One person caring about another represents life’s most significant valueJim Rhon
Welcome to CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability).
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.
Please note, if you are working with older people with disabilities, you will need to be aware of the following information.
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.
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
- Community Support Assistant
- In-home carer
- Community Care Worker
- Support Worker
- Home care support workers
- Personal support worker
- And so much more!
