Do you have a strong sense of care and concern for individuals who need special care and personal support?
Our aged care and disability courses provide the skills and knowledge required by industry to ensure you are ready for work when you successfully complete your course.
Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Home and Community)
Working in the aged care sector is a fulfilling and rewarding career.
- 36 weeks
- Government funding available to eligible students
- Delivered in our Melbourne CBD & Werribee Campus as well as virtually
- CHC33015
Certificate IV in Ageing Support
A worker in ageing support works with people from vastly different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Mothers, fathers, grandparents and great grandparents, who need support from others to live with care or in care facilities.
- 52 weeks
- Government funding available to eligible students
- Delivered in our Melbourne CBD & Werribee Campus as well as virtually
- CHC43015
Certificate IV in Disability
If you’re looking to work in the community sector, disability support worker qualifications can greatly increase your chances of employment.
- 36 weeks
- Government funding available to eligible students
- Delivered in our Melbourne CBD & Werribee Campus as well as virtually
- CHC43115
Australia is facing an unprecedented workforce shortage in aged care. The Australian Productivity Commission report, Caring for older Australians (2011), stated that by 2050 the projected workforce deficit in aged care supply would reach almost 280,000.
The Health Care and Social Assistance industry is now Australia’s biggest employer with a workforce of 1.3 million, or 11.4 percent of the total number of people employed. To put that in perspective, the retail trade employs 10.9 percent, construction 9.1 percent and manufacturing 8.6 percent. It is also the fastest-growing industry, particularly in the area of aged care.
“At the moment there are 350,000 people in the aged care system,” says Trish Noakes, CEO and founder of Just Better Care. “In the coming decade we’re going to have 3.6 million, of whom one million will have dementia.” An ageing workforce has led to a critical shortage of workers, with recruitment and retention proving major concerns. The overwhelming demand for aged care services is shaping up as the biggest challenge facing the health sector in a generation. Now is the best time to study an aged care course in Melbourne.
The Australian population is ageing, and it is estimated that the number of care workers will need to triple by 2050 to meet this increase in demand in the future.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the proportion of people aged 65 years and older has increased from 12.3% to 15.9% over the past 20 years. In the same period, the number of people aged 85 years and over increased by 117.1%, compared with a total population growth of 34.8% over the same period.
