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Graduate Diploma of Human Services (Child and Adolescent Welfare) GradDipHumanServ(Child&AdolesWelf)
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.
About the course
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
Articulation
This course articulates with the Master of Child and Adolescent Welfare. Students receive 50% credit towards the Master program.
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