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Overview
- Specialise in child and family services, corrective services, disability services or services for young people.
- 500 hours of practical placement including opportunities for overseas placements.
- Prepare yourself for a career as a community development worker, welfare worker, youth worker, correctional counsellor, or disability services worker.
- Opportunities to graduate to a career in aid, development, and human rights agencies in Australia and overseas.
- Graduate eligible to apply for membership of the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers.
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| QTAC course code | 425071 |
| QUT course code | SW03 |
| Attendance | Part time or Full time |
| Course duration | 3 years full time
6 years part time |
| Start month | July, February |
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On campus
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| CRICOS code | 058285C |
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Details
Why choose this course?
Through an extensive variety of professional roles, human services practitioners provide support to individuals, families and communities. This career-orientated course responds to global social challenges and allows you to build a personalised set of skills suitable to your career interests. Our staff maintain close professional links with the human services sector and guest lecturers are leaders in a range of government and community organisations. These collaborative partnerships offer you valuable networking opportunities with industry. In addition, you will complete 550 hours of professional placement, preparing you for a diverse and rewarding career in the human services sector.
Course summary
This course has a strong focus on contemporary social issues and provides you with professional skills suitable for a range of practice areas. You will develop skills in casework and case management, social policy processes, team practice and group processes, advanced communication, social research methods, community work, and human dimensions of space. You will apply this knowledge to your chosen area of specialisation. Choose from child and family services, corrective services, disability services, or services to young people.
Your theoretical studies and practical experiences will culminate in a final-year placement in your specialised area of human services. During this 350-hour placement, you will further develop your assessment and intervention skills and your own practice framework. It may be possible to complete this placement with an overseas agency.
Career outcomes
Human services graduates have the flexibility to choose a variety of professional roles. Graduates generally work with communities and non-government agencies as case managers, counsellors, policy development officers, community development officers, welfare officers, youth workers, child protection officers and family service officers.
Opportunities also exist for graduates to work in aid, development, not-for-profit, and human rights agencies in Australia and internationally.
Professional recognition
Graduates are eligible to apply for membership of the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers.
Units
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Entry requirements
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course we assume you have sound knowledge in these areas:
- English
We assume that you have knowledge equivalent to four semesters at high school level (Years 11 and 12) with sound achievement (4, SA).
Course requirements
Working with Children Check: blue card
You'll need to apply for a blue card because you'll be working with children or young people as part of this course. There's no cost if you apply through QUT.
Submit your blue card application to the QUT Student Centre as early as possible - ideally, as soon as you've received your offer.
If you don't receive your blue card before the start of a unit that requires contact with children, you may be unable to participate and your grades may be affected. You may also still have to pay fees for the unit.
How to apply for a blue card
Off-campus placements
Students will be required to undertake placements off campus and will need to cover travel and accommodation costs.
Clinical placements with Queensland Health
Students undertaking a clinical placement in a Queensland Health facility are required to complete The Essentials component of the student orientation package.
Deferment
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
Did you get an OP 1-5?
If you receive an OP 1-5 or equivalent, you're guaranteed a place in this course.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2012: CSP $2,824 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Bachelor of Human Services
You apply through QTAC for all our undergraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you've:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for - you can apply for up to 6
- Checked important dates
- Semester 1
20121 August 2011 -Applications for Semester 1, 2012 open
30 September 2011 -Due date for on-time QTAC applications for 2012. Further information is available from QTAC.
20 December 2011 -Due date to submit QTAC applications and documentation for the January offer round. Further information is available from QTAC.
5 January 2012 - Final date to change preferences for the QTAC January offer round. Further information is available from QTAC. - Semester 2
20121 August 2011 - Applications for Semester 2, 2012 open.23 April 2012 - Final date to submit QTAC midyear applications and documentation for the May offer round. Further information is available from QTAC.25 May 2012 -Final date to submit QTAC midyear applications, change of preference and documentation for the June offer round. Further information is available from QTAC.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked your course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
All done? Then you're ready to apply
Important: Make a note of the QTAC code for this course (425071) because you'll need to enter it as part of your QTAC application.
After you've submitted your application to QTAC
If you've studied before or if you have at least two years' work experience, you may want to apply for credit for prior learning.
