thank you for starting the journey to becoming a personal care assistant in a highly rewarding and compassionately fulfilling industry.
Improving the quality of life of elderly has shown significant improvement in both the health and longevity of our community. Within this qualification you will learn the important considerations in how to operate in a person-centred approach, how to recognise where there are possible health declines, and celebrate the lives of people utilising the aged care facilities.
This qualification reflects the role of workers primarily in residential settings who provide support our ageing population. Individuals within this qualification will need to use discretion and judgement, take accountability for their outputs, and be aware of the hierarchy of reporting.
To achieve this qualification, you will need to complete 120 hours of work placement and take on board a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, some theoretical knowledge, have reading, writing and reasoning skills to correctly comprehend and action individual support plans to provide well-rounded care.
Choosing to work in this industry is one of the most satisfying decisions you will make.
Being a part of the care industry is an exceptional part of the community and will allow you to work across a range of varying locations and with different clients. You will be there to support and care for your clients through specific times or for generalized home and community-based care or a combination of both. A day working in this sector is never boring and never the same!
Just some of the fields you may work in include:
- Care Assistant
- Disability support worker
- Aged Care facility care worker
- Retirement home and villages
- Respite care
- Community Support Assistant
- In-home carer
- Community Care Worker
- Support Worker
- Home care support workers
- Personal support worker
- And so much more!
