Type of institution: TAFE Institute Level: Pre-degree CRICOS: 01218G
This qualification reflects the role of workers who provide therapeutic and program related support to allied health professionals. The worker is required to conduct therapeutic and program related activities under the guidance of an allied health professional. Supervision may be direct, indirect or remote and must occur within organisation requirements. The worker is required to identify client circumstances that need additional input from the allied health professional. The worker may be engaged to work in a specialty area or work generically across the organisation in delivery of allied health assistance services. The worker, in conjunction with the allied health professional, may have responsibility for supervising other allied health assistance workers. To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 120 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of the units of competency.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Structure
16 units: 7 core
9 elective
Subjects
Assist with the application and removal of casts
Work effectively in the leisure and health industries
Assist with the monitoring and modification of meals and menus according to individualised plans
Promote innovation in a team environment
Apply and monitor food safety requirements
Contribute to client flow and client information management in medical imaging
Participate in the planning, implementation and monitoring of individual leisure and health programs
Facilitate the empowerment of older people
Provide home and community support services
Communicate and work in health or community services
Assist with movement
Support the provision of basic nutrition advice and education
Engage respectfully with young people
Assist with an allied health program
Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately
Work within a community rehabilitation environment
Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Manage patient recordkeeping system
Instruct and monitor fitness programs
Respond effectively to behaviours of concern
Recognise healthy body systems
Apply fluoride varnish
Lead and manage team effectiveness
Work with diverse people
Facilitate responsible behaviour
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Visit client residence
Conduct play audiometry
Work collaboratively to maintain an environment safe for children and young people
Assist in the rehabilitation of clients
Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability
Confirm physical health status
Use basic oral health screening tools
Work in an alcohol and other drugs context
Plan and monitor continuous improvement
Provide basic emergency life support
Conduct group sessions for individual client outcomes
Manage budgets and financial plans
Participate in a quality audit
Assess and respond to occupational noise risk
Follow basic food safety practices
Work with people with mental health issues
Support the delivery and monitoring of physiotherapy programs for mobility
Support the rights and safety of children and young people
Work with forced migrants
Provide workplace information and resourcing plans
Assist with basic foot hygiene
Provide work skill instruction
Support the fitting of assistive equipment
Support independence and wellbeing
Use communication to build relationships
Research and apply evidence to practice
Develop, implement and review quality framework
Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Work with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness
Deliver and monitor a client-specific physiotherapy program
Support the development of speech and communication skills
Inform and support patients and groups about oral health
Contribute to leisure and health programming
Support client independence and community participation
Facilitate individual service planning and delivery
Provide advanced first aid
Show leadership in the workplace
Assist with screening and implementation of therapeutic diets
Deliver and monitor a hydrotherapy program
Lead effective workplace relationships
Organise workplace information
Manage partnership agreements with service providers
Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace
Provide support in dysphagia management
Provide or assist with oral hygiene
Provide first aid
Assist with social work
Support the medical imaging professional
Assist with planning and evaluating meals and menus to meet recommended dietary guidelines
Conduct food safety audits
Prepare infant formulas
Address the needs of people with chronic disease
Assess co-existing needs
Instruct water familiarisation, buoyancy and mobility skills
Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status
Assist with podiatry assessment and exercise
Use business technology
Recognise and respond to oral health issues
Apply and manage use of basic oral health products
Provide support to people living with dementia
Apply exercise science principles to planning exercise
Process reusable medical devices and equipment
Develop food safety programs
Support food services in menu and meal order processing
Assist and support the use of augmentative and alternative communication systems
Assist with podiatric procedures
Manage legal and ethical compliance
Assess hearing
Study information
Campus
Fees
Entry
Mid year intake
Attendance
Bendigo
Domestic: $7,890
Yes
Part-time or day release
: 9
months
Full-time
: 9
months
Flexible Delivery
Full-time
: 9
months
Online/Off-campus
Part-time
Further information
Applicants must possess Australian Core Skills Framework levels of at least 3 across reading, writing, learning, oral communication, and numeracy skills to successfully complete this program. Students who do not possess these skills to the level required will be enrolled in additional subjects to build the required skills.