The Individual Support Worker

Book excerpt: The Individual Support Worker is designed to meet the needs of workers in the home, community and/or a residential setting, who are required to provide person-centred support to people who are ageing and/or have a disability-related condition. The person-centred approach is reflected in all of the 21 chapters reflecting the introduction of Consumer Directed Care and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The text is organised in core and elective units for the Certificate III in Individual Support. Addressing all mandatory core and the specific elective steams of Ageing and Disability, each chapter follows the unit guide for a specific competency. After the learning objectives and introduction, the major section headings align with the competency elements, and the topic headings' corresponding criteria. Knowledge Evidence is addressed as specific topic headings within the performance criteria. Throughout the chapters, students are asked to reflect or self-assess via activities such as scenario-based questions. Each chapter culminates in a summary.