Jodie

Feb 16, 2021

Thanks Open Colleges just a few points.

Dear Open Colleges I learnt so much during my online study experience and appreciated all the support I received. As a mature aged tertiary educated student heading back into the workforce I found the Online platform was challenging at times to follow /uploading scanned signatory pages for work placement etc however Student Support was very patient and helpful! I have gained many IT skills. Huge amount of content and work required each module and repetitive at times and sometimes the feed-back from assessors was pedantic. However all the content was very relevant and informative. Luckily I was not in a great hurry to finish the course so length of time for marking was not an issue for me. Assessors Please send all relevant checklists to supervisors/students at the start of placements to make clear your requirements at workplaces regarding manual handling accreditation/ supervision / co- signatures and input into portfolios. As students we are often working with a different person every shift and managing a huge workload at home. So need all the guidance we can get to avoid things getting missed or confused. Both my supervisors at two different workplaces were wonderful but can imagine others not being quite so patient. Given the year of Covid understandable difficulties for assessors/students/supervisors and workplaces. The in-depth and amount of work required from this particular course must be designed to increase the quality of the Care Support Workers that it graduates as was very challenging and a lot of information/work involved. Well done for the aged-care industry but I would imagine many people would not have the IT/writing/practical skills required to complete this course properly. Would be interested if there were past courses that were simpler? Thankyou to everyone who supported me on my study journey I have secured employment which was my main goal!