Bachelor of Human Services (Child and Family Practice)

• Are you passionate about making a positive difference in today's world? Do you have a commitment to human rights and want to work alongside individuals, and within communities to enable social justice and equity? Human services graduates have the knowledge, skills and values that promote social inclusion, economic participation and wellbeing.
• UniSQ's Bachelor of Human Services (Child and Family Practice) aims to nurture your passion for children, young people, and families.
• Gain effective and in-depth knowledge and specialist skills that enables you to engage with children, youth and families impacted by marginalisation, trauma, and difference.
• You'll gain hands-on experience through interactive learning activities and 500 hours of supervised field education (placements).

Upon successful graduation, you can go on to study the two-year Master of Social Work (Qualifying) or the Graduate Certificate in Counselling. Completion of these postgraduate qualifications can lead to enrolment in a PhD.

The Bachelor of Human Services is externally accredited with the Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA), the professional body for qualified community workers in Australia. Students who successfully complete this degree, including professional placement requirements (fieldwork), will be eligible to apply for ACWA membership, subject to meeting any additional requirements that may be stipulated by the ACWA.

• You'll be qualified to work with children, youth and families in a range of community, government and non-government settings.
• Work within the Health Care and Social Assistance industry; one of the largest Australian workforces with continued strong growth predicted (National Skills Commission 2023).
• Graduates will be able to work in many areas of practice including child safety, housing and homelessness, counselling, domestic and family violence, and youth work; among many others.

To complete this degree students must complete 24 units.

Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for courses to be studied and recommended enrolment patterns.

You will need to undertake mandatory on-campus residential schools at UniSQ Ipswich as part of ACWA accreditation requirements. You'll engage with academics and peers in simulated learning experiences to set yourself up for the many environments that you will work in.

The residential schools provide an opportunity to prepare for your professional placements in human service organisations by developing your evidence-based learning, role-playing with your peers, and using a variety of learning and teaching technologies.

All students are required to undertake 500 hours of mandatory supervised professional placement within diverse human services settings and contexts of practice.

Apply via QTAC (Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre) if you:

• have never studied with UniSQ before, or
• are a Year 12 student, or
• want to transfer to UniSQ from another university.

If you are applying via QTAC, please check our application closing dates.

You may be able to apply directly to UniSQ if you:

• are a current or previous UniSQ student returning to study with complete or incomplete qualifications (excluding Head Start students), or
• have recently graduated from TAFE.

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