Bachelor of Community Services

Bachelor

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.

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

2.5 - 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time

Course Code

BCommunServ

Study Mode

Online

ATAR

72.55

About this course

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).

Entry requirements

A candidate shall:

(a) hold an AQF Level 5 Diploma or 6 Advanced Diploma from: a Vocational Education Training (VET) Community Services Training Package; or from a Vocational Education Training (VET) Health Training Package in one of the following areas: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Care; Nursing. For more information go to

http://training.gov.au

;

or

(b) be qualified for

admission (see

Admission Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Coursework) Rule

and

Admission Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Coursework) Procedures

)

;

or

(c) hold an AQF Level 4 Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice (HLT40213) or an AQF Level 4 Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care (HLT40113).

Study locations

Armidale

Online

What you will learn

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

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;
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;
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
apply specific knowledge and skills in Services Coordination and/or Case Management to take leadership roles in a range of community service contexts.

Career pathways

Welfare Support Worker, Care Coordinator, Community Services Case Manager, Community Services Coordinator, Aboriginal Community Care worker, Youth worker and other roles in a range of community work, community development and care services, volunteer programs, residential facilities, correctional facilities, group homes, community agencies and government departments.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Social Work courses at University of New England (UNE).

75%

Overall satisfaction

84.1%

Skill scale

54.6%

Teaching scale

89.4%

Employed full-time

$67.5k

Average salary

Data source