Length of Course:  6 hours

Prerequisites: None

Cost:  $140 + $27 Booking & Resources Fee / per person (group and offsite bookings, please enquire here)

Course Introduction

This comprehensive training course covers all aspects of personal care support work. From grooming techniques to mandatory health and safety procedures for manual handling, you will learn how to provide the highest quality care and maintain clients’ dignity during their vulnerable moments while ensuring the safety of both you and the client.

Personal Care Training – Key Competences Covered

• Introduction to personal care
• How to perform a bed bath
• Client showering procedures and toileting
• Pad changing
• Manual handling
• Policy, procedures, risks, reporting and care plans
• Skin integrity and hand hygiene
• Housekeeping
• Written exam component
• Practical- Complete client bed bath scenario

Length of Course:  6.5 hours

Prerequisites: None

Cost:  $140 + $27 Booking & Resources Fee  (group and offsite bookings please enquire here)

Course Introduction

In an industry where Autism Spectrum Disorder and Dementia are prevalent, this is an important course for Support Workers and carers. During the training, you will learn how to recognise various characteristics and traits of persons on the spectrum and how to manage and provide assistance to ASD clients under your care as well as the different types of dementia and how to manage and adapt their care techniques for clients with dementia.

Autism and Dementia Training – Key Competences Covered 

• Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Symptoms and diagnosis
• Living with ASD
• Assisting someone with ASD
• Helpful organisations and information
• Understanding Dementia
• Types of Dementia
• Signs and symptoms of Dementia
• Dementia risk reduction
• Managing Dementia clients as a support worker

Length of Course:  3 hours

Prerequisites: None

Cost:  $80 + $27 Booking & Resources Fee / per person (group and offsite bookings please enquire here)

Course Introduction

This course gives students a good understanding of the human respiratory system and the medical conditions requiring oxygen therapy. Students will learn how to manage and support clients and receive hands-on training on the equipment and procedures used in caring for clients who require oxygen support.

Oxygen Therapy Training – Key Competences Covered

• Introduction to the Respiratory System
• Understanding medical conditions that require oxygen support
• How to recognise the signs and symptoms of condition exacerbation and deterioration
• How to manage and support clients with oxygen requirements
• Practical- understanding and operating of concentrator and cylinder

Length of Course:  6 hours

Prerequisites: None

Cost:  $120 + $27 Booking & Resources Fee / per person (group and offsite bookings please enquire here)

Course Introduction

Introduction to the basics of a Home Support Worker role. Useful tips and tools, as well as universal policies and procedures applied to the in-home and community care industry. Thorough and compliant documentation is a requirement of the NDIS and Aged Care commissions for all service providers. This course will instruct you on documenting a client’s progress after a shift, reporting incidents and recording medical treatments provided.

Introduction to Support Work – Key Competences Covered

• Professional Boundaries in the Workplace
• Workplace documentation, including Incident Reporting
• Roles and requirements of a HSW
• Importance of documentation
• How to correctly fill your documentation
• Documenting by exception
• Objective and subjective documenting
• Structuring progress notes
• What is necessary information
• Policies and procedures

Length of Course:  3 hours

Prerequisites: None

Cost:  $80 + $27 Booking & Resources Fee / per person (group and offsite bookings please enquire here)

Course Introduction

Epilepsy & Seizure Training covers an introduction to the nervous system and ensures an understanding of epilepsy and its different types. The training covers differentiating between a seizure and epilepsy, the risks associated and how support workers/carers can support and care for clients with this condition. The course will also cover monitoring and equipment used and, importantly, emergency management, including the administration of midazolam. The approach ensures that staff can document and report and will also be required to demonstrate the skill during a practical.

Epilepsy and Seizure Training – Key Competences Covered

• Explain how the nervous system works, including key organs.
• Describe what epilepsy is.
• Explain the differences between a seizure and epilepsy.
• Identify different types of seizures and epilepsy.
• Identify causes and triggers of epilepsy and seizure management.
• Describe treatment options, including midazolam treatment.
• Administer basic first aid and midazolam for a seizure.
• Record findings, incidences appropriately.
• Know your scope of practice as a Home Support Worker.

Length of Course:  3 hours

Prerequisites: None

Cost:  $80 + $27 Booking & Resources Fee/ per person (group and offsite bookings please enquire here)

Course Introduction

The most common acquired neurological condition in Australia, Multiple sclerosis (MS) (which means ‘many scars’), is an incurable neurological condition.

MS Training – Key Components Covered

• Develop an understanding of the nervous system
• Develop an understanding of Multiple Sclerosis
• Differentiate the types of Multiple Sclerosis
• Understand the cause of Multiple Sclerosis
• Identify the symptoms
• Understanding the complications of Multiple Sclerosis

Length of Course:  4 hours

Prerequisites: None

Cost:  $80 + $27 Booking & Resources Fee/ per person (group and offsite bookings, please enquire here)

Course Introduction

This new and vital course covers an in-depth look at practices surrounding challenging situations in the care industry. It teaches you how to keep yourself and your client safe and supported while maintaining dignity and complying with government regulations.

Restrictive Practices & Behaviour Support – Key Components Covered

• Types of Restrictive Practices
• Possible Impacts
• Prohibited Practice
• When and How to Safely Apply a Restrictive Practice
• Behaviours of Concern
• Behaviour Triggers
• Meltdowns Vs Tantrums
• Strategies to Support a Behaviour Concern Person
• Positive Behaviour Interventions
• Behaviour Support Plans
• ABC Chart