Diploma of Community Welfare Work
Course 4459 CRICOS Code 048272B |
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Duration
2 years full-time
Locations, tuition fees and intakes
Additional costs for uniforms, equipment, textbooks and materials (if applicable) range from A$300 - A$1,000 per course.
Campuses in Sydney |
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| Campbelltown | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
| Granville | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
| Meadowbank | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
| Nirimba | Feb, Jul | A$21,640 | ||
| Northern Beaches | Feb, Jul | A$21,640 | ||
| Sutherland/Loftus | Feb, Jul | A$21,640 | ||
| St George | Feb, Jul | A$21,640 | ||
| Ultimo | Feb, Jul | A$21,640 | ||
Campuses outside Sydney |
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| Albury | Feb | A$20,800 | ||
| Bathurst | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
| Bega | Feb, Jul | A$20,800 | ||
| CHEC | Feb, Jul | A$21,640 | ||
| Dubbo | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
| Kempsey | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
| Newcastle | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
| Orange | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
| Port Macquarie | Feb, Jul | A$21,640 | ||
| Tamworth | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
| Wagga Wagga | Feb, Jul | A$20,800 | ||
| Wollongong | Feb | A$21,640 | ||
*Intakes shown in red have already been filled
^Fees per course
Description
Developed to train you to gain employment in the community services industry in a range of positions, you will learn about interpersonal communication, basic counselling skills, group and team work skills, the social welfare and service delivery system, social justice and social disadvantage, advocacy, working across cultures, legal and ethical practice, case management, social policy and research, crisis intervention, conflict management, social welfare administration and how to work with people most at risk.
During the course students undertake 400 hours of work experience in social welfare agencies. Students may work with the elderly, unemployed, disabled, migrants, children at risk, youth, people with a mental illness, HIV AIDS and those with drug abuse issues.
TAFE Colleges offering the Diploma of Community Welfare Work (4459) apply for membership with the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers (AIWCW). For the approval status of various TAFE Colleges, see www.aiwcw.org.au. Graduates of this course are eligible for assessment by the AIWCW as welfare workers under the Skilled Migration scheme.
With effect from February 2011, new English language requirements apply for recognition of qualifications as a welfare worker for the purpose of migration to Australia. For details please see www.aiwcw.org.au
Career Opportunities
Community worker, case manager, case coordinator, program manager, program/service coordinator, welfare worker, social welfare worker, early intervention coordinator, family services coordinator and assessor
Entry Requirements
- Year 12 or equivalent or Certificate 4 in Community Services Work (18061) or equivalent
- CHEC, Newcastle and Port Macquarie campuses require Academic IELTS 5.5 or TOEFL (iBT) 51 or Certificate 3 in English for Further Study at TAFE NSW or equivalent
- For any other campuses require IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL (iBT) 68 or Certificate 3 in English for Further Study at TAFE NSW or equivalent
- Academic IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL (iBT) 68 or Certificate 3 in English for Further Study at TAFE NSW or equivalent for Diploma-to-Degree courses (DIAC 573 visa requirement)
Exit Points
N/A
Articulation
Graduates of the diploma can obtain one year of credit towards the Bachelor of Social Work degree at the University of Sydney. Please note that admission to this program is not guaranteed and that you must apply for admission to the University of Sydney and your application will be assessed on the basis of your academic record. For further information see http://www.edsw.usyd.edu.au/future_students/undergraduate/bsw/more_information.shtml
TAFE NSW Diploma-to-Degree (D2D) university pathway programs exist so students can enter a bachelor degree program with guaranteed credit with the Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP) and University of Western Sydney (UWS). For further information see http://www.detinternational.nsw.edu.au/tafe/c_d2dchildcarecomm.html
Course Structure
To receive the Diploma of Community Welfare Work, students must complete 15 core units and a range of elective modules.
