StudyQA — Bachelor: Human Services — Queensland University of Technology (Page 235)

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This career-oriented course responds to global social challenges and provides you with contemporary professional skills suitable for a range of practice areas. You will develop skills in casework and case management, social policy processes, group and team practice skills, advanced communication, community work, and understanding families and relationships. You will apply this knowledge to an area of specialisation. Choose from child and family services, youth services, or applied research.

Our staff maintain close professional links with the human services sector, and guest lecturers are leaders in a range of government and community organisations. These collaborative partnerships offer you valuable networking opportunities with industry. In addition, you will complete 550 hours of professional placement which will further develop your assessment and intervention skills, and your own practice framework. It may be possible to complete this placement with an overseas agency.

Orientation to Social Work and Human Services
Human Development and Behaviour
Contemporary Human Rights
People, Community and Disability
Communication for Health Professionals
Australian Society, Systems and Policies
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Communities
Understanding Families and Relationships
Human Services Practice Placement
Practice Theories
Professional Practice Processes and Assessment
Casework and Case Management
Community and Place Based Practice
Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Social Work and Human Services
Elective chosen from Human Services Introduction to Field of Practice List
Working in Human Service Organisations
Group and Team Practice Skills
Advanced Communication for Social Work and Human Services
Transition to Practice
Complexity in Social Work and Human Services Practice

1 Year Bachelor degree or other recognised post-secondary studies with pass grades
Hepatitis B vaccination (highly recommended, but mandatory for some placements), blue card
Additional $70 (standard three-injection schedule) or $92 (fast-track schedule)
Formal identity papers, like your passport, national identity card and student visa
Include the original copy of your IELTS or TOEFL test results.You can provide your IELTS Test Report form number, and international admissions can verify your results online.If you complete the TOEFL test, you can have your results sent directly to QUT. Our institution code is 9778.