Bachelor of Human Services
Bachelor of Human Services
Highlights Specialise in child and family services, youth services, gender crime, Indigenous health, or policy skills and management. 500 hours of professional placement including opportunities in rural and regional Australia, and overseas. Prepare yourself for a career as a community development worker, welfare worker, youth worker, correctional counsellor, mental health,…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Highlights
- Specialise in child and family services, youth services, gender crime, Indigenous health, or policy skills and management.
- 500 hours of professional placement including opportunities in rural and regional Australia, and overseas.
- Prepare yourself for a career as a community development worker, welfare worker, youth worker, correctional counsellor, mental health, or disability services worker.
Through a number of diverse and rewarding roles, human services practitioners provide support to individuals, families and communities who are experiencing social or economic adversity. They may work directly with clients providing support or advocating on their behalf, manage the delivery of services and support through agencies such as Centrelink, or work for government in the development and implementation of new policies and programs. They are committed to improving social justice and human rights, promoting equitable and accessible services, and actioning social change.
Why choose this course?
This career-oriented course is flexible and you will select areas of study that align with your interests such as child and family services, youth justice, gender crime, Indigenous health, mental health and disability residential care, or policy skills and management. It prepares you for having an impact on real-world problems through social change activities.
You will complete 500 hours of supervised professional experience which will develop your assessment and intervention skills, and your own practice framework. Our students have completed placements in neighbourhood centres, homelessness and outreach services, youth services, child safety, disability, and residential aged-care facilities. There are also opportunities to complete placements in regional and rural areas, or overseas.
You will learn from passionate staff who are human services practitioners, social workers, counsellors, anthropologists, political activists and advocates. They consult regularly with industry to ensure your degree reflects the emerging priorities of the profession.
Careers and outcomes
Our graduates are impact-makers and work with communities and non-government agencies as human service practitioners, policy development officers, program evaluators, community development officers, welfare officers, youth workers, youth justice officers, child protection officers, and child and family professionals.
Opportunities also exist for graduates to work in aid, development, not-for-profit and human rights agencies in Australia and internationally.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Study at The University of Queensland. Learn with leading academics in world-class facilities and join the most employable graduates in the state. At UQ you’ll benefit from flexible study options, field trips, lab work, industry placements, research experience, and online study in Brisbane, Australia.
