Diploma of Community Services

Are you looking to grow your skills and experience within the community services sector? The Diploma of Community Services is a specialized course, focused on enhancing the skills of workers within the community services sector to provide higher-level skills such as program coordination, case management or business development. This qualification is designed with industry conditions in mind, with electives selected to provide students with a comprehensive skillset across areas of increased and growing demand such as the provision of counselling, support to those affected by domestic and family violence, supporting clients with mental health needs and client advocacy.

This qualification reflects the role of community services workers involved in the delivery, management and coordination of person-centred services to individuals, groups, and communities. At this level, workers have specialised skills in community services and work autonomously within their scope of practice under broad directions from senior management. Workers support people to make changes in their lives to improve personal and social wellbeing and may also have responsibility for the supervision of other workers and volunteers. They may also undertake case management and program coordination.

To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 200 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency. The skills in this qualification must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.