CHC43015
Certificate IV in Ageing Support
Empower the elderly of Australia.
CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support
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Start Date
Rolling Enrolment
Duration
6 - 9 Months
Delivery Method
Online
Units
18
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Rolling Enrolment
Course Duration
6 - 9 Months
Delivery Method
Online
Work Placement
120 Hours
Pre-Requisites
N/A
There’s an increasing need for workers to support elderly people with complex requirements in their own homes and aged care facilities.
The CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to work in residential aged care facilities, community care, nursing homes, disability services, community-based organisations and even hospitals.
This nationally recognised CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support qualification is ideal for those seeking to improve their practical skills to administer to patients and clients in the aged care sector.
Why TrainSmart?
- Top Quality Trainer Support
- Affordable Payment Options
- Government Subsidies Available
Course Overview
Study the Certificate IV in Ageing Support
TrainSmart Australia offers both core and elective units related to the aged care industry. During this aged care course, you will learn the rights of elderly people, coordinate various services, learn skills and techniques to empower the elderly, the palliative care approach, assessing healthy body systems, provide loss and grief support and much more. You’ll also be required to undertake 120 hours of work placement – we have a work placement officer who will work you to arrange these placement programs.
Upon successful completion of this CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support course, you can be eligible to apply for roles within a diverse range of aged care settings and facilities.
If you’d like to jump into a career where job prospects are strong and secure – where you can assist and help elderly people – download the CHC32015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support brochure to find out more information about this course.
Is the Certificate IV in Ageing Support for you?
If you have a interest in working in aged care, then this course would be perfect for you!
What will you learn in the Certificate IV in Ageing Support?
Our CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support course covers a range of material and skills including The Rights of Clients, Coordinating Services, Empowering the Elderly, Relationships with Families, Palliative Approach, Healthy Body Systems, Loss and Grief Support, Direct Client Care and more.
How will you study the Certificate IV in Ageing Support?
The course is delivered face to face, meaning you will attend mandatory workshops to put the theory you have learned into practice through simulated exercises.
As part of this course, you must complete 120 hours of work placement. You’ll study 18 units and be expected to complete assessments.
You will receive guidance throughout the course and will be allocated your own Allied Health trainer who will be able to support you.
How long is the Certificate IV in Ageing Support?
This aged care course is 6 – 9 months long.
entry Requirements
TrainSmart Australia will assess a student’s ‘academic suitability’ to ensure the student has the best chance of success. This is determined by either:
- The student providing TrainSmart Australia with a copy of an Australian year 12 certificate;Â or,
- The student providing TrainSmart Australia with a copy of a completed Certificate qualification that can be verified; or,
- For entry into a Certificate III – A Certificate II or higher;
- For entry into a Certificate IV – A Certificate III or higher;
- The student completing the Core Skills Profile for Adults online assessment passing at or above Exit Level 3 in the Australian Core Skills Framework in both reading and numeracy.
You may be required to complete a Bridging Course if you do not meet the above academic suitability criteria or at the request of our career advisory team.
Please note, we are unable to enrol international students at this time.Â
Modules
This qualification is made up of the following units of competency. All units of competency must be completed in order to successfully attain the CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support.
The CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support is broken up into the following Modules.
Click each module title to learn more about the units within each module.
Module 1: Ageing Support Essentials Part 1
Manage personal stressors in the work environment
HLTWHS006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain health and wellbeing by preventing and managing personal stress. This unit applies to work in a range of health and community services settings, in particular work roles that operate in high stress situations and circumstances.
Follow safe work practices for direct client care
HLTWHS002
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. This unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, in both centre-based and home-based service provision.
Work with diverse people
CHCDIV001
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.
Facilitate the interests and rights of clients
CHCADV001
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. This unit applies to workers of all levels in a range of health or community services settings who provide services using a human rights based approach and have direct interaction with clients.
