About Christa College

This Qualification is a comprehensive program designed to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in the early childhood education and care sector. Throughout the course, students delve into the fundamentals of child development, learning theories, and best practices in early childhood education. They learn how to create inclusive and supportive environments that foster children's growth and development.

This qualification covers a wide range of topics, including promoting children's health and safety, facilitating positive interactions and relationships, and implementing educational programs that cater to individual needs. Students also gain practical experience through work placements in various early childhood settings, allowing them to apply their learning in real-world contexts.

This qualification reflects tailoring to equip individuals for leadership roles in the early childhood education and care sector. This qualification provides advanced skills and knowledge in child development theories, curriculum frameworks, and effective program design.

Covering topics such as leadership principles, cultural competence, and legislative requirements, students gain practical experience through work placements.

Graduates are prepared for leadership positions in settings like long day care centres, preschools, kindergartens, and family day care services, shaping the quality of early childhood education and care while positively impacting young children and their families.

This qualification reflects the role of counsellors, who work with clients on personal and psychological issues using established counselling modalities. They use communication, micro-counselling and interviewing skills and draw on varied counselling therapies to assist clients. At this level, the counsellor will be working in defined and supported counselling roles in established agencies rather than in independent practice.

This qualification reflects the role of individual support typically involves preparing individuals to work in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualized plan to provide person-centered support.

This support may include daily personal care, maintaining well-being, and social and emotional support. The individual support worker may provide this assistance in various settings such as residential facilities, community care, or individuals' homes.

The qualification equips individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge to empower clients to live Independently.

This qualification reflects the role of support workers who complete specialised tasks and functions in aged services; either in residential, home or community-based environments. Workers will take responsibility for their own outputs within defined organisation guidelines and maintain quality service delivery through the development, facilitation and review of individualised service planning and delivery.

Workers may be required to demonstrate leadership and have limited responsibility for the organisation and the quantity and quality of outputs of others within limited parameters.

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.

This qualification reflects the role of workers who provide self-directed recovery-oriented support for people affected by mental illness and psychiatric disability. Work involves implementing community-based programs and activities focusing on mental health, mental illness and psychiatric disability.

Work is undertaken in a range of community contexts such as community based non-government organisations; home based outreach; centre-based programs; respite care; residential services, rehabilitation programs; clinical settings; or supporting people in employment.

Work is carried out autonomously under the broad guidance of other practitioners and professionals. To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 80 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency.

This qualification is tailored for individuals engaged in the development, implementation, and assessment of leisure and health activities and programs for clients across various sectors. Typically, these workers are employed in settings such as residential facilities, community agencies, and day centers, where they perform specialized roles related to leisure and health. Although workers are accountable for their own work outcomes, they operate under either direct or indirect supervision, adhering to specific organizational policies and guidelines.

This qualification equips individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge to provide person-centered support to people with disabilities. This qualification prepares individuals to work effectively in a range of disability support settings, including residential facilities, community care, and individuals' homes.

The course covers a variety of topics, including supporting independence and well-being, facilitating community participation and social inclusion, providing personal care and support, and working within a legal and ethical framework.

Graduates of this certificate are trained to promote the rights and empowerment of people with disabilities and to contribute positively to their quality of life.

This qualification reflects the role of workers who assist teachers and support student learning in a range of classroom settings under the guidance of a teacher or other educational professional. At this level, workers may be involved in facilitation of learning for a range of instructional groupings, including for those Applicants in need of additional support. In these roles, the education support worker sources and analyses information from diverse sources, may work with limited direct supervision and could provide guidance to other workers.

This qualification reflects the roles of community services, case management and social housing workers involved in the managing, co-ordinating and/or delivering of person-centred services to individuals, groups and communities. At this level, workers have specialised skills in community services and work autonomously under broad directions from senior management. Workers are usually providing direct support to individuals or groups of individuals.

This qualification is designed for individuals who are involved in youth and family intervention, including specific practices in residential care, out of home care, family support, and early intervention.

Workers in this field are expected to operate under broad supervision and adhere to established organizational guidelines, service plans, and job specifications.