Bachelor of Human Services

Bachelor

Support individuals, families or communities experiencing adversity and work for social justice. Choose subjects that match your interests. Complete 500 hours of professional experience.

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Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

3 years full-time, 6 years part-time

Course Code

425071, 058285C

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Feb, Jul

ATAR

70

About this course

Highlights

Specialise in child and family services, youth services, gender crime, Indigenous health, or policy skills and management.
500 hours of professional placement including opportunities in rural and regional Australia, and overseas.
Prepare yourself for a career as a community development worker, welfare worker, youth worker, correctional counsellor, mental health, or disability services worker.

Highlights

Specialise in child and family services, youth services, gender crime, Indigenous health, or policy skills and management.
500 hours of professional placement including opportunities in rural and regional Australia, and overseas.
Prepare yourself for a career as a community development worker, welfare worker, youth worker, correctional counsellor, mental health, or disability services worker.

Entry requirements

Year 12 early offer scheme

If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12 before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.

Find out more about the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme

Helping you to get into your course

If you don't think your ATAR or selection rank is high enough to get into this course you can guarantee your entry with guaranteed advanced standing by upgrading through one the following programs which you can select as one of your QTAC preferences:

Dual TAFE-Qld Greater Brisbane/QUT award

If you enrol in a QTAC offer in a Diploma of Community Services dual TAFE-Qld Brisbane/QUT award you will automatically receive a QUT conditional offer in June (semester 1 QTAC offer) or October (semester 2 QTAC offer) after your enrolment at TAFE-Qld Greater Brisbane is confirmed.

Upon completion of the TAFE-Qld diploma you will be able to enrol at QUT. You will also automatically receive 1 year (96 credit points) credit transfer and be able to complete the degree in 2 years as a full-time student (or equivalent part-time). More details will be provided in your QUT conditional offer letter.

Study locations

Kelvin Grove

What you will learn

Through a number of diverse and rewarding roles human services practitioners provide support to individuals families and communities who are experiencing social or economic adversity. They may work directly with clients providing support or advocating on their behalf manage the delivery of services and support through agencies such as Centrelink or work for government in the development and implementation of new policies and programs. They are committed to improving social justice and human rights promoting equitable and accessible services and actioning social change.

Double degrees

Combine two bachelor degrees into a single course of study. A double degree allows you to specialise in two fields and pursue different interest areas gaining a broader range of skills and knowledge and giving you a competitive advantage and greater career flexibility.

Consider the following double degrees with a Bachelor of Human Services:

Business: gain knowledge and skills to add business acumen to roles in staff recruitment and management or promotion of community service programs.
Creative Industries: combine creative industries and human services for careers in youth or disability arts rehabilitation in corrective services or community and cultural development.
Justice: where your human services and justice qualifications position you for a career in policy development child and family services Indigenous community work customs services court administrative services non-policy enforcement agencies or criminology research.
Public Health: merge your human services and public health skills in order to deliver support programs in government NGOs community and advocacy groups and not-for-profit organisations.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Our graduates are impact-makers and work with communities and non-government agencies as human service practitioners policy development officers program evaluators community development officers welfare officers youth workers youth justice officers child protection officers and child and family professionals.

Opportunities also exist for graduates to work in aid development not-for-profit and human rights agencies in Australia and internationally.

Professional recognition

This course is accredited by the Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) and graduates are eligible to apply for membership of the ACWA.

Possible careers

Aged services worker
Child care professional
Child protection officer
Community corrections officer
Community education officer
Community health officer
Community worker
Counsellor
Disability services worker
Family services officer
Human services practitioner
Policy officer
Youth worker

Course structure

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Social Work courses at QUT (Queensland University of Technology).

90%

Overall satisfaction

90%

Skill scale

72%

Teaching scale

65.8%

Employed full-time

$65k

Average salary

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