Recognise and respond to crisis situations
CHCCCS019
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise situations where people may be in imminent crisis, and then to work collaboratively to minimise any safety concerns and make plans to access required support services. This unit applies to any community services worker involved in crisis intervention. Management of the crisis may involve face-to-face, telephone or remote contact with persons involved.
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
CHCDIV002
The unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety issues in the workplace, model cultural safety in own work practice, and develop strategies to enhance cultural safety. This unit applies to people working in a broad range of roles including those involved in direct client service, program planning, development and evaluation contexts.
Module 2: Ageing Support Essentials Part 2
Manage legal and ethical compliance
CHCLEG003
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. This unit applies to people working in roles with managerial responsibility for legal and ethical compliance in small to medium sized organisations. There may or may not be a team of workers involved.
Recognise healthy body systems
HLTAAP001
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. This unit applies to any worker who needs to use and interpret information that includes references to client anatomy and physiology.
Meet personal support needs
CHCCCS011
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. This unit applies to workers who provide support to people according to an established individualised plan in any community services context. Work performed requires some discretion and judgement and may be carried out under regular direct or indirect supervision.
Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships
CHCPRP001
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. This unit applies to work in all industry sectors, and to individuals who take pro-active responsibility for improving collaboration between workers and organisations.
Facilitate individual service planning and delivery
CHCCCS006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the development, implementation and review of individualised support. This unit applies to workers in a range of community services and service delivery contexts. Work will involve collaborating with the person requiring support and other people involved in the support network. Service needs may be complex or multiple.
Support relationships with carers and families
CHCCCS025
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. This unit applies to workers across a range of community services contexts.
Module 3: Ageing Support Essentials Part 3
Facilitate the empowerment of older people
CHCAGE001
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. This unit applies to support workers in residential or community contexts.
Coordinate services for older people
CHCAGE003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to provide services to an older person. It involves following and contributing to an established individual plan. This unit applies to workers in a residential or community context, or those in personal care or support services that work with older people. Work performed requires some discretion and judgement and is carried out under regular direct or indirect supervision.
Implement interventions with older people at risk
CHCAGE004
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. This unit applies to support workers in a residential or community context. Work performed requires a range of well developed skills where some discretion and judgement is required. Workers will take responsibility for their own outputs under direct or indirect supervision.
Provide support to people living with dementia
CHCAGE005
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. This unit applies to workers in a residential or community context, including family homes. Work performed requires some discretion and judgement and may be carried out under regular direct or indirect supervision.
Support independence and wellbeing
CHCCCS023
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide individualised services in ways that support independence, as well as, physical and emotional wellbeing. This unit applies to workers in a range of community services contexts who provide frontline support services within the context of an established individualised plan.
Deliver care services using a palliative approach
CHCPAL001
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. This unit applies to workers in a residential or community context. Work performed requires some discretion and judgement and is carried out under regular direct or indirect supervision.
Modules
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This qualification is made up of the following units of competency. All units of competency must be completed in order to successfully attain the CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support.
The CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support is broken up into the following Modules.
- Module 1: Ageing Support Essentials Part 1
- Module 2: Ageing Support Essentials Part 2
- Module 3: Ageing Support Essentials Part 3
Module 1: Ageing Support Essentials Part 1
Manage personal stressors in the work environment
HLTWHS006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain health and wellbeing by preventing and managing personal stress. This unit applies to work in a range of health and community services settings, in particular work roles that operate in high stress situations and circumstances.
Follow safe work practices for direct client care
HLTWHS002
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. This unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, in both centre-based and home-based service provision.
Work with diverse people
CHCDIV001
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.
Facilitate the interests and rights of clients
CHCADV001
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. This unit applies to workers of all levels in a range of health or community services settings who provide services using a human rights based approach and have direct interaction with clients.
Recognise and respond to crisis situations
CHCCCS019
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise situations where people may be in imminent crisis, and then to work collaboratively to minimise any safety concerns and make plans to access required support services. This unit applies to any community services worker involved in crisis intervention. Management of the crisis may involve face-to-face, telephone or remote contact with persons involved.
