Short courses to upskill for your aged care career
Short courses can be completed in a short period of time, but the benefits can be long-lasting for those in the aged care sector. Without the time commitment of a Certificate or Diploma, a short course can help you maximise extra time you have to spare and help you gain extra knowledge and skills to enhance your career.
As well as benefitting employees and those they provide care for, short courses also enhance the way an organisation is run making it a worthwhile investment for employers. Explore short course options to gain expertise that will increase the standard of your offering for the aged care sector.
Short courses deliver benefits across the sector
Short courses optimise an aged care worker’s ability to provide the highest possible standard of care in the workplace. Plus, if you are an employer in the aged care sector, it is well worth considering presenting your employees with short course opportunities to reap the rewards for your employees, your organisation and for those you provide care for.
Here’s what you can expect when you complete a short course:
Keep skills up to date
Staying on top of crucial skills around infection control and first aid is essential in aged care. Keeping those skills up to date means being proactive about delivering the highest standard of aged care.
Enhance job satisfaction
Employees who feel valued, as when employers support them in upskilling, are more likely to do their best work and feel higher levels of job satisfaction. This means improved staff retention and increased productivity in the workplace. Short courses can also offer a renewed passion for your sector, inspiring aged care workers to feel motivated to bring their latest knowledge to their work.
Keep everyone safe at work
Short course qualifications help aged care professionals be confident about how to do things the right way. You will reduce the risk of accidents in the workplace and keep staff and clients safe in aged care settings.
Enhance job satisfaction
Employees who feel valued, as when employers support them in upskilling, are more likely to do their best work and feel higher levels of job satisfaction. This means improved staff retention and increased productivity in the workplace. Short courses can also offer a renewed passion for your sector, inspiring aged care workers to feel motivated to bring their latest knowledge to their work.
Stand out in the job market
During the aged care job application process, it helps when you can stand out for the right reasons. There is no doubt that having qualifications via a short course in areas such as first aid or infection control will give you an advantage in the job application process. Plus, offering short course opportunities to potential employees is a great way to attract quality aged care workers to your organisation.
Aged care short courses to consider
We offer three valuable short course options that will enhance the way you approach your role in the aged care workforce. Infection control, first aid or assisting clients with medication can be explored through a short course, so learn more about them to decide which is right for you.
Infection control short courses
Infection control is vital in aged care and the Covid-19 pandemic shone a light on just how impactful it can be across every sector, particularly aged care.
Those who are receiving aged care are among the most vulnerable in our communities and are often more susceptible to illness and infection. They might have compromised immune systems or other conditions that put them at greater risk of serious illness or even death when it comes to flu or Covid-19 as well as pneumonia, skin infections, urinary tract infections or gastrointestinal infections.
An infection control short course can equip learners with the skills needed to follow policies and procedures within aged care organisations that can prevent illness and infection, and/or minimise their spread.
Royal College infection control short courses will ensure that aged care workers have the necessary know-how to implement appropriate precautions and respond to infection risks in the workplace according to sector best practice:
Infection Control Skill Set
This skill set provides the skills to follow organisational infection prevention and control policies and procedures, including implementing standard and transmission-based precautions and responding to infection risks in the workplace.
Cross-sector Infection Control Skill Set
This skill set addresses the skills and knowledge required to undertake work activities in compliance with organisational procedures that prevent and control infection.
Infection Control Skill Set (Food Handling)
This skill set is tailored for organisations where food handling is part of their operations, providing the skills to follow organisational infection prevention and control policies and procedures, including implementing standard and transmission-based precautions and responding to infection risks in the workplace.
More information on our infection control short courses here.
Assist Clients with Medication
Through this short course, aged care workers can develop the competencies required to support clients with the healthy functioning of their bodies and administer their required medications.
Personalised care that ensures the safety and wellbeing of the elderly is vital and this skill set incorporates topics includes the recognition of healthy functions, understanding medication terminology, the legal framework around the administration of medication and your responsibilities in supporting ageing individuals with their medications.
Learn more about the short course Assist Clients with Medication here.
Upskill in no time with a short course
While short courses don’t take very long to complete — as little as a few hours depending on your chosen course — the outcomes are long-lasting.
For maximum results for your career, knowledge and skills in a short period of time, a short course could be just what you need to enhance your career in aged care.
Contact Royal College today to learn more about our short courses.
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