Certificate III in Community Services

Subjects you may study include:

• CHCCOM005 – Communicate and work in health or community services
• CHCCDE003 – Work within a community development framework
• HLTWHS002 – Follow safe work practices for direct client care
• BSBINM301 – Organise workplace information
• HLTWHS006 – Manage personal stressors in the work environment
• CHCCOM001 – Provide first point of contact
• CHCDIV001 – Work with diverse people
• CHCCCS016 – Respond to client needs
• CHCCCS015 – Provide individualised support
• CHCCCS023 – Support independence and well-being
• CHCADV001 – Facilitate the interests and rights of clients
• CHCPRP003 – Reflect on and improve own professional practice

160 hours of work placement is also required – made easy with Open Colleges’ Guaranteed Work Placement initiative. In partnership with leading provider SkilTrak, Open Colleges organises your work placement for you while you focus on study, ensuring students gain real-world experience in their dream career – close to home.

Open Colleges has been helping Australians realise their potential for over 125 years, and they’re now one of Australia’s leaders in online education. In the last decade alone, they’ve helped over 450,000 students gain the skills to launch, change or take the next step in their careers. When you study with OC, you’ll graduate with a nationally recognised qualification that’ll help you find work across Australia. Their nationally recognised courses are designed by vocational experts, and you’ll learn job-ready skills from industry specialists. Online learning is all about flexibility, so they’ve designed their learning platform to be as flexible as possible. It’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so you can access it anytime you want. It’s designed to work around your lifestyle, not the other way around, so you can easily fit your study in with your other commitments.