This course provides skills to work with clients in their own homes or in community settings, within organisational policies, guidelines and service delivery plans.
Below is a list of all units that TAFE SA can offer in this qualification.
The selection of units you will be enrolled into depends on the campus you attend, and the qualification packaging rules described on www.training.gov.au.
Not all units listed below must necessarily be completed to achieve your qualification.
Core
| Name | Nominal Hours | Subject Code | National Code |
|---|
| Communicate and work in health or community services | 30 | CABES | CHCCOM005 |
| Follow safe work practices for direct client care | 25 | HAAMM | HLTWHS002 |
| Provide individualised support | 30 | CABKA | CHCCCS015 |
| Recognise healthy body systems | 70 | HAALH | HLTAAP001 |
| Support independence and wellbeing | 80 | CABKB | CHCCCS023 |
| Work legally and ethically | 55 | CABDR | CHCLEG001 |
| Work with diverse people | 40 | CABDM | CHCDIV001 |
Elective
| Name | Nominal Hours | Subject Code | National Code |
|---|
| Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures | 25 | HAALD | HLTINF001 |
| Facilitate the empowerment of older people | 50 | CABGX | CHCAGE001 |
| Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability | 100 | CABKH | CHCDIS007 |
| Follow basic food safety practices | 30 | HAAPX | HLTFSE001 |
| Implement falls prevention strategies | 40 | CABHX | CHCAGE002 |
| Meet personal support needs | 60 | CABHZ | CHCCCS011 |
| Provide first aid | 18 | AAFHP | HLTAID003 |
| Provide home and community support services | 50 | CABKK | CHCHCS001 |
| Provide support to people living with dementia | 65 | CABHY | CHCAGE005 |
| Support community participation and social inclusion | 60 | CABKG | CHCDIS003 |
| Support relationships with carers and families | 70 | CABKD | CHCCCS025 |
Employment Outcomes
Community support worker, personal care worker, home care worker, home care assistant, care assistant, in-home respite worker, community care worker, accommodation support worker, personal care assistant, carer, residential care worker.
Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.
Qualifications & Skills Covered
Certificate III in Individual Support (Home and Community)
(CHC33015)
Skills covered include independence and wellbeing, communication, working with diverse people, legal and ethical requirements, healthy body systems and safe work practices. To complete the qualification you are required to complete all 7 core units and 6 elective units plus you must have completed at least 120 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of the units of competency.
Note: Students who successfully complete only one or more units of competency but not the full Qualification are eligible to receive a Statement of Attainment.
The TAFE SA qualification is subsidised through the Government of South Australia's WorkReady initiative.
To access subsidised training through WorkReady, your suitability to complete the qualification will be assessed. This may include participation in a Language, Literacy and Numeracy pre-assessment.
This course is funded through the Government of South Australia's WorkReady initiative. To find out if you may be eligible for
this funding please visit the TAFE SA website.
There may be incidental fees for additional expenses to those required to complete the course. For example for equipment,
transport or accommodation.
To help with the payment of your fees, you may be able to pay your fees by instalments. To find out more please visit:
www.tafesa.edu.au/fbi
You may also be eligible for a fee concession if you hold a current:
- Health Care Card
- Pensioner Concession Card
- Veterans Affairs Card
or if you are a prisoner in a South Australian correctional institution.
To find out more please visit: www.tafesa.edu.au/concession