Online Study · Youth Work

For Career Changers Looking to Get Into Youth Work

You might be the adult a young person already talks to. It covers trauma care, mental health, family violence and crisis response. Placement puts you in a service with a team.

From $57.56a week, zero interest
160 Hoursof placement, minimum
20modules to work through
No Examsever
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaYouth work
DeliveryOnline, with placement
StartStart anytime, no semester intakes
PlacementMinimum 160 hours
AssessmentNo exams, ever
PaymentsFrom $57.56 per week
Comes with
  • Trauma informed care is taught directly
  • Mental health and family violence covered
  • Placement arranged with SkilTrak
  • Three named trainers from the sector
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Young People Need Steady Adults

The work is trust, patience and knowing what to do next.

The Hard Parts Are Taught

Crisis response, family violence, mental health, risk.

You Learn Inside A Working Team

Placement sits you in a service that runs every day.

The Course

What You'll Learn

Communication and ethics first, then the hard cases, then placement.

01
The Basics Of The Work
How to be in the room.
Use communication to build relationships
Work with diverse people
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Work legally and ethically
Participate in workplace health and safety
02
Young People
The people you are there for.
Engage respectfully with young people
Work effectively with young people in the youth work context
Provide services for young people appropriate to their needs and circumstances
Support young people to create opportunities in their lives
Plan and conduct group activities
03
When It Is Serious
The calls that matter most.
Work with people with mental health issues
Assess co-existing needs
Identify and report children and young people at risk
Work effectively in trauma informed care
Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence
Respond to critical situations
04
The Wider Service
Where the work sits.
Work within a community development framework
05
Placement
Minimum one hundred and sixty hours.
Work Placement Preparation
Work Placement Approval Module
Work Placement
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Foundations, communication, ethics, safety
  • Practice, engagement, groups, opportunities
  • Risk, trauma, violence, mental health
  • Placement, minimum 160 hours

As a Student

  • Pace, yours to set
  • No exams, quizzes, tasks, role plays
  • Start, any day
  • Trainers, three, from the sector
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three reasons this course goes deeper.

01
Trauma Informed Practice

A module of its own, not a paragraph.

02
Group Work Skills

Planning and running group activities with young people.

03
Community Development Framing

You learn where a service sits in its town.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

CERTIFICATE

Certificate IV in Youth Work

Plus a hundred and sixty placement hours

Certificate IV In Youth Work

Issued once the modules and placement are done.

Placement Hours

Logged inside a working youth service.

Hard Skills On Paper

Trauma informed care, risk, crisis response.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Ask For The Guide

The full module list and placement rules.

Step two

Talk Placement

Which service, and how the hours fit.

Step three

Choose How To Pay

Upfront, in four, or weekly.

Step four

Enrol And Begin

Start with communication and ethics.

The Investment

How to Get Started

From $57.56 / week
Pay upfront, pay in four, or take the weekly plan.
Zero interest weekly plan through Payright
A credit check and set-up fee apply
Over eighteen, and citizen or permanent resident
You or a family member can apply
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need experience with young people?

None on paper. Life experience helps a lot.

How much placement is there?

A minimum of one hundred and sixty hours.

Who finds the placement?

The college does, through SkilTrak.

Is trauma work covered?

Yes. Trauma informed care has a module of its own.

Can I counsel young people after this?

You can support them inside a service. Counselling registration is a separate path with its own study.

Are there exams?

None, ever. Written tasks, quizzes and role plays instead.

Will I need a screening check?

Most services ask for a working with children check.

When can I start?

Any day. There are no semester intakes.

Delivered By

About the College

Open Colleges delivers this course online, from Australia.

Placement is arranged with SkilTrak. Three sector trainers run the course.

Placement with SkilTrakThree named trainersStart any dayOnline units, any hour
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