Graduate Diploma in Aged Care Management

Knowledge of the discipline in the course Graduate Diploma in Aged Care Management is categorised into several areas, including strategic human resource management, leading and managing systems and services, leading and managing people across cultures, facilitating interprofessional collaboration, and neuroscience and human behaviour. This knowledge of the discipline of health management is taught, practised and assessed across the unit content via written assessments and group work.

Graduates will convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences and stakeholders throughout the aged care services. Aged care managers rely on effective communication to perform as effective leaders and therefore there is a great emphasis on developing communication skills in the Graduate Diploma in Aged Care Management. Various aspects of communication are taught practised and assessed in this course including, seeking and assessing information, managing diversity, dealing with conflict, utilising appropriate channels of communication, evaluating content of messages, reporting effectively and presenting well. As a part of building communication skills functioning in groups is structured into the course and taught, practised and assessed through a range of methods.

Problem solving is taught, practised and assessed in the course Graduate Diploma in Aged Care Management. Graduates will apply logical, critical and creative thinking to solve a range of problems which confront health managers. They will apply logical, critical and creative thinking to a range of problems; identify critical issues in the discipline or professional area; conceptualise problems and formulate a range of solutions that are appropriate to the national or cultural context of the problem; collect, collate and analyse relevant information to assist problem solving.

Graduates will be taught, practised and assessed in relation to information literacy across in the course Graduate Diploma in Aged Care Management. Graduates will recognise when information is needed, and identify, evaluate, and effectively use information as required. Leading and managing in the health care sector means being engaged with a great deal of information from a great many sources. This includes critically evaluating information and the search process; managing information collected or generated; using information to construct new concepts or to create new understandings; using information with understanding and acknowledging cultural, ethical, economic, and socio-political issues surrounding its use; acquiring, organising and presenting information using the latest technology.

This attribute will be taught, practised and assessed across the course Graduate Diploma in Aged Care Management. Graduates will understand how to behave ethically within their health management discipline and in the broader context of health and social care. Demonstrate ethical action and social responsibility in their personal, professional and community lives; demonstrate respect for, and acknowledgement of, ideas and knowledge of others; acknowledge the social and ethical implications of their actions; appreciate the impact of social change; recognise social justice issues relevant to their discipline and professional area.

Lifelong learning is promoted throughout the course Graduate Diploma in Aged Care Management. Graduates will be prepared for lifelong learning in pursuit of personal and professional development in aged care management. Continuous learning is important for self and system improvement in the analysis of complex issues in the governance and performance management of aged care services. Therefore, this course is committed to establishing life-long learning as part of the graduate's skill base.

This attribute is promoted throughout the course Graduate Diploma in Aged Care Management. Graduates will work independently and collaboratively to achieve individual and common goals. This includes networking effectively to achieve common goals and to solve problems; appreciate the different approaches that different cultures have to collaborative work; take responsibility and carry out agreed tasks; take initiative and lead others; operate in a range of supportive roles within teams; negotiate, assert their own values and respect the values and contributions of others; evaluate team performance.