昆士蘭科技大學(xué)

This career-oriented course responds to global social challenges and provides you with contemporary professional skills suitable for a range of practice areas. You will complete 550 hours of supervised professional experience which will develop your assessment and intervention skills, and your own practice framework. Our students have completed placements in neighbourhood centres, homelessness and outreach services, youth services, child safety, disability, and residential aged-care facilities. There are also opportunities to complete placements in regional and rural areas, or overseas.

During this degree, you will have the flexibility to select areas of study that align with your career interests. Choose from areas of practice that include child and family services, youth justice, gender crime, Indigenous health, or policy skills and management.

You will learn from passionate staff who are human services practitioners, social workers, counsellors, anthropologists, political activists and advocates. They consult regularly with industry and have backgrounds as leaders in a range of government and community organisations.

Through a number of diverse and rewarding roles, human services practitioners provide support to individuals, families and communities who are experiencing social or economic adversity. They may work directly with clients providing support or advocating on their behalf, manage the delivery of services and support through agencies such as Centrelink, or work for government in the development and implementation of new policies and programs. They are committed to improving social justice and human rights, promoting equitable and accessible services, and actioning social change.

Highlights

Specialise in child and family services, youth services, gender crime, Indigenous health, or policy skills and management.
550 hours of professional placement including opportunities in rural and regional Australia, and overseas.
Prepare yourself for a career as a community development worker, welfare worker, youth worker, correctional counsellor, or disability services worker.

Career outcomes

Graduates generally work with communities and non-government agencies as case managers, counsellors, policy development officers, community development officers, welfare officers, youth workers, child protection officers and family service officers.

Opportunities also exist for graduates to work in aid, development, not-for-profit and human rights agencies in Australia and internationally.

Possible careers

Aged Services Worker
Child Care Professional
Child Protection Officer
Community Corrections Officer
Community Education Officer
Community Health Officer
Community Worker
Counsellor
Disability Services Worker
Family Services Officer
Human Services Practitioner
Policy Officer
Youth Worker