Core Units
- Community welfare workplace learning -3
- Manage the organisation's finances, accounts and resources
- Develop and implement a community development strategy
- Develop, facilitate and monitor all aspects of case management
- Develop, implement and promote effective communication techniques
- Respond holistically to client issues
- Work with clients intensively
- Plan and conduct group activities
- Meet statutory and organisational information requirements
- Develop new networks
- Implement and monitor Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures for a work place
- Reflect and improve upon professional practice
- Coordinate the work environment
- Undertake research activities
- Develop and implement policy
Elective Units
The full range of elective units is listed below. Elective units actually offered may vary between each semester and campus, and will depend on a number of considerations including the packaging rules for the qualification and demand for the unit.
- Industry orientation
- Senior First Aid
- Introductory concepts in adult education
- Community welfare workplace learning - 1
- Community welfare workplace learning - 2
- Recognition - community services unit
- Focus on skills
- Learning awareness
- Foundation skills for community service - 1
- Learning support (mentor system)
- Learning how to learn
- Process and maintain workplace information
- Provide services to an older person with complex needs
- Provide care support which is responsive to the specific nature of dementia
- Orientation to aged care work
- Plan and monitor service delivery plans
- Advocate for clients
- Undertake systems advocacy
- Provide advocacy and representation
- Undertake administrative work
- Work with clients who have alcohol and/or other drugs issues
- Orientation to the alcohol and other drugs sector
- Assess the needs of clients who have alcohol and/or other drugs issues
- Provide alcohol and/or other drug withdrawal services
- Provide careers guidance
- Apply a community development framework
- Work within specific communities
- Implement a community development strategy
- Provide community education projects
- Develop and implement community programs
- Develop community resources
- Establish and develop community organisations
- Support community action
- Support community leadership
- Develop and implement education programs in the area of sexual and reproductive health
- Identify and respond to children and young people at risk of harm
- Support the rights and safety of children within duty of care requirements
- Promote high quality case management
- Utilise specialist communication skills to build strong relationships
- Deliver and develop client service
- Work within a legal and ethical framework
- Facilitate cooperative behaviour
- Facilitate family intervention strategies
- Facilitate client participation in the organisation
- Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers
- Provide education and support on health, well being and parenting
- Manage the delivery of quality client service
- Assess and respond to individuals at risk of self-harm or suicide
- Assess and deliver services to clients with complex needs
- Coordinate the assessment and delivery of services to clients with particular needs
- Provide support services to clients
- Work within a structured counselling process
- Facilitate the counselling relationship
- Provide support for clients implementing a course of action
- Reflect and improve upon counselling skills
- Implement a case work strategy
- Design and supervise family intervention strategies
- Facilitate workplace debriefing and support processes
- Manage own professional development in responding to domestic and family violence
- Provide crisis intervention and support to those experiencing domestic and family violence
- Promote community awareness of domestic and family violence
- Counsel clients affected by domestic and family violence
- Work with users of violence to effect change
- Provide care and support
- Coordinate disability work
- Maintain an environment designed to empower people with disabilities
- Design procedures for support
- Plan and implement community integration
- Design and adapt surroundings to group requirements
- Maximise participation in work by people with disabilities
- Implement health promotion and community intervention
- Maintain organisation's information systems
- Utilise legislation
- Identify the need for alternative dispute resolution
- Facilitate alternative dispute resolution processes
- Orientation to mental health work
- Provide non-clinical services to people with mental health issues
- Provide, with consumers, support and interventions to meet the needs of carers and families
- Provide interventions to meet the needs of consumers with mental health and AOD issues
- Work with other services
- Participate in workplace safety procedures
- Recruit and coordinate volunteers
- Provide mentoring support to colleagues
- Provide coaching and motivation
- Maintain an effective work environment
- Establish and manage new programs or services
- Manage research activities
- Provide for care and protection of clients in specific need
- Provide intervention support to children and families
- Support young people in crisis
- Provide appropriate services for young people
- Manage service response to young people in crisis
- Apply basic First Aid
- Apply advanced First Aid
- Work autonomously
Additional Information
Click here for further general information about qualifications, articulation, facilities and equipment, assessment methods and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
Course information and offerings are subject to change at any time.
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