Bachelor of Community Services

The Bachelor of Community Services is designed to attract applicants wishing to begin or further a career in community services and welfare sectors as support workers, case managers or service coordinators. The course aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to optimise effective practice in multi-disciplinary health-related community settings and health care facilities. It aims to promote students' understanding of the societal contexts in which they work, their legal and ethical responsibilities, and associated development of skills in analysis and problem solving.

The course incorporates 400 hours of supervised professional fieldwork.

Graduates will be eligible to apply for membership to a wide range of organisations related to community, health and social care work.

The General Program of the Bachelor of Community Services is accredited with the Australian Community Workers Association.

Commencement for Trimester 3 is only available to students admitted under Rule (c).

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. gather, evaluate and synthesise information from a range of sources and apply this to facilitate use of human and financial resources to achieve optimal outcomes at an individual and organisational level in a range of community service settings;
2. apply a range of communication and problem solving skills in interprofessional and/or transcultural community services contexts to meet organisational and individual requirements and manage change;
3. devise, coordinate and monitor innovative, socially inclusive and culturally appropriate strategies to engage individual and group clients and professional colleagues in a range of community service settings; and
4. apply specific knowledge and skills in Services Coordination and/or Case Management to take leadership roles in a range of community service contexts.

All domestic students apply through the link below