The Australian College of Quality Care’s goal is to equip support workers with the skills they need to succeed and ensure industry workers can provide high-quality personalised support. We respond to the unique and changing needs of support workers and carers across Australia and those they care for. Our purpose is to ensure individuals achieve their professional goals, enhance outcomes and improve relationships with their clients. Our certification delivers high-quality, comprehensive baseline training that supports employment opportunities.

Studying the Australian College of Quality Care's Advanced Certificate in Support Work will allow you to pursue a fulfilling career in this rapidly growing industry. Gain the practical skills and knowledge to provide individual support in home and community care settings. Enjoy the freedom and flexibility of choosing when and where you study. Direct your learning with all your study materials online, allowing you to manage your workload and fit your studies around your lifestyle. Simply log in to the online campus to access all your learning materials whenever and wherever you like and make your way through the course at a pace that suits you.

This course will provide you with factual, technical and theoretical knowledge of the concepts and practices which involve discretion and judgment about individual support requirements. It will ensure you are equipped with the skills, knowledge and values to assist the most vulnerable and marginalised members of our communities in achieving the best outcomes and promoting positive relationships. You will develop the skills and values necessary to support individuals and groups and work competently with all demographics, including the elderly and disabled and from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. ACQC's Advanced Certificate of Support Work will provide you with industry-specific skills and assist in developing a range of transferable skills for residential and professional environments.

ACQC’s Advanced Certificate of Support Work provides foundational knowledge suitable for any individual in a support or carer role:

- A support worker wanting to up-skill or re-skill, even if you have formal education

- A support worker with no formal qualifications

- A family carer including a parent of a child with a disability, or even a carer of an elderly parent or family member.

- An individual looking to start a new career as a support worker and bridge into a new career

- An individual who is currently studying a formal qualification and would like to complement their studies

Potential career outcomes:

- Community Support Worker

- Aged Care Support Worker

- Disability Support Worker

- Home Care / Residential Support Worker

- Day Respite Support Worker

- Care Assistant

- Personal Carer.