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Graduate Certificate in Human Services

Graduate Certificate in Human Services
GradCertHumServ

Graduate Certificate in Human Services (Child and Adolescent Welfare)
GradCertHumServ(Child&AdolescentWelfare)

Normal course duration

Graduate Certificate in Human Services

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)

Graduate Certificate in Human Services (Child and Adolescent Welfare)[exit point only]

Full-time .5 years (1.0 sessions)

Admission criteria

Graduate Certificate in Human Services

Entry is open to applicants:

  1. with a relevant degree in the human services, social work, social welfare, the social sciences, health or related areas; or,
  2. with an undergraduate degree needing to complete pre-requisite subjects for purpose of applying to undertake the Master of Social Work (Professional Qualifying) degree; or,
  3. without a relevant tertiary degree but who have substantial human service experience and whose employing body attests to their likely academic and vocational success.

Credit

Graduate Certificate in Human Services

No special arrangements apply - on the determination of the Course coordinator.

Graduation requirement

Graduate Certificate in Human Services

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

Graduate Certificate in Human Services (Child and Adolescent Welfare)[exit point only]

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

Course structure

Graduate Certificate in Human Services

Students will choose subjects from the list of Restricted Electives in consultation with the course coordinator:

COM430 Graduate Study Skills
GER102 Gerontology Theory & Research
GER204 Aging & Professional Practice
HCS111 Introduction to Social Welfare
HCS103 Fields of Practice
HCS204 Research Methods
HCS205 Child Abuse & Child Protection
HCS310 Mental Health Practice
HCS321 Child Welfare Practice
JST104 Foundations in Criminology
JST204 Crime Delinquency & Social Welfare
JST212 Juvenile Justice 1 – Context
JST215 Juvenile Justice 2 - Practice
LES101 Intro to Leisure & Health
LES102 Leisure Programing with Diverse Populations
LES110 Foundation of Leisure Activity
LES202 Community Leisure & Health Issue
POL101 Australian Government and Politics
PSY111 Psychology for Health and Human Services
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
SPE211 Foundations in Social Policy
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
SOC102 Social Inequality
SOC108 Sociology of Health & Health Care
SOC215 Gender,Family and Society
SOC217 Fame and Social Control
SOC218 Policy Power & Social Action
SOC226 Rurality in a Globalised World
SOC302 Environment and Society
SOC308 Community Analysis
SOC315 Immigration & Settlement Policy
WEL116 Drugs, Alcohol & Gambling 1
WEL217 Social Dimensions of Disability
WEL218 Developing Cross Cultural Competencies
WEL228 Disability Issues for Families
WEL229 Drugs, Alcohol & Gambling Studies 2
WEL418 Case Management

Graduate Certificate in Human Services (Child and Adolescent Welfare)[exit point only]

COM430 Graduate Study Skills (or restricted elective)
PSY111 Psychology for Health and Human Services
HCS205 Child Abuse and Child Protection
HCS321 Child Welfare Practice

Enrolment pattern

Graduate Certificate in Human Services

Students will select their subjects from the available list of restricted electives following consultation with the Course Coordinator.

Graduate Certificate in Human Services (Child and Adolescent Welfare)[exit point only]

Session 1
COM430 Graduate Study Skills (or restricted elective)
HCS321 Child Welfare Practice

Session 2
PSY111 Psychology for Health and Human Services
HCS205 Child Abuse and Child Protection

Contact

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au