Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing

Diploma

This course is ideal for those coming direct from school or interested in building on existing industry experience and vocational qualifications in welfare and community service work and healthcare.

Key details

Degree Type

Diploma

Duration

1 year full-time, 4 years part-time

Course Code

DipComWelWbng

Study Mode

Online

About this course

This course is ideal for those coming direct from school or interested in building on existing industry experience and vocational qualifications in welfare and community service work and healthcare.

The course explores the context of welfare and community service and health work and provides students with the foundational academic abilities and theoretical understandings necessary for a further qualification and career in health, social care and community service work.

Entry requirements

A candidate shall

(a) be qualified for admission (see

Admission Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Coursework) Rule

and

Admission Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Coursework) Procedures

),

including meeting the

University's

English Language Requirements for Admission Rule

; or

(b) have completed 48 credit points of units from approved School of Health courses*.

*Approved School of Health courses include:

Bachelor of Community Services

Bachelor of Nursing

Bachelor of Social Work

Study locations

Armidale

Online

What you will learn

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

synthesise and apply foundational knowledge and skills to facilitate optimal outcomes for individuals and communities;
demonstrate a range of skills in inter-professional and/or transcultural health contexts to meet individual and community requirements;
work collaboratively and ethically with individuals or groups to implement socially inclusive and culturally appropriate strategies in a range of welfare and community sector settings; and
use strategies to maintain their own health and well-being when working in challenging situations.

Career pathways

Graduates of

the Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing

will have knowledge to enhance their opportunities for work and employment in community, welfare and health sectors.

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