Community Services

This qualification reflects the functions of community services, case management and social home workers involved in the managing, co ordinating and/or bringing of person-centred services for individuals, groups and communities. At that level, workers have specialised skills in community services and work autonomously under comprehensive directions from senior management. Workers are often supplying direct support to individuals or groups of individuals. Workers may even have responsibility for the supervision of other volunteers and workers or instance management; application manipulation or the development of new business opportunities.Note that the Statutory & forensic child, childhood & family welfare specialisationmust be done in orderto meet the minimum education requirements for child protection and youth justice practice in Victoria. In addition, to meet the 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 attain this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 100 hours of are detailed in the Assessment Prerequisites of components of competency.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements affect the eligibility at that time of publication.