Student Placement Program

Aged care work placements

Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare.

We’re looking for people who want to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.

To kickstart your aged care career, we’ve partnered with select Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) and universities to provide student placements in our community and residential aged care services, in roles ranging from personal carers to registered nurses and allied health professionals.

With your qualifications in hand, you’ll be able to form part of our big-hearted BlueCare team of highly dedicated people right across Queensland who are encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

Vocational placement is structured learning in a real work environment so students can gain valuable aged care work experience in the practical skills required for their qualification.

Prior to placement, students will be invited to an online pre-placement briefing session. On the first day of placement, students will receive an orientation to the facility and an introduction to the organisation and the services BlueCare offers. Students will also be provided with an online handbook to support them during their stay.

With a Blue Nurses legacy dating back to 1953, BlueCare is one of Queensland’s largest and most trusted not-for-profit providers of community and in-home care, residential aged care, disability services and retirement living and is proudly part of the UnitingCare family. We’d love you to be too.

BlueCare is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer – everybody is welcome here.

Personal carer placements

We are partnering with a preferred panel of RTOs to offer Certificate lll in Individual Support students the opportunity to complete their personal carer placement with BlueCare. Please contact any of the RTOs listed below if you are interested in completing your Certificate III and your student placement with BlueCare.

• Ashley Institute of Training.
• Blue Stone Medical.
• Carers Queensland.
• Designer Life.
• Educare College.
• Major Training.
• TAFE Qld.

Requests will be accommodated based on organisational needs and capacity at the time, and priority given to students studying with our Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and university partners.

If you are studying with another RTO, or if you are an RTO looking to work with us, please refer to the information below.

Clinical and other placements

We also take students who are studying nursing or allied health professions, including:

• Enrolled nurses
• Registered nurses
• Physiotherapists
• Occupational therapists
• Podiatrists
• Exercise physiologists
• Speech therapists

Other qualifications where we may be able to offer a placement may include:

• Cert. IV in Leisure and Health
• Cert. IV in Ageing Support
• Cert. III in Health Services Assistance

Non-partner RTOs or universities requesting placements

Demand for placements is always high. Requests will be accommodated based on organisational needs and capacity at the time, and priority given to students studying with our Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and university partners.

To request student placements, please complete the BlueCare University/RTO Student Placement Request Form and attach it with the items listed below in the enquiry form:

• Insurance and Liability Information
• Program outline / learning objectives

Once we have reviewed this information we will contact you directly if we are able to accommodate your request.

Students requesting a clinical or other placement

For these types of placements please complete the BlueCare Individual Student Placement Request Form and attach it in the enquiry form. If we are able to meet your request, we will contact you directly.