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Course Overview
Eligibility
Existing Worker Applications (additional requirement):
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Course Content
Analyse impacts of sociological factors on people in community work and services
Core unit
Assess co-existing needs
Core unit
Develop and implement service programs
Core unit
Facilitate and review case management
Core unit
Facilitate workplace debriefing and support processes
Core unit
Maintain work health and safety
Core unit
Manage legal and ethical compliance
Core unit
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Core unit
Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence
Core unit
Recognise and respond to crisis situations
Core unit
Reflect on and improve own professional practice
Core unit
Work with diverse people
Core unit
Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing
Elective unit
Coordinate complex case requirements
Elective unit
Facilitate goal directed planning
Elective unit
Identify and report children and young people at risk
Elective unit
Implement case management practice
Elective unit
Promote and facilitate self advocacy
Elective unit
Provide case management supervision
Elective unit
Work effectively in trauma informed care
Elective unit
Common Questions
The course requires 200 hours of placement in a variety of community service agencies to further develop technical skills via work-based learning. Additionally, to complete the qualification, students must have completed at least 100 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency.
Fees vary depending on eligibility. Fee Free TAFE places are available at $0 total cost (limited places, eligibility criteria applies). Subsidised training costs $1,947 per semester ($5,840 total over 18 months). Concession rate is $1,217 per semester ($3,650 total). Full fee paying students are charged $2,871 per semester ($8,614 total). VET Student Loans may also be available for eligible students.
Applicants must complete a Language, Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (LLN) and hold a Certificate IV or higher in Community Services or a Health related area. Students must also be eligible for, and obtain, a valid South Australian Working with Children Check. If more applications are received than places available, applicants will be ranked by date of application.
The Diploma of Community Services is offered at Noarlunga and Regency Park campuses in a blended study mode, combining scheduled on-campus learning with online flexibility. Full-time study is available at both campuses. An existing worker pathway is also available at Regency Park in part-time, workplace-based study mode for those currently employed in a community services direct client intervention role for 12 months or more.
Graduates may pursue roles such as case coordinator, case manager, client service assessor, coordinator of family support services, welfare worker, social welfare worker, early intervention coordinator, and community worker. Note that completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome, and formal requirements other than educational qualifications (e.g. licensing, professional registration) may apply to some occupations.
Application
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