Thinking about a career in community services? This course shows you how the work is done. How to listen, judge what someone needs, and where to send them next.
You do not need a background in the sector. You need to be 18 or over, and to pass a short reading, writing and maths check before you enrol. The rest is taught.
Some people come to this already doing the work, at their job or in their own life. This puts a nationally recognised Certificate IV behind it.
One class a week, in the evening. The rest you fit where it suits. There is no placement to organise, so nothing has to come out of your work week.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every service is different, and some roles ask for more study or experience. Most ask for a Police Check.
Here is what stands out in this course.
There is no mandatory work placement. You practise through simulated activities and role plays in the live classes instead.
You are assessed on written tasks, case studies, projects and practical demonstrations. Your assessor also watches you work in the live sessions.
A three hour class each week, plus an hour of one on one mentoring each month by video or phone. Trainers reply within 72 hours on weekdays.
CHC42021 · Nationally Recognised Training
CHC42021 Certificate IV in Community Services sits at AQF Level 4.
The course is delivered by a registered training organisation, RTO 45162.
From here you can go on to the Diploma of Community Services, and then the Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management.
Send an enquiry. A course advisor comes back to you with start dates and what the course covers.
A quick online quiz looks at your reading, writing and maths, so you get the right support from the start.
A phone call confirms you are eligible, and that the class times work for you.
You get your logins and your class times, and 12 months later you finish with a nationally recognised Certificate IV.
You do not need experience in the sector. You need to be 18 or over, and to pass a short reading, writing and maths check before you enrol.
Plans start from $48 per week, interest-free. You can pay fortnightly instead, or pay the full fee upfront for less. Your course advisor can walk you through the schedule of fees.
12 months, online. If you have done related study or work, you can apply for recognition of prior learning, which can shorten it.
One three hour class in the evening, plus about 15 hours of your own study. There is also an hour of mentoring each month.
There is no mandatory work placement. You practise in the live classes instead, through simulated activities and role plays.
Yes. You need a valid Police Check, or to be willing to get one.
A laptop or desktop with reliable internet. You also need sound computer skills, including intermediate Microsoft Word, because you write your assessments in it.
Not through this college, which is a private online provider. That means state subsidies and VET Student Loans do not apply here. Funding for this qualification can be available elsewhere, and the interest-free plans are here to spread the cost.
It gives you the frontline foundation: working out what someone needs, and helping coordinate the support around them. That can lead to case worker roles. Formal case management sits one step up, in the Diploma of Community Services, and this is the way in.
Yes. CHC42021 Certificate IV in Community Services is nationally recognised training at AQF Level 4, delivered by a registered training organisation, RTO 45162.
You get a full refund of fees if you give notice to cancel before, or within 3 days of, being accepted. After that there is no refund, and you stay liable for the full course fee if you withdraw. If the college cannot deliver what it agreed to, you are refunded for the part not delivered.
This course is delivered by Hader Institute of Education, a registered training organisation, RTO 45162.
The college teaches online from 615 Dandenong Road, Armadale 3143 VIC, and runs courses in community services, youth work, mental health, alcohol and other drugs, and criminology. Across all of its courses it holds a rating of 4.9 out of 5 from more than 850 Google reviews.
Picture the afternoon someone walks out with a bed for the night and a plan for the week, and it was you who sorted it.