The term ‘Life Skills’ refers to the skills you need to make the most out of life.

At AussieCare, we understand that any skill that is useful in your life can be considered a life skill. Tying your shoelaces, swimming, driving a car and using a computer are, for most people, useful life skills. Broadly speaking, the term ‘life skills’ is usually used for any of the skills needed to deal competently and effectively with the challenges of life. It should, therefore, be evident that everyone will potentially have a different list of the skills they consider essential in life and those that they find unnecessary. Our team of support workers and Social workers will employ the client-centred approach to assist you in identifying the development skills that are important you that embrace your uniqueness and individuality.

Specific skills may be more or less relevant to you depending on your life circumstances, your culture, beliefs, age, geographic location, etc. However, in 1999, the World Health Organization identified six critical areas of life skills:

AussieCare offers the following skills training for individuals or in a group setting.

Communication and interpersonal skills: This broadly describes the skills needed to get on and work with other people.

Decision-making and problem-solving: This describes the skills required to understand problems, find solutions to them, alone or with others, and then take action to address them.

Creative thinking and critical thinking: This describes the ability to think in different and unusual ways about problems, and find new solutions, or generate new ideas, coupled with the ability to assess information carefully and understand its relevance.

Self-awareness and empathy are two critical parts of emotional intelligence. They describe understanding yourself and being able to feel for other people as if their experiences were happening to you.

Assertiveness and patience, or self-control: These describe the skills needed to stand up for yourself and other people, and remain calm even in the face of considerable provocation.

Resilience and ability to cope with problems: which describes the ability to recover from setbacks, and treat them as opportunities to learn.

Negotiation skills: you will certainly need plenty of patience and good temper.

Employability skills: to get a job, and will also need to think about how you apply for a job, and how you might cope in an interview;

Leadership skills: especially if you need to lead teams or groups

Parenting skills: when you start a family, you’ll need. You may also find that time management and organising skills become much more critical.

At AussieCare, we believe that the essential life skill is the ability and willingness to learn. By learning new skills, our clients will increase their understanding of the world around them and equip themselves with the tools they need to live a more productive and fulfilling life, finding ways to cope with the challenges that life, inevitably, throws at them.

Learning the above-mentioned skills our clients will be able to deal with general life skills development such as caring for your health & well-being, food preparation of healthy meals, budgeting & managing your finances, mastering your travellings independently, independence in mastering daily activities. Shopping increasing interaction in the community, improving communication and social skills, as well as learning essential life skills such as money handling.