English plus Aged Care

Step One College plus Aged Care Training Programme

☆Who is this programme for?

• people who would like to have aged care work experience in English speaking countries.
• people who would like to study “real life” English.
• people who are planning to change their career in future.
• people who have experience in nursing and aged care area in their own country.
• people who would like to study and work with local people in Australia.

☆What do you study?

After you complete an English language course at Step One College, you do 3 days of workshops (3 Saturdays) plus a 2 week internship at an aged care training center. After the internship, you complete an assignment and receive a certificate from the training centre. If you would like to have a Certificate III in Aged Care (which is approved by NSW VETAB) you need to complete an additional assignment. Class numbers are limited to ten students and the course includes a two week practicum.

☆How do you enroll this course?

You can enrol anytime during your English study at Step One College or on completion of the course.
First, check the available start dates and choose one that suits you. Next, enroll, complete a declaration form and pay for the course in full. After this, we send your application form to the training centre. If you are accepted, the training center will send you a letter of offer.
Important! You can not work in aged care if you have a criminal record. Therefore you will have to provide a NSW Police Criminal History Record Check with your application.

１．Study English at Step One College

※Pre entry test can be arranged

２．Training Course＋Internship
Orientation at Step One College

３．Certificate III in Aged Care

To join this programme:

☆You need to complete Upper Intermediate level English at Step One College. The average number of weeks you will need to spend is: Elementary 17 weeks, Pre-Intermediate, 12 weeks, Intermediate 8 weeks, Upper Intermediate, 4 weeks. A pre-entry test to assess your level of English can be arranged by Step One College.

☆You can not work in nursing homes or aged care in Australia if you have a criminal record.
Therefore you must provide a NSW Police Criminal History Record Check with your application. If you decide to do this course within 6 weeks of arrival in Australia, please provide a criminal history record check from your country of origin. A NSW Police Criminal History Record Check can be obtained from a police station. It takes 2 to 3 weeks to issue this document. Therefore please get one well before you start the training course. Complete the police Application form P799 (available on line) and apply in person at your local police station. You will have to produce three forms of identification. One should be photo ID.（AUD＄６５）

☆If you would like to do an Aged Care Certificate III, you must complete a Senior First Aid course (A First Aid license from overseas is not acceptable). You can complete this course in one full days’ training (about 8 hours, approx AUD＄１２０ - ＄１６５）

☆If you already have experience working in nursing homes or hospitals, we recommend you bring a reference letter from these employers written in English. During the training course, you will learn how to write a resume in English. If you prepare a resume in English with work details from your country, it might be help you find a job in Australia.

☆While you are completing your internship, you must wear navy blue or black pants or a skirt.
White half sleeve shirts and navy or black shoes also must be worn.

☆Completing the course does not guarantee you a job in aged care.

☆You must have a visa that allows you to work fulltime, for example, a working holiday visa or student visa (you can do your internship while you are on holiday) Tourist visas are not acceptable.

Testimonial

Azumi Kikuyama (Aged care course)

１．What is the reason to take this course?
I wanted to get Aged Care Certificate to be able to work at a nursing centre in Australia,

２．What class did you begin in?
I began in Pre Intermediate class.

３．How long did you study English?
I studied English for 17 weeks.

４．Please explain 3-days lectures at the training centre.
First day, we had lectures and group work. Also I had to do assignments. On the second and third day, I went to the nursing home and had a practicum.

５．Where did you go for the internship and what did you do?
The training centre arranged the nursing home which is close to my unit.
In my case, I was assigned to a nursing house in Mascot. Each student supports each AIN(Assistant in nursing). In the first week I mainly observed what AIN was doing and in the second week
I helped the elderly to eat and take showers.

6．After the internship, what happened?
I found a job as AIN at a nursing home closeto the place I am living now.

7．Please write a message for people who are planning to take this course in the future.
If you already have experience in working as an aged care worker/nurse etc, the practicum part should be easy. The assignment part is hard as there are heaps to do. You should make friends when you have the 3-day lectures and co-operate with each other. The things learnt from the training course were all very
useful and I’m positive that it was a really good decision to take this course. Do your best!!

※The provider of this course is not recognised by NEAS Australia nor is it a
CRICOS registered course.
You will need to be on a valid visa such as a working holiday visa or a
student visa with sufficient time remaining before its expiry.