Department accredited VET courses – Community services and health

Accreditation period

1 November 2019 to 30 June 2025

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Course purpose

Successful completion of this course provides participants with the skills and knowledge to:

• work with people with disability
• perform delegated or allocated allied health tasks within the disability sector
• develop an understanding of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and work within an NDIS service environment
• support the safety of people with disability through identifying and reporting abuse and/or family violence.

Accreditation period

1 November 2019 to 30 June 2025

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Course purpose

Successful completion of this course provides participants with the skills and knowledge to:

• apply a human rights based approach to all aspects of work
• identify indicators and signs of abuse and/or grooming
• contribute to increasing the protective factors of the service user and their family
• empower service user and their family to disclose and report abuse
• identify immediate risks and respond to disclosed, identified or suspected abuse.

Accreditation period

1 November 2019 to 30 June 2025

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Course purpose

Successful completion of this course provides participants with the skills and knowledge to:

• work as a disability support worker with people with a psychosocial disability
• respond to crisis situations
• understand the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and work within an NDIS service environment
• support the safety of people with disability through identifying and reporting abuse and/or family violence.

This includes knowledge of how psychosocial disability differs from most other forms of disability, understanding the support needs of people with psychosocial disability and recovery-oriented practice.

Accreditation period

1 July 2020 to 30 June 2025

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Course purpose

Successful completion of this course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to be able to develop an asthma management plan and provide asthma related first aid interventions in the workplace.

Accreditation period

1 June 2020 to 31 May 2025

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Course purpose

This course will address the skills and knowledge required to:

• Equip the existing disability support workforce with strategies to ensure that people with a disability take and use medication in accordance with the documented medication chart/treatment sheet developed by their medical practitioner.

Target audience

This course will be aimed at the current disability support worker workforce:

• While aimed at the current workforce, the unit within the proposed course would also be applicable to current students of relevant VET qualifications (e.g. Certificate III in Individual Support, Certificate IV in Disability).

Accreditation period

1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025

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Course purpose

This course provides the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to emergency situations that require the application of first aid oxygen therapy or oxygen resuscitation, as appropriate, until the arrival of medical assistance.

Note the course excludes the use of bag-valve-mask, manually triggered resuscitators and closed-circuit oxygen units and the administration of oxygen in non-first aid situations.

Accreditation period

1 July 2021 to 30 June 2026

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Course purpose

The purpose of the Course in First Aid Management of Anaphylaxis is to provide nationally recognised training for individuals who have responsibility for others in the workplace (adults and/or children) who have been diagnosed as being at risk of anaphylaxis.

Graduates of this course will be able to identify and provide a first aid response to anaphylaxis, develop strategies to prevent exposure to known allergens and minimise risks related to anaphylaxis.

Accreditation period

1 July 2021 to 30 June 2026

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Course purpose

The purpose of this course is to equip nominated Victorian school staff with the required skills and knowledge to verify that an individual who has undertaken the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) Anaphylaxis e-training for Victorian Schools can demonstrate correct use of adrenaline injector devices.

They will be able to verify correct use of all adrenaline injector devices prescribed in the ASCIA e-training and are currently approved for use and available in Australia.

Graduates of this course will not have the skills and knowledge to train others to be a verifier, to manage anaphylaxis, or how to use adrenaline injectors.

Accreditation period

01 May 2023 to 30 April 2028

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Course purpose

This course describes the skills and knowledge for graduates to contribute to primary prevention of family violence and all forms of violence against women in their own workplace and in accordance with the scope of their job role. This includes the skills and knowledge required to identify and respond to family violence risk.

Version 2 reflects the replacement of the expired imported unit (VU22733) with the current version and associated revised nominal duration.

Accreditation period

1 July 2023 to 30 June 2028

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Course purpose

The Course in Intermediate Risk Assessment and Management of Family Violence provides graduates with the skills and knowledge to undertake intermediate risk assessment and management of family violence, in accordance with Victoria’s Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) Framework.

Version 2 reflects the replacement of the expired imported unit (VU22733) with the current revised equivalent unit (VU23650) and the associated revised nominal duration.

Accreditation period

1 September 2023 to 31 August 2028

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Course purpose

The Certificate III in Community Services, Health Support and Digital Technologies provides learners with a pathway to a range of entry level positions across the community services and health industry.

Accreditation period

1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028

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Course purpose

The Course in Facilitating Supported Playgroups Using smalltalk Strategies provides the skills and knowledge to facilitate a Victorian Government funded Supported Playgroup program, which includes providing In-Home Parent Coaching to improve the early home learning environment.

Accreditation period

1 July 2024 to 30 June 2029

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Course purpose

The 22656VIC Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy provides the skills and knowledge to practice as a myotherapist within a clinical setting as an independent practitioner or as a member of a team within a health care clinic. A myotherapist is a health practitioner who assesses and treats various musculoskeletal pathologies.

Accreditation period

1 April 2024 to 31 March 2029

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Course purpose

This course provides the skills and knowledge to identify and respond to family violence risk, in accordance with Identification-level MARAM Responsibilities (1, 2, 5, 6, 9 & 10) outlined in Victoria’s Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM Framework).

Accreditation period

1 July 2024 to 30 June 2029

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Course purpose

The Certificate II in Early Childhood Education and Care Pathway is designed to provide a pathway into further education, typically the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care. This course does not provide a vocational outcome.