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
CHCDIV002
The unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety issues in the workplace, model cultural safety in own work practice, and develop strategies to enhance cultural safety. This unit applies to people working in a broad range of roles including those involved in direct client service, program planning, development and evaluation contexts.
Module 2: Ageing Support Essentials Part 2
Manage legal and ethical compliance
CHCLEG003
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. This unit applies to people working in roles with managerial responsibility for legal and ethical compliance in small to medium sized organisations. There may or may not be a team of workers involved.
Recognise healthy body systems
HLTAAP001
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. This unit applies to any worker who needs to use and interpret information that includes references to client anatomy and physiology.
Meet personal support needs
CHCCCS011
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. This unit applies to workers who provide support to people according to an established individualised plan in any community services context. Work performed requires some discretion and judgement and may be carried out under regular direct or indirect supervision.
Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships
CHCPRP001
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. This unit applies to work in all industry sectors, and to individuals who take pro-active responsibility for improving collaboration between workers and organisations.
Facilitate individual service planning and delivery
CHCCCS006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the development, implementation and review of individualised support. This unit applies to workers in a range of community services and service delivery contexts. Work will involve collaborating with the person requiring support and other people involved in the support network. Service needs may be complex or multiple.
Support relationships with carers and families
CHCCCS025
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. This unit applies to workers across a range of community services contexts.
Module 3: Ageing Support Essentials Part 3
Facilitate the empowerment of older people
CHCAGE001
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. This unit applies to support workers in residential or community contexts.
Coordinate services for older people
CHCAGE003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to provide services to an older person. It involves following and contributing to an established individual plan. This unit applies to workers in a residential or community context, or those in personal care or support services that work with older people. Work performed requires some discretion and judgement and is carried out under regular direct or indirect supervision.
Implement interventions with older people at risk
CHCAGE004
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. This unit applies to support workers in a residential or community context. Work performed requires a range of well developed skills where some discretion and judgement is required. Workers will take responsibility for their own outputs under direct or indirect supervision.
Provide support to people living with dementia
CHCAGE005
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. This unit applies to workers in a residential or community context, including family homes. Work performed requires some discretion and judgement and may be carried out under regular direct or indirect supervision.
Support independence and wellbeing
CHCCCS023
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide individualised services in ways that support independence, as well as, physical and emotional wellbeing. This unit applies to workers in a range of community services contexts who provide frontline support services within the context of an established individualised plan.
Deliver care services using a palliative approach
CHCPAL001
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. This unit applies to workers in a residential or community context. Work performed requires some discretion and judgement and is carried out under regular direct or indirect supervision.
Job Outcomes
Certificate IV in Ageing Support Career Opportunities
Our CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support course can lead you into a number of career opportunities within the aged and community care sector. Job titles include;
- Personal Care Worker
- Respite Worker
- Community Care Worker
- Liaison Officer
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Units of competency
CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support
This qualification is made up of the following units of competency. All units of competency must be completed in order to successfully attain the CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support.
The CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support is broken up into the following Modules;
Module 1: Ageing Support Essentials Part 1
HLTWHS006 Manage personal stressors in the work environment
HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
CHCADV001 Facilitate the interests and rights of clients
CHCCCS019 Recognise and respond to crisis situations
CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Module 2: Ageing Support Essentials Part 2
CHCLEG003 Manage legal and ethical compliance
HLTAAP001 Recognise healthy body systems
CHCCCS011 Meet personal support needs
CHCPRP001 Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships
CHCCCS006 Facilitate individual service planning and delivery
CHCCCS025 Support relationships with carers and families
Module 3: Ageing Support Essentials Part 3
CHCAGE001 Facilitate the empowerment of older people
CHCAGE003 Coordinate services for older people
CHCAGE004 Implement interventions with older people at risk
CHCAGE005 Provide support to people living with dementia
CHCCCS023 Support independence and wellbeing
CHCPAL001 Deliver care services using a palliative approach
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* Please note, course Units of Competency are subject to change. These units are valid only on the date of printing.
