2001 Swinburne Undergraduate and TAFE Course Guide

Health and Human Services – TAFE
Aged Care
Child Care
Course title
Certificate IV in Diversional Therapy
Certificate III in Community Services
(Aged Care Work)
Duration
Diversional Therapy: two years part-time.
Aged Care: six months full-time, one year part-time.
Location
Croydon, Prahran.
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements. However,
preference will be given to those currently
employed in the field, those who have past
experience as a volunteers or in paid employment,
and those with personal experience in caring for
older people or people with a disability.
Application procedure
Direct to Swinburne.
Course overview
Diversional Therapy: providing leisure opportunities
for older people and people with disabilities is a
new and growing field in Australia. As these new
programs emerge, there is an increasing need to
provide qualified professionals to facilitate these
leisure and recreation programs. Major studies
include: client interaction, introduction to health,
ageing in Australia, psychology, specific needs,
presenting reports.
Aged Care Work: aims to provide vocational
training for people currently employed, or seeking
employment, as personal carers in aged care
settings. Major studies include: hygiene and
comfort, mobility, meaningful activity, grieving and
dying, medication administration and monitoring,
dementia management.
Career opportunities
Employment as a diversional therapist, personal
carer in the aged and/or disabilities services fields.
Further information
Tel: 1300 368 777 (general enquiries)
Community and Further Education Department
Tel: (03) 9214 6866 (Prahran)
Human Services Department
Tel: (03) 9213 6682 (Croydon)
Course title
Advanced Diploma of Community Services
(Children’s Services)
Diploma of Community Services (Children’s
Services) – Centre Based Care
Diploma of Community Services (Children’s
Services) – Out of School Hours Care
Certificate III in Community Services (Children’s
Services) – Traineeship also available.
Certificate II in Community Services (Children’s
Services)
Duration
Advanced Diploma: one years full-time or parttime
equivalent.
Diploma (Centre Based Care): two years full-time,
three to four years part-time.
Diploma (Out of School Hours Care): eighteen
months to two years part-time.
Certificate III: one year part-time.
Certificate II: six months full-time or one to two
years part-time.
Location
Advanced Diploma: Croydon, Prahran (to be
confirmed).
Diploma/Certificate III (Centre Based Care):
Croydon, Prahran.
Diploma/Certificate III (Out of School Hours Care):
Prahran, Distance Learning.
Certificate II: Distance Learning or Vocational
Program.
Entry requirements
Advanced Diploma: completion of the Diploma of
Community Services (Children’s Services) – Centre
Based Care stream, or its equivalent.
Diploma (Centre Based Care): satisfactory
completion of an appropriate Victorian Year 12 or
its equivalent, or mature age.
Diploma (Out of School Hours Care): satisfactory
completion of an appropriate Victorian Year 12 or
its equivalent, or mature age. Students working in
the OSHC industry preferred.
Certificate III: demonstrated interest in and
suitability for work in children’s services field.
Certificate III (traineeship): must be eligible to
register as a trainee and working in partnership
with an employee.
Certificate II: there are no formal entry
requirements.
Application procedure
Advanced Diploma: direct to Swinburne.
Diploma (Centre Based Care) full-time: must apply
through VTAC and also complete a Child Care
application form. Part-time applicants must
complete a Child Care application form.
VTAC Code: 70021 (Croydon)
78051 (Prahran)
All applicants must attend a compulsory
information session. VCE applicants are required to
attend an interview and must have an ENTER.
Alternative category applicants are required to sit
an entrance exam and attend an interview.
Certificate III: direct to Swinburne. Applicants must
complete a Child Studies application form and
attend a compulsory information session. This may
be followed by a test and interview.
Course overview
Advanced Diploma: designed to further the
leadership and management skills of those who
hold positions of responsibility in children’s
services and who wish to gain qualifications to
further their career path in children’s services.
Major studies include: team membership and
management, communication and diversity
studies, health and safety, child development,
guiding behaviour.
Diploma (Centre Based Care): provides students
with the skills, knowledge and understanding
required to work with children as fully qualified
child care professionals. The course involves the
study of the social, emotional and physical
development of infants and children up to the age
of twelve years specialising in children 0-6 years.
Major studies include: child development,
observation skills, guiding behaviour,
communication and diversity, team membership
and management, health and safety, program and
curriculum studies.
Diploma (Out of School Hours Care): is designed to
provide the skills, knowledge, understanding and
practical skills to work with children and their
families in outside school hours care programs.
Graduates provide quality care for the social,
emotional, physical, educational and recreational
needs of school age children (5-12 years). Major
studies include child development, child
observation, health and safety, first aid,
communicating with children, families, staff,
understanding and guiding children’s behaviour,
program planning (OSHC), play and leisure, service
administration.
Certificate III: part of a suite of courses that
provide a comprehensive package of training to
meet the needs of the children’s services industry.
Two streams are available:
Centre Based Care: students study the
development of children 0-6 years. Theory
components are interspersed with practical
placements to provide knowledge of
developmentally appropriate ways to meet the
needs of young children. The General Stream is
available for students who are competent in both
written and spoken English. The Bilingual Stream
is available for students from a non-English
speaking background who have completed most
of their schooling overseas.
Out of School Care: students combine theory
components with practical placement to provide
knowledge of developmentally appropriate ways
to meet the needs of children 6-12 years in before
school care, after school and vacation care
programs.
Applied Health and Human Industrial Services Sciences – TAFE – TAFE
Diploma (Out of School Hours Care): direct to
Swinburne.
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