Human Services (Community and Health)

Make a positive contribution to the community by working in a range of fields from aged care to community services, child and family studies, health and recreation, and nursing.

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Aged Care

Develop the skills and knowledge required to provide care and support to elderly people in community and aged care facilities. Gain employment as an assistant in nursing, support worker, carer or personal care assistant. Courses are available in: Aged Care; Palliative Care and Wound Care.

 

Child and Family Studies

Learn how to help the educational, physical, social and emotional development of children, and gain employment as a child care worker in environments such as centre based care, family day care or out of school hour services. Courses are available in: Children’s Services; and Children Services (Early Childhood Education and Care).

 

Community Services

Gain skills to work in a wide range of government or community based organisations as a social welfare worker, disability officer, youth worker, mental health worker, or health education officer. Courses are offered in: Alcohol and Other Drugs; Community Services; Community Services (Case Management); Community Services Work; Disability; Home and Community Care; Leisure and Health; Lifestyle and Leisure; Mental Health; and Youth Work.

 

Health and Recreation

Develop the skills to provide fitness instruction to groups or individuals, learn to provide massage treatments to clients, or acquire advanced technical, planning, management and leadership skills to work as a fitness instructor, operations manager, sports development officer, or massage therapist. Courses are offered in: Aromatherapy; Community Recreation; Fitness; Hot Stone Massage Therapy; Massage Therapy Practice; Outdoor Recreation (Specialising in Outdoor Activities); Reflexology; Remedial Massage; Sport (Athlete Support Service); and Sport (Development).

 

Nursing, Health and First Aid

Acquire skills to provide care and support for individuals and groups, administer fi rst aid, or assist in the administration of a dental practice to gain employment in the health industry as a nurse or health care assistant in a general or specialised health care facility. Courses are available in: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander - Primary Health Care; Dental Assisting; Health Services Assistance (Assisting in Nursing Work in Acute Care); Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 Nursing); and Safe Collection and Disposal of Community Sharps.

 

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Semester 2 2013 - Courses Requiring an Expression of Interest

All Expressions of Interest must be received by Friday 7 June, 2013

Visual Arts Programs 2013

Visual Arts Programs for 2013