Graduate Diploma of Human Services (Child and Adolescent Welfare)

What is this course about?

CSU's Graduate Diploma of Human Services (Child and Adolescent Welfare) program provides a professional program in child and adolescent welfare that meets the needs of professionals working in government and non-government sectors.

The course is designed to meet the requirements of people working or proposing to work in the child and adolescent welfare field who do not have a specific qualifications in this area. The course has been developed in consultation with key employers in the field of child welfare including the Department of Community Services in NSW and the Department of Human Services Victoria.

Key objectives:

On completion of this award graduates will have:

• knowledge of current child and adolescent welfare policy and practice in Australia
• knowledge of child and adolescent psychology as it relates to welfare practice and policy
• knowledge and skills for working with certain categories of children within the child welfare system bearing in mind the reality of individual differences
• an understanding of the philosophical and legal underpinnings of current child and adolescent welfare policy and practice

Academic expectations

For each 8 point subject at CSU, students should normally expect to spend between 140-160 hours engaged in the specified learning and assessment activities (such as attending lectures or residential schools, assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, assignments or examinations). The student workload for some subjects may vary from these norms as a result of approved course design.

Students will be assessed on the basis of completed assignments, examinations, workplace learning, or other methods as outlined in specific subject outlines.

Where applicable, students are responsible for travel and accommodation costs involved in workplace learning experiences, or attending residential schools (distance education students).

Expectations relating to academic, workplace learning, time and cost requirements for specific subjects are provided in the subject abstracts and in course materials.