Community Services

This qualification reflects that the functions of community services, case management and social housing workers involved in the managing, coordinating and/or bringing of person-centred services to individuals, groups and communities. At this degree, workers have specialised skills in community work and services autonomously under comprehensive guidelines from senior management. Workers are often supplying direct support to individuals or groups of individuals. Workers might even have responsibility for the oversight of other volunteers and workers and/or instance direction; program manipulation or the evolution of new business opportunities.Note that the Statutory & forensic child, youth & family impairment specialisationmust be performed orderto meet the minimum education requirements for child protection and youth justice practice in Victoria. Additionally, to fulfill minimum education requirements for entrance into child protection practice in Victoria, diploma credentials needs to be approved by the Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA)To attain this qualification, the candidate should have completed at least 100 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Prerequisites of components of competency.No law, legislative, regulatory or certification conditions affect this qualification at that time of publication.