Course Overview
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Course Content
Work with diverse people
Manage legal and ethical compliance
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence
Develop and implement service programs
Reflect on and improve own professional practice
Maintain work health and safety
Analyse impacts of sociological factors on clients in community work and services
Facilitate workplace debriefing and support processes
Recognise and respond to crisis situations
Assess co-existing needs
Facilitate and review case management
Provide advocacy and representation services
Elective unit
Establish and confirm the counselling relationship
Elective unit
Plan and conduct group activities
Elective unit
Provide person-centred services to people with disability with complex needs
Elective unit
Work with clients within the social housing system
Elective unit
Implement trauma informed care
Elective unit
Confirm developmental status
Elective unit
Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
Elective unit
Common Questions
The Diploma of Community Services (CHC52021) at ACVET costs $22,300 and takes 104 weeks to complete. Classes are held at the World Trade Centre campus in Docklands, Victoria.
Students are required to complete 400 hours of work placement in total. Specifically, 100 hours of work placement within the course structure are completed during Week 11 of terms 2, 4, 6, and 8 (25 hours per block). ACVET will assist students to find a work placement, or students can find their own. A trainer and assessor will visit during placement to discuss issues and conduct observations for assessment purposes.
Students must demonstrate English language competence equivalent to IELTS 6.0. This can be evidenced through accepted English language tests such as PTE and TOEFL, or by providing documented evidence of one of the following: being educated for 5 years in an English-speaking country; completing at least 6 months of a Certificate IV level course in an Australian RTO; or successful completion of an English Placement Test.
The Diploma of Community Services has six intake periods throughout the year: February, April, June, July, September, and November.
Before commencing work placement, learners are required to provide a Federal Police Check (name check) that is not older than 3 months, as well as evidence of up-to-date vaccination as required.
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