Bachelor of Community Services
Bachelor of Community Services
The Bachelor of Community Services is a fully accredited Australian higher education degree. The course is designed to prepare you for ethical, competent, and culturally relevant community service generalist practice and to equip you with the skills you need for life-long learning and professional development. You will work at the…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Bachelor of Community Services is a fully accredited Australian higher education degree. The course is designed to prepare you for ethical, competent, and culturally relevant community service generalist practice and to equip you with the skills you need for life-long learning and professional development. You will work at the interface between people and their environments, focusing on experiences of individuals, families, groups and communities. Some areas of service provision may include child welfare, hospice and palliative care, juvenile justice and corrections and advocacy.
You will be exposed to the theory and values base of human services practice, as well as the knowledge and necessary skills required to work as a professional at a managerial level in the community services sector. You will have the necessary foundation knowledge and skills in community services management to continue to a relevant post-graduate higher education program at a university or a private education provider.
The Bachelor of Community Services course will be delivered through teacher-led classroom delivery in the form of lectures and tutorials. Most units require students to attend a two-hour lecture and a one-hour tutorial. The course is conducted over Trimesters with three semesters in each academic year. The units are taught concurrently within the trimester, and the course will be completed within three years. The course has 24 units across eight trimesters offering units in Community Services, Counselling, Systems and Policy, Coordination and Support, Specialist Skills, and Fieldwork.
The course also requires you to complete two separate work placements in a community welfare agency, a total of 400 hours (combined). These placements are designed to meet the requirements of the Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA).
Course Structure
To be eligible for the Bachelor of Community Services, you are required to acquire 24 units (360 credit points).
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, you are eligible for the Australian Community Workers’ Association full membership.
Occupational titles for graduates with this qualification may include:
- Welfare Centre Manager
- Program Coordinator
- Community Worker
- Counsellor
- Case Manager
- Youth Worker
- Juvenile Justice Officer
- Child and Family Practitioner
- Community Development Worker
- Community Health Worker.
REQUIREMENTS
Completed Year 12 or equivalent. The minimum age is 18 years old.
English proficiency Requirements:
• IELTS Academic overall score 6.0, no band less than 5.5
• PTE Academic Score 46 with no score less than 36
• TOEFL iBT score 65 with a writing section minimum of 21 and speaking 18
• TOEFL pBT (paper) 550
• Cambridge English: Advanced from Cambridge ESOL (CAE) Score of 169 with no band below 162
• Melbourne Language Centre Placement Test 6.0 overall
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Stott’s College, founded in 1883, is an educational provider based in Melbourne, Victoria. It is one of the institutions of Acknowledge Education. Some of the study options on offer at the College include the Bachelor of Business; the Advanced Diploma of Business; the Diploma of Business; the Diploma of Community Services; the Certificate IV in Business Administration; and the Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Home and Community).
