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Diploma of Community Services


 National Code: CHC52021
 TAFE SA Code: TP01398


Description

Build on existing professional skills and be positioned with the expertise and knowledge to take on leadership and case management roles.
Learn how to deliver person-centred services to individuals, groups, and communities, across multiple areas of the community services.
The course will use current techniques, to further develop technical skills via work-based through 200 hours of placement in a variety of community service agencies.
Students must be eligible for, and obtain a valid, South Australian working with children’s check for entry to this course.

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  • Employment Outcomes & Skills Covered

    Employment Outcomes

    Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.

    Qualifications & Skills Covered

    Diploma of Community Services (CHC52021)
    This qualification covers workplace communication strategies, service programs, impacts of sociological factors, diversity, legal and ethical requirements, debriefing and support processes, professional practice and workplace safety. To complete the qualification you are required to complete all 12 core units and 8 elective units. To achieve this qualification, students must have completed at least 100 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency.

    Note: Students who successfully complete only one or more units of competency but not the full qualification are eligible to receive a Statement of Attainment.

    90%*
    of TAFE SA graduates are satisfied with the overall quality of training.
    87%*
    of TAFE SA graduates would recommend their training.



    * 2023 NCVER Student Outcomes Survey findings

  • Course Units

    Below is a list of all units that TAFE SA can offer in this qualification. The selection of elective units you will be enrolled into depends on the campus you attend, and the qualification packaging rules described on www.training.gov.au.

    Not all elective units listed below must necessarily be completed to achieve your qualification.

    Core

    Name Nominal Hours
    Analyse impacts of sociological factors on people in community work and services 100
    Assess co-existing needs 80
    Develop and implement service programs 100
    Facilitate and review case management 75
    Facilitate workplace debriefing and support processes 120
    Maintain work health and safety 40
    Manage legal and ethical compliance 80
    Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety 25
    Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence 50
    Recognise and respond to crisis situations 45
    Reflect on and improve own professional practice 120
    Work with diverse people 40

    Elective

    Name Nominal Hours
    Coordinate complex case requirements 75
    Facilitate goal directed planning 90
    Identify and report children and young people at risk 40
    Implement case management practice 90
    Implement trauma informed care 80
    Provide case management supervision 120
    Work effectively in trauma informed care 40
    Work with people with mental health issues 80

  • Credit Transfer

    Studying at TAFE SA is one of the easiest pathways towards a University Degree. Credit Transfer is the formal recognition that parts of a TAFE SA course are equivalent in content and level to parts of some University courses. Below are the Credit Transfer details for this course. View all TAFE SA Credit Transfer Agreements

    University University Course Details
    Bachelor of Social Work

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