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About the course
This Certificate IV in Ageing Support prepares you to support older people while maintaining dignity, rights and independence. Developed with industry input, it builds skills for aged and community care, including supporting clients with complex needs and working with groups. Training covers palliative and dementia care, falls prevention, service planning and delivery, and health and hygiene, plus a 20-day work placement for practical experience. The programme builds patient care fundamentals, clinical assistance skills, and health workplace practice.
Career outcome
Graduates can work as support workers in aged care settings, including residential facilities, home care and community-based services. You’ll be prepared to provide person-centred support for older people with complex needs, contribute to individualised service planning and delivery, and help maintain quality care within organisational guidelines. Typical pathways include roles in aged services and community care teams in the ageing-support sector. Preparing graduates for nursing assistant, care worker, and clinical support roles, or degree articulation.
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