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Health and Community Services

Who we are

Box Hill Institute’s Centre for Health and Community Services has specialist knowledge in areas such as:

  • Aged Care
  • Children's Services
  • Disability Work
  • Funeral Celebrancy
  • Health Management
  • Hospital Pharmacy
  • Lifestyle and Leisure
  • Marriage Celebrancy
  • Massage
  • Nursing
  • Patient Services
  • Pharmacy Law
  • Remedial Massage
  • Youth Work.

Office hours

Monday–Friday: 8.30 to 4.30

Counter enquiries

Monday–Friday: 9.00 to 4.00

What we do

The Centre delivers quality training across a range of industry areas including:

  • Residential and Community Care for the aged and/or disabled
  • Early Childhood Studies
  • Home Care
  • Health Care/Patient Services
  • Educational Programs for students with learning difficulties
  • Residential, Community Support and Juvenile Justice for young people

The Centre identifies and delivers training and education for the health and community services industry, and aims to prepare its graduates to meet industry needs.

Courses offered include traineeships and training programs customised for industry clients and delivered on-site.

The Centre for Health and Community Services has many years of experience in the design, delivery and evaluation of workplace training that is responsive to both individual learning needs and the strategic directions of the employer organisation.

The Centre for Health and Community Services offers training programs for those planning to become carers in the fields of aged care, youth work, disability work, patient services and children’s services. The Centre also runs programs in Work Education, VET in Schools and VCAL for young people with a history of learning difficulties.

Our facilities

  • Model Office – for practical experience in office skills
  • Automotive and Manufacturing Training Workshop
  • Nursing Laboratory
 Health and Community Services

Health and Community Services Courses

CodeCourse NameFull-timePart-timeOff-campusIntlApp.Trn.
21672VIC Certificate I in Work Education yes yes no no no no
21773VIC Certificate II in General Education for Adults
- with a Youth Focus		 no yes no no no no
CHC30102 Certificate III in Aged Care Work
Incorporating CHC30202 Certificate III in Home & Community Care		 yes no no no no yes
CHC30402 Certificate III in Children's Services yes yes no no no yes
HLT31807 Certificate III in Dental Assisting no yes no no no yes
HLT32507 Certificate III in Health Services Assistance
(Patient/Client Services)		 yes no no no no no
CHC30202 Certificate III in Home and Community Care
Incorporating CHC30102 Certificate III in Aged Care		 yes no no no no yes
HLT31407 Certificate III in Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy Support yes yes no no no yes
CHC41702 Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs Work no yes no no no no
CHC41602 Certificate IV in Community Services (Lifestyle and Leisure) no yes no no no yes
CHC40302 Certificate IV in Disability Work no yes no no no yes
HLT40507 Certificate IV in Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy Support no no yes no no yes
HLT40307 Certificate IV in Massage Therapy Practice yes no no no no no
HLT43407 Certificate IV in Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 Nursing) yes yes no yes no no
CHC40602 Certificate IV in Youth Work yes no no yes no yes
21841VIC Diploma of Applied Learning yes no no no no no
CHC50302 Diploma of Children's Services yes yes no yes no yes
HLT50307 Diploma of Remedial Massage yes no no no no no
CHC60102 Advanced Diploma of Disability Work no yes no no no no
HLT32607 Certificate III in Pathology no no no no no yes
HLT31107 Certificate III in Sterilisation Services no yes no no no yes
HCMED Medication Administration for Division 2 Nurses no yes no no no no
0008HSNAP RN Div 2 Anatomy & Physiology Update for Medications course no yes no no no no
21354VIC Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning - Senior (Nursing) no no no no no no
Intl = International Courses — available to international students on a full-time basis; special fees apply.
App. = Apprenticeships and Trn. = Traineeships — require you to find an employer or a group training company willing to employ you. Traineeships are optional for some courses.

Contact Information
Course Enquiries
Office: Elgar Campus, E3.220
Phone:+61 3 9286 9356
Fax: +61 3 9286 9585
Email: courseinfo@bhtafe.edu.au 		Centre: Health and Community Services
Office: Elgar Campus, E3.303
Phone: +61 3 9286 9106
Fax: +61 3 9286 9100
Centre Manager (Acting): Kerry Kirk
Send email to Kerry Kirk.