Subjects
Total number of units = 12
5 core units
7 elective units, consisting of:
at least 5 units from the electives listed below
up to 2 units from the electives listed below, any endorsed Training Packages or accredited courses these units must be relevant to the work outcome
All electives chosen must contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.
Core units
Respond to client needs | |
Communicate and work in health or community services | |
Work with diverse people | |
Follow safe work practices for direct client care | |
Manage personal stressors in the work environment |
Elective units
Facilitate the interests and rights of clients | |
Facilitate the empowerment of older people | |
Work in an alcohol and drugs context | |
Work with clients who are intoxicated | |
Provide needle and syringe services | |
Conduct individual assessments | |
Facilitate responsible behaviour | |
Provide individualised support | |
Provide loss and grief support | |
Recognise and respond to crisis situations | |
Support independence and wellbeing | |
Provide client-centred support to people in crisis | |
Support participative planning processes | |
Work within a community development framework | |
Implement participation and engagement strategies | |
Provide first point of contact | |
Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence | |
Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability | |
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety | |
Provide sexual and reproductive health information to clients | |
Work with clients to identify financial literacy education needs | |
Provide parenting, health and well-being education | |
Support group activities | |
Work with people with mental health issues | |
Contribute to the review and development of policies | |
Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships | |
Identify and respond to children and young people at risk | |
Work with forced migrants | |
Undertake bicultural work with forced migrants in Australia | |
Work with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness | |
Be an effective volunteer | |
Engage respectfully with young people | |
Support young people to create opportunities in their lives | |
Provide first aid | |
Provide first aid in remote situations | |
Organise workplace information | |
Organise personal work priorities and development | |
Manage own work and learning | |
Provide work skill instruction |