About Diploma of Community Services
Overview
This course program specializes in key skills within case management and coordination of services occurring in healthcare, disability and community services. A Diploma in Community Services validates your knowledge in program coordination and efficient delivery of people-centric support within groups and communities.
While providing theoretical skills, our course program consists of hands-on skills while providing you with a real-life environment for your holistic development. While this diploma program does not have any course-specific prerequisites, completing Certification IV in Community Services shall be very beneficial for you.
Course program
1. Learning
Core Units: 8
- Develop and implement service programs
- Develop workplace communication strategies
- Analyse impacts of sociological factors on clients in community work and services
- Manage and promote diversity
- Manage legal and ethical compliance
- Facilitate workplace debriefing and support processes
- Reflect on and improve your own professional practice
- Manage work health and safety
Elective Units: 8
- Coordinate complex case requirements
- Develop, facilitate and review all aspects of case management
- Provide case management supervision
- Undertake case management in a child protection framework
- Recognise and respond to crisis situations
- Secure and manage funding
- Manage budgets and financial plans
- Manage risk
2. What are the topics covered in a Diploma of Community Services?
While covering a broad range of topics, the Diploma course program provides you with scope for higher education in Strategic Leadership, community or social work. Through our comprehensive training for Diploma in Community Services, we cover the following topics as part of the official curriculum:
- Developing and implementing efficient service programs.
- Devising workplace communication strategies.
- Impacts of sociological factors on community work and services.
- Managing and effectively promoting diversity.
- Maintaining legal and ethical compliance.
- Facilitating support processes and workplace debriefing.
- Reflecting on shortcomings and improving professional practices.
- Managing work health and safety procedures in a community.
3. What are the career growth benefits of completing a Diploma course in Community Services?
Career benefits of this Diploma Course are:
- Trainees are placed in a proper industry setting with 160 hours of industry experience within the course program.
- A career as supervisory personnel in govt. Approved community shelters.
- Students can apply for jobs as personal support and care workers.
- Enrollees can opt for job opportunities in the healthcare and education industry specializing in the disability section or person-centric support.
4. What are the course prerequisites for a Diploma of Community Services?
The following are the prerequisites for a Diploma in Community Services:
- Extensive knowledge and speaking skills in English and securing an IELTS score of 5.5 or higher if applying as an international student.
- Successful completion of a 12-year Australian Schooling or completion of a Certificate III.
- Should currently have a National Police Clearance. This is mandatory to complete the course program successfully.
- Application for applying this course is available online during the months of January, April, July and October. Your application must be at least 30 days prior to the date of course commencement.
- DCSI check is mandatory before the commencing of this course program
5. What is the course duration and study mode for a Diploma in Community Services?
The course duration for a Diploma in Community Services is 52 Weeks or one year. This comprises optional on-campus study while providing online study modes for both Australian and International applicants.