Traineeships and student placements
Build a meaningful career with an Aged Care Traineeship or student placement
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Your new career starts here.
Are you a kind, compassionate and positive person? Are you a natural caregiver who wants to make a real difference to people’s lives?
If so, we’ll help you build a rewarding, respected career in the Individual Support sector through aged care and in-home care streams, and support you to become a Personal Care Worker.
Aged care traineeships
Get paid to get qualified
We partner with reputable and industry-leading training organisations——such as TAFEs and other Registered Training Organisations who deliver high-quality health and aged care education.
This provides you with a unique career opportunity to earn money while you complete a Certificate III in Individual Support (CHC33021)–(Ageing Stream).
As part of our traineeship, you’ll work alongside our experienced, supportive team gaining practical experience and studying under the expert guidance of our trainers.
Depending on your traineeship, you would be employed a minimum of 15 hours per week and receive paid study time during your traineeship.
The traineeship can be done at any of our sites across Victoria including Warragul, Drouin, West Meadows, Norlane, Camberwell, Morwell, Kew, Kerang, Frankston South, Macleod, Doncaster, Footscray, Werribee, Lalor or Devonport in Tasmania.
For more information on traineeships please reach out to talent@baptcare.org.au
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Student placements and work experience
Are you already enrolled in a Certificate III Individual Support (Ageing) and are seeking a host for your practical placement? Baptcare can help! As part of student placement and work experience opportunities, you’ll be completing your practical experience alongside designated mentors and our experienced, supportive team, gaining the opportunity to strengthen your practical skills under the expert guidance of industry trainers.
Practical Work Placement usually requires a minimum of 120 hours at one of our sites. Different schools break up their placement differently, with some option to do two blocks of 60 hours or one full block of 120 hours. Reach out to us and we can discuss your circumstances.
Application for Practical Work Placement is done by submitting a Placement Application Form. All placements at Baptcare are administered centrally which means you only have one point of contact regardless of which location or course you are applying for. Once your application is received, it will be processed and you will receive an outcome normally within 5 working days.
Before your placement commences you will need to provide copies of:
- A National Criminal Check completed within the immediate previous 6 months from the time you apply for placement.
- A signed Placement Agreement (provided by your school).
- Although vaccination evidence of COVID-19 and Influenza are not mandatory, we would highly encourage you to obtain and submit these, for your safety and that of our residents and staff.
- You will also be provided with a copy of Baptcare’s Code of Conduct, which needs to be read and signed to acknowledge that you commit to upholding our Code of Conduct standards.
For more information on student placements email studentplacements@baptcare.org.au today!
What’s in it for you?
Join a team that’s more than just a place to work
Baptcare helps our customers live their best lives whether that’s in their home, or at one of our residential or retirement living communities. When you work for us, you’re part of a truly caring organisation that supports you to become your best.
Baptcare is more than just a place to work. We are one of Victoria’s leading and most trusted providers of residential, home and community care for older people, and support to children, youth, families and individuals, people with disability and people seeking asylum.
Do your student placement at Baptcare and make a meaningful difference!
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