If you like the idea of supporting people close to home, this is a short way in. You cover diverse communities, homelessness, family violence and safe communication. Study online with no set class times, made for a busy week.
Community work is people work, and it is not for everyone. Twelve weeks gives you an honest look before you spend a year on a course.
If you already support people at work, these units name the skills. You get language for homelessness, family violence and cultural safety.
There are no class times, no campus days and no placement to fit in. You study when you get a clear hour.
Support work runs across housing, disability, youth and mental health services. The work is easy to picture: sitting with someone, sorting out what they need, and linking them to it.
Day to day support for people in their own homes and neighbourhoods.
Helping people live the way they choose, with the support they need.
Support inside a house or unit where people live together.
Steady adults in the corner of young people who need one.
Support for people managing their mental health day to day.
Helping people find and keep a safe place to live.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role and service is different, and some ask for more study or experience.
Eight units cover people, culture, safety and the law.
Three things make this a sensible first step: units that count toward the full course, a low weekly cost, and study that waits for you.
The eight units come from the Community Services Training Package. They can be credit transferred toward further study, including the CHC42021 Certificate IV in Community Services.
Twelve weeks of foundation skills for people exploring the sector. The Certificate IV takes twelve months and goes wider, with practical assessment.
Your trainer answers questions, and a learner support officer stays with you through the course.
Eight units from the Community Services Training Package
A Statement of Attainment naming the units you finish, issued by a registered training organisation.
The units can be credit transferred as a pathway into the CHC42021 Certificate IV in Community Services or the Diploma of Community Services.
Resume polishing, cover letters, and help working out which roles to go for.
Ask for the course guide. It takes a minute and costs nothing.
A pre-training review by phone checks the course suits you.
Accept your place, log in, and start the first unit online.
Complete the units, then decide whether to carry them into the Certificate IV.
You do not need any. You need to be 18 or over, with the right to work and study in Australia. Your reading, writing and numeracy is checked at level 3 before you enrol. You also need sound computer skills, including intermediate Microsoft Word, and a laptop or desktop with reliable internet.
12 weeks, at around 15 hours a week. The total is 180 hours: 135 hours of study and activities, plus 45 hours of assessment tasks.
From $28 a week, interest-free. You can pay weekly, pay fortnightly, or pay upfront.
Everything is online, and no placement is required, so nothing has to be arranged around your job. You learn through pre-recorded sessions, case studies and practical activities. Placement hours sit in the Certificate IV, which these units feed into.
Written tasks and assessments, case studies, reflective and practical activities completed online, and multiple choice questionnaires. There are no exams.
This course is not eligible for government funding or VET Student Loans. What you get instead is a low weekly cost, interest-free plans, and a start date that does not wait on a funding round.
Yes. You can apply for recognition of prior learning against the units in this course. Raise it when you enquire and the college will talk you through it.
A Statement of Attainment naming the units you complete, issued by a registered training organisation, RTO 45162. Those units can be credit transferred into further study, including the CHC42021 Certificate IV in Community Services. This short course is not a full qualification, and finishing it does not promise a job or a place in one. What it does give you is recognised units, a feel for the work, and a shorter road if you go on.
Cancel before, or within 3 days of, being accepted and you get a full refund. After that point there is no refund, and you stay liable for the full course fee if you withdraw.
Hader Institute of Education is a registered training organisation in Armadale, Victoria. It teaches community services, mental health and counselling. Students rate the college 4.9 out of 5 across more than 850 Google reviews.
Picture the day you sit with someone, and you know how to help.