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Provide Individual Support Skill Set (Fee Free)

  • Non-Award

Your first step to a caring career. Many individuals require support services to help them live an independent and fulfilling life - including people with physical or intellectual disability, older people, and vulnerable members of the community.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Duration
9 weeks full-time
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Jul

About this course

Your first step to a caring career.

Many individuals require support services to help them live an independent and fulfilling life - including people with physical or intellectual disability, older people, and vulnerable members of the community.

This is highly rewarding work, but employers look for people who are job ready with basic skills and knowledge for entry level roles in one-on-one or group support settings, or for administrative role in a care facility. With the Provide Individual Support skill set, that will be you!

You'll learn about following a client's individual care or support plan to meet their personal support needs, how to comply with personal hygiene standards, maintain food safety, contribute to the cleanliness of food handling areas and dispose of food appropriately, prepare for and provide medication assistance and complete medication documentation, supporting a client to self-administer medication, safe work practices for the health and safety of yourself and your clients, and how to recognise potentially hazardous manual tasks and complete those tasks in a safe manner.

Further study pathways

This skill set provides a pathway to further study in the following Lower fees, local skills half-price course fees qualifications.

  • Certificate III in Individual Support
  • Certificate II in Introduction to Disability Care (Disability pre-traineeship)
  • Certificate II in introduction to Aged Care (Aged care pre-traineeship)
  • Certificate IV in Mental Health
  • Certificate II in Health Support Services
  • Certificate IV in Youth Work
  • Certificate IV in Disability

Other qualifications for further study include the following.

  • Certificate IV in Ageing Support
  • Certificate III in Individual Support (Community care)
  • Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability work)
Certification

Upon successful completion you will receive a Statement of Attainment

Fees

This course is free for eligible students (see below). If you are not eligible please visit the fee paying course page to enrol.

Study locations

Geraldton

Kalgoorlie

Carnarvon

Northam

How to apply

On Campus (Full-Time or Part-Time)
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Apprenticeships and Traineeships
For apprenticeships and traineeships, you must be employed in a training contract by an appropriate organisation to study. Find out more here.
International Students
International students please visit www.tafeinternational.wa.edu.au
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