Diploma in Aged Care & Community Support
Social Services
A course by
The Career Academy
This fully online Diploma in Aged Care & Community Support offers an industry accredited qualification to prepare students for caregiving roles in home or community settings, covering counselling techniques, enablement approaches, and support for seniors' wellbeing.
Online study
Flexible online learning from anywhere
It will take a total of 1 year
This course requires 4 hours per week
Core skills this course teaches
Practical Skills for Aged Care
Understand and apply enablement approaches to support seniors' quality of life and rehabilitation in a home or community setting.
Counselling Expertise
Learn solution-focused and advanced counselling techniques to support individuals facing grief, loss, mental health challenges and crises.
Health and Wellness Knowledge
Gain insights into physical, mental, and community health principles, including chronic disease management and healthy living practices.
What You're Signing Up For
The Diploma in Aged Care & Community Support is designed to equip students with practical skills and knowledge to work as aged care and community support workers. The course includes training in solution-focused counselling, understanding ageing-related changes and grief, enablement approaches for rehabilitation, and ethical considerations in community care. Delivered 100% online with 12 months access and approximately 200 hours of study, students receive unlimited tutor support and career coaching. Upon completion, students earn an industry accredited Certificate of Achievement. The course aims to develop competencies that enhance job prospects in aged care and community health sectors and provides foundational knowledge in psychology, counselling, and health support.
Course Content
- Certificate in Aged Care Health and Support modules covering community health, wellness, healthy living practices, mental and physical health understanding, chronic disease management, and ethical community care
- Certificate in Counselling Skills including learning specific skills, listening, reflection, questioning, interviewing, solution-finding, and ending counselling
- Certificate in Advanced Counselling Skills covering session management, crisis handling, problem-solving techniques such as aggression, depression, grief, and suicide
- Certificate in Counselling Techniques focusing on various psychotherapy approaches including psychoanalytic, humanistic/existential, behavioural, solution-focused, and cognitive behavioural therapy
What sort of industry will this job lead to
health care
community support
aged care
Future employment opportunities might be
Aged care worker
Community support worker
Caregiver in registered home care settings
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