Ageing, Home and Community and Disability Support Courses

If You Care You Can

The community services industry needs people just like YOU!  By completing training in individual support, you open the door to a wide variety of jobs.

Growing Demand

There is a high demand for workers in Aged, Home and Community and Disability support, and this demand is growing every day.
From Productivity Commission Report 2011

• The demand for aged care workers is expected to significantly increase over the next 40 years as a result of the increasing number of older Australians requiring care and support and a decline in the relative availability of informal carers.

• The supply of workers is problematic. The formal aged care system currently faces difficulties in attracting and retaining workers. These difficulties are expected to intensify due to increasing competition for workers as the overall labour market tightens in response to population ageing.

Flexible Hours

If you prefer flexible hours, this is the job for you!  Support Workers are required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – which means you are not restricted to a 9 to 5 job.

Pathways

Care Academy QLD training in individual support may be just the beginning and open pathways to many different careers. For example, most of our courses can share many units, so dual qualifications may be as simple as completing a couple of extra units.  Students can also apply to complete Certificate IV’s.  Many students use our training as a stepping stone toward nursing.

Work Anywhere

As a Nationally Recognised Qualification, your can work anywhere in Australia.

Funding Incentives

Government incentives are available to encourage eligible students to develop skills in areas of demand, such as ageing and disability.
To find out more:
Certificate 3 Guarantee Program

Queensland Department of Education, Small Business and Training (DESBT)  provides funding for Certificate 3 Guarantee Program.

To be eligible for the Certificate 3 Guarantee Program a participant must not hold or be undertaking a Certificate III or higher qualification. This means any certificate III or higher qualification, irrespective of whether the Qualification is through a university degree, apprenticeship or traineeship pathway.  However a certificate Level III qualification completed while at secondary school is not counted.  Refer to Certificate 3 Guarantee fact sheet

Participants must also:

• be aged 15 or older
• have finished secondary school or left school
• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen permanently residing in Queensland.

Higher Level Skills

Queensland Department of Education, Small Business and Training (DESBT) provides funding for this program.

To be eligible for the Higher Level Skills a participant must not hold, or be enrolled in, undertaking a Certificate IV or higher-level qualification, This means any certificate IV or higher qualification, irrespective of whether the Qualification is through a university degree, apprenticeship or traineeship pathway.  Not including qualifications completed at school and foundation skills training. Refer to Higher Level Skills fact sheet

Participants must also:

• be aged 15 or older
• have finished secondary school or left school
• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen permanently residing in Queensland.

User Choice

Queensland Department of Education, Small Business and Training (DESBT) provides funding for this program,  for the delivery of accredited, entry level training to apprentices and trainees.
The program works in conjunction with the Commonwealth Australian Apprenticeships System, under which apprentices and trainees enter into legally binding training contracts with their employers and receive structured training to achieve a nationally recognised qualification. More information is available on the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training website.

Additional Support

Individual support is available for learners on our aged care courses on the Sunshine Coast. We can also help those who face barriers to participating in accredited learning.  Additional funding is available to support disadvantaged learners.  Care Academy QLD has support systems in place including:

• Identify support requirements: Prior to enrolment, identify areas where support may be required.
• Develop a support plan:  Care Academy QLD staff will work with the learner, and if required external sources to develop a support plan.
• Implement the plan:  Strategies that can be followed internally will be.  If not, external skills and expertise will be sought.
• Monitor and Review:  The support plan will be reviewed as required so that the student has the best opportunity to complete training.