Diploma of Community Services
Course Overview: This qualification reflects the roles of community services, case management and social housing workers involved in the managing, co-ordinating and/or delivering of person-centred services to individuals, groups and communities
- Duration: 104 weeks
- Work-placements: 400 hours
- Funding: This qualification is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding to eligible candidates.
- Course fee: Tuition fees- ($0 for eligible Skills First Funding applicants)
- Prerequisite: There is no formal prerequisite for this course.
- Entry Requirements: You will be required to complete a Language, Literacy and Numeracy test and formal interview with one of the qualified Trainers and Assessors to establish whether this course is the correct qualification for your career path and job prospects.
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- Career Opportunities: Upon the completion of this course, you could become-:
- Welfare support worker •
- Community service case worker •
- Community service case manager
- Pathways:After achieving this Diploma course, students may continue their studies by enrolling in:
- Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management
- Bachelor of Health and Community Services
Course Details: Each candidate must demonstrate their competency in the following-
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- 8 core units.
- 8 Elective units
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- Assessment : Assessment is both formative and summative and may include a combination of Questioning, Skills Assessment, Industry Work Placement, Scenario, Case Study, Role Play, Project, Research and Report.
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- Additional Requirements :
- National Police Record Check and/or Police clearance.
- Working with Children Check
- Immunisation records
- Moderate level of computer literacy required
- Record of vaccinations (from home count