Community Services

This qualification reflects that the roles of community agencies, case management and social housing workers involved with the managing, coordinating and/or delivering of person-centred services to individuals, communities and groups. At that degree, workers have specialized abilities in community work and services under comprehensive directions from senior management. Workers are usually providing direct aid to individuals or groups of people. Workers might also have responsibility for the oversight of other workers and volunteers and/or case direction; application ethics or the development of new small business opportunities.Note that the Statutory & forensic child, childhood & family welfare specialisationmust be achieved orderto meet the minimum education requirements for child protection and youth justice practice in Victoria. Furthermore, to fulfill minimum education requirements for entrance into child protection practice in Victoria, diploma qualifications needs to be approved by the Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA)To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 100 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Prerequisites of units of competency.No law, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to the qualification during time of book.