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1TAFE NSW – More than you imagine

COURSES IN HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TVET AND MAINSTREAM

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• COURSES• CONTENT OVERVIEW• PATHWAYS• REQUIREMENTS• IMMUNISATIONS• WORK EXPERIENCE

TODAY ….

COURSES

HUMAN SERVICES - BOS COMPRISES 3 ‘STRANDS’• COMMUNITY SERVICES (AGED

CARE/AIN)• ACUTE CARE (HEALTH SERVICES

ASSISTANCE)• ALLIED HEALTH (ALLIED HEALTH

ASSISTANCE) THE HSC EXAM COVERS THESE 3

STRANDS ACROSS 4 SYLLABUS AREAS AND COUNTS TOWARDS THE ATR

A CERTIFICATE III QUALIFICATION 1 AFTERNOON/WEEK (4 HOURS) IN YR

11/STAGE 1 (4 TERMS) AND IN YR 12/STAGE 2 (3 TERMS) AT NEPEAN COLLEGE OR JAMISON TRADE SCHOOL

MAINSTREAM• COMMUNITY SERVICES (AGED

CARE/AIN)• ACUTE CARE (HEALTH SERVICES

ASSISTANCE)• ALLIED HEALTH (ALLIED HEALTH

ASSISTANCE) ( ONLY AT the HILLS COLLEGE)

• A CERTIFICATE III QUALIFICATION • 3 DAYS PER WEEK IN SEMESTER 1:

CLASSROOM AND DISTANCE

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COURSE CONTENT

• 10 CORE UNITS• 4 ELECTIVES

TOPICS ….• BASIC ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY• NORMAL FUNCTIONING• PROMOTING PHYSICAL HEALTH• SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL

HEALTH• DISEASES AND ILLNESSES• HEALTH, ALLIED HEALTH AND

AGED CARE INDUSTRIES• COMMUNITY CARE AND OTHER

SERVICES• CLIENT CARE (SKILLS)• COMMUNICATION• ETHICS• DOCUMENTATION• MEDICATIONS• WHS• FIRST AID

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REQUIREMENTS

For HUMAN SERVICES

• APPLICATION PROCESS

• ‘CULLING’ALSO• INFORMATION

SESSIONS FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS-

12th August- 6pm at Nepean College

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REQUIREMENTS

For MAINSTREAM

ENROL ON LINE …

BY VISITING

www.wsi.tafensw.edu.au

And following the prompts to health and aged care courses

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PATHWAYS

DEPENDING ON THE ‘STRAND’ …..

CERTIFICATE IV AGED CARE DIPLOMA OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

DIPLOMA OF ENROLLED NURSING ADVANCED DIPLOMA UNDERGRADUATE RN

CERTIFICATE IV ALLIED HEALTH ASSISTANCE UNDERGRADUATE PHYSIO, OT, SPEECH, DIETETICS

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IMMUNISATIONS

EVIDENCE OF IMMUNISATIONS AGAINST

• MMR• CHICKEN POX• WHOOPING COUGH• DIPTHERIA• HEPATITIS ‘B’• TB

MINISTRY OF HEALTH POLICY AND IS MANDATORY FOR WORK PLACEMENT IN AN ACUTE CARE FACILITY

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WORK EXPERIENCE For HUMAN SERVICES

MANDATORY 105 HOURS

WHERE …? VARIOUS FACILITIES IN WS and in ‘ simulation’

35 HOURS IN THE SIMULATED CLINICAL SETTING

35 HOURS YEAR 11/STAGE 1: 35 HOURS YEAR 12/STAGE 2:

WORK EXPERIENCE For MAINSTREAM

MANDATORY

SIMULATED CLINICAL SETTING

80 - 120 HOURS IN ACUTE AND AGED CARE

FACILITIES DEPENDING ON THE COURSE

LOG BOOK/CLINICAL EXPERIENCE BOOKLET

EXCELLENT EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES

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QUESTIONS ???

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