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Cert III in Community Services Work

Certificate III Community Services Work (pdf 252kb)

A Skills for All subsidised course

  • This certificate applies to community work delivered through a broad range of services which provide support to individuals and groups.
  • This level is appropriate for support workers, case workers and client contact officers and generally, these positions:
  • Have direct contact with clients
  • Identify presenting needs
  • Refer to appropriate services and support.
  • At this level support workers and case workers may provide day-to-day support in community settings and/or provide assistance with entitlements and benefits under the broad direction of others.
  • Emotional and practical support may be provided face to face or over the telephone to assist the client and enable an accurate referral to be achieved.


Occupational titles may include:

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community development worker

Neighbourhood centre worker

Client contact

Recreational activities officer (weekend)

Community care worker

Residential support worker

Assistant community workers (focusing on community health primarily in an Indigenous community)

Support worker (community based with an orientation toward any or a number of the following:  youth, women, families, domestic violence, child protection)

Indigenous youth worker

Youth worker

Intake and referral worker (Aboriginal)

Youth case worker (community health service setting - non residential)

Juvenile