1997 Postgraduate Handbook

Graduate Diploma of Human Services

The strands of this course are for established practition

Child & Adolescent Welfare strand

This course provides a professional program in child and family welfare that meets the needs of both government and non-government sectors.

Management strand

The program aims to meet the diverse needs of managers and others working within the broad field of human services, either in the public or the non-government community sectors.

Advanced Practice

This course focuses on building the knowledge base and skills for effective practice in human services, including working with groups or communities, or in public and non-profit sectors.

Relationships strand

This course is offered in partnership with Relationships Australia, which is an industry leader in the counselling and mediating field. A residential school based in Sydney is involved.

Enrolment through

Wagga Wagga campus

Study mode

Distance education

Normal course duration

Part-time 2 years (4 sessions)

Course requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 64 subject points (normally eight subjects).

MANAGEMENT STRAND
Course structure

Session 1

• MGT501 Management Theory & Practice
• HRM509 Organisational Change

Session 2

• WEL416 Changing Human Service Organisations
• PHL404 Ethics & the Public Sector

• or
  • ETH401 Ethics & Social Welfare

Session 3

• PAD591 Public Sector Management

• or
  • WEL417 Community Service Organisations
  • [ ] Elective 1

Session 4

• PAD593 Human Service Management Practice
• [ ] Elective 2

Electives

• WEL418 Case Management
• WEL419 Diversity Management
• PAD592 Human Services Managment Issues

CHILD & ADOLESCENT WELFARE STRAND

Course structure

Session 1 (Autumn)

• PSY113 Child & Adolescent Psychology
• WEL403 Child & Adolescent Welfare: Philosophy & Policy

Session 2 (Spring)

• WEL404 Child Protection
• LAW401 Legal Issues in Child & Adolescent Welfare

Session 3 (Autumn)

• WEL421 Family Support & Casework
• WEL407 Child & Adolescent Welfare in Aboriginal Communities

Session 4 (Spring)

• WEL406 Evaluation in Child Protection
• WEL408 Family Support & Substitute Care

ADVANCED PRACTICE STRAND

Course structure

Session 1 (Autumn)

• SWK404 Advanced Groupwork
• SOC214 Advanced Methodology

Session 2 (Spring)

• WEL416 Changing Human Services Organisations
• PHL404 Ethics & the Public Sector

• or
  • ETH401 Ethics & Social Welfare

Session 3 (Autumn)

• WEL418 Case Management
• SWK405 Advanced Community Development

Session 4 (Spring)

• SWK407 Relationships in Context
• SWK406 Advanced Human Services Planning

RELATIONSHIPS STRAND
Commences Spring session

Course structure

Session 1 (Spring)

• WEL416 Changing Human Service Organisations
• SWK407 Relationships in Context

Session 2 (Autumn)

• SOC412 Advanced Methodology
• SWK408 Relationships Theory & Practice 1

Session 3 (Spring)

• SWK409 Relationships Theory & Practice 2 (16 points)

Session 4 (Autumn)

• PHL404 Ethics & the Public Sector

• or
  • ETH401 Ethics & Social Welfare
  • SWK410 Issues in Relationships Theory & Practice

Articulation

Students who successfully complete this course will have the opportunity of completing the Master in Social Science (Welfare & Social Policy) by coursework and dissertation or the Master of Business (Human Resource Management) and will receive full credit for all subjects studied.

If students have a Bachelor of Social Work degree, they will be able to progress to the Master of Social Work with full credit for subjects completed in these courses.

University regulations prohibit the granting of more than one award for the one course of study.

Inquiries

Course Coordinator
Professor Robert Doyle
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Telephone: (069) 332840
Facsimile: (069) 332792
email: rodoyle@csu.edu.au

Last Revised: 25 November 1996.