Community Services and Youth Work
Community Work is a life-giving career which enriches both the giver and receiver. These graduates have the common goal of wanting to make the world a better place. This mantra keeps Community Work graduates motivated, and sees them edging towards this goal daily – one situation at a time.
Community Work graduates work with people of all ages helping them during sometimes challenging and stressful times in their lives. Women’s refuges, hospitals, drug rehabilitation centres, community houses are some typical workplaces for the graduate. Community development projects in local government also offer interesting and diverse opportunities.
Why study Community Services and Youth Work at West Coast?
- West Coast Community Work graduates are in great demand and many students gain employment through their supervised field placement
- Courses are ‘multi-mode’ with classroom facilitation combined with hands-on industry work experience – students experience both theory and practice in this field of study
- Lecturing staff are highly qualified, experienced and have strong, current links with the industry
- Diploma of Community Welfare Work graduates are eligible for membership of The Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers Inc
- Students who have not completed their TEE can apply to study at ECU at the end of their
Certificate IV course; and Diploma of Community Services Work graduates are exempted from many first year units in the Bachelor of Social Science at ECU
- Pastoral care is offered to all students, as well as access to the teaching and learning centre so that students can reach their potential.
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