Certificate III in Individual Support

Certificate III in Individual Support aims to introduce you to the aged care, disability or home and community care sector, providing the fundamental skills and knowledge that reflect the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to ageing or disability. 

Work involves using discretion and judgement in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for own outputs. Workers have a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, as well as some theoretical knowledge of the concepts and practices required to provide person-centred support.

Your training will focus on: 

• Understanding how the aged care and/or disability sector works
• Workplace health and safety knowledge
• Providing person-centred support
• Duty of care 
• Understanding and implementing care plans
• Empowering and supporting people living with a disability
• Working with diverse communities

The course includes a work placement element where you will work at a registered facility to gain real-time work experience skills.

This course is a pre-requisite for CHC43121 Certificate IV in Disability Support.

Graduates of the CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support can move into roles where they provide individualised support to people with immediate needs. At this level, people typically work under the direction of others, with both direct and indirect supervision.

• Blended (face-to-face and online offered)
• Part-time (1-2 days a week) for 12 months
• Can also be undertaken as a Traineeship

Occupational titles may include:

• Aged Care Worker
• Disability Support Worker
• Community Care Worker

Assessment may consist of

• Written answers to questions via the Catapult online assessment portal
• Role plays
• Holistic assessment
• Vocational placement

Evidence may be 

• Written 
• Audio recordings
• Video recordings
• Observation
• Zoom recording
• Interview
• Documents

All students will engage in a language, literacy, numeracy and digital literacy (LLND) activity to evaluate potential support requirements.

The Certificate III in Individual Support consists of 15 units:

• 9 core units
• 6 elective units

Elective units will vary depending on consultation with industry and the stream in which students will study (Disability, Ageing, or Ageing and Disability)

Core units include:

Fees vary due to government funding options available for some courses. Please contact us to confirm course fees.

Part-time (1-2 days a week) for 12 months