Training for community and disability workers
Our professional nursing training team provides training and competency-based assessment for community and disability support workers. Our training enables you to meet the health support needs of people with a disability living in the community.
This training is currently only delivered in South Australia, though a range of other training options are available across Australia.
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Enrolment
Find out the costs of our upcoming face-to-face and online training courses and enrol online.
What does the course cover?
- Basic Health Support Training, which is not client-specific.
Basic Health Support Training includes:
- Assistance with medication
- Assistance with medication refresher
- Basic continence support
- Infection control
- Epilepsy awareness
- Emergency medications for seizures
- Asthma awareness
- Dysphagia and choking
- Diabetes awareness.
How is the course delivered?
We offer face-to-face classroom-based or online training options.
Training locations
Our training centre is located in our Keswick, South Australia service centre.
Training for groups
Our training focuses on general health support needs and is designed to support community workers.
Disability Service Providers
Talk to us about your workforce’s training needs. Our range of Health Essentials courses provide general skill development or can refresh your people's current skills.