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CRICOS course code: 090530F

Level of study: Career Based/Vocational

Summary

Get a head start to a career in social and community services

Set yourself up for a rewarding career working as a professional community services worker with individuals, families and groups.

The community services sector offers a diverse range of job opportunities that will enable you to make a difference in many people’s lives.

When you complete the Diploma of Community Services, you’ll be qualified to work for community services organisations, government departments and not for-profit organisations in a wide variety of roles and services –specialist and /or generalist such as:
- child protection
- family violence outreach and support services
- school welfare
- youth, family and disability services
- aged care
- mental health
- advocacy /community development
- homelessness.

Experienced industry practitioners will guide you through the program, which combines theory and practical experience.

Our classes involve lively in depth discussion and debate of social and community issues impacting on the lives of individuals and groups in society.

Topics such as such as human rights, diversity, family violence, child, family and youth issues, and child protection are explored.

You will develop skills in research and report writing, advocacy, casework, counselling, case management with opportunities to be involved in relevant student projects, for example; students run yearly forums on family and domestic violence with invited guests from industry.

Possible job outcome

• juvenile justice support worker
• case manager
• community corrections officer
• migrant / refugee advocate
• youth worker
• domestic violence outreach worker
• child protection practitioner

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