CRICOS Course Code: 115237A
CHC52025 Diploma of Community Services
(Case management and Child, Youth and Family Welfare)
Course Details
This course is ideal for individuals passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of individuals, families, and communities. It prepares students for roles in community services focused on delivering, managing, and coordinating person-centred support.
Graduates will develop skills to assess client needs, manage cases, facilitate community development, and work collaboratively within teams to support people facing diverse challenges. The course also covers legal and ethical compliance, cultural diversity, and workplace health and safety.
Entry Requirements
- Have completed equivalent to Australian Year 12 or Certificate III or Certificate IV in a CHC Package Qualification
- Have completed a Diploma of any qualification
Others:
- Package with CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support
- Package with CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support
- Student must have access to working Pc or laptop with a configuration suitable to meet study requirements.
- Student must have access to working internet.
English Entry Requirements
- International Students are required to have IELTS 6.0 level or equivalent.
ENQUIRE FOR INTAKE DATES AND COURSE FEE
Read: Student Handbook at www.acchs.edu.au/student-handbook for full details of fees, charges, refund policies and other important information.
Successful completion of the CHC52021 Diploma of Community Services can lead to a range of career opportunities that are both challenging and rewarding including:
- Community Care Manager
- Coordinator of Volunteer Work
- Team Leader
- Care Team Leader
- Family Services Coordinator
- Support Facilitator (Community Services)
- Community Program Coordinator
- Pastoral Care Worker
- Assistant Community Services Worker
These are just some of the endless career opportunities presented by this course
Mode of Delivery: Face to face on campus for 20 hours/wk + 10 hours/wk self-study per week and a 400 hours structured work placement.
The 400-hour work placement is divided into two parts: 200 hours are completed during the sixth term, and the remaining 200 hours are completed during the eighth term, each with a different host employer.
Duration: 104 weeks (2 year) (including 80 training weeks and 24 weeks holiday)
Location: Parramatta Campus
Pathways to the qualification:
Pathway to Bachelor of Community Services with LIHE.
https://lincolnau.nsw.edu.au/
Subjects/Units of Competency:
There are twenty (20) units of competency in this course:
Core Units
- CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
- CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
- CHCCCS019 Recognise and respond to crisis situations
- CHCDFV001 Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence
- CHCCCS007 Develop and implement service programs
- HLTWHS003 Manage work health and safety
- CHCCSM013 Facilitate and review case management
- CHCDEV005 Analyse impacts of sociological factors on people in community work and services (theory)
- CHCCCS004 Assisting co-existing needs
- CHCMGT005 Facilitate workplace debriefing and support processes
- CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice
- CHCLEG003 Manage legal and ethical compliance
Elective Units
- CHCCSM010 Implement case management practice
- CHCCSM015 Undertake case management in a child protection framework
- CHCPRT025 Identify and report children and young people at risk
- CHCPRT027 Work collaboratively to maintain an environment safe for children and young people
- CHCCSM012 Coordinate complex case requirements
- CHCCSM014 Provide case management supervision
- CHCCSL001 Establish and confirm the counselling relationship
- CHCDEV004 Confirm client developmental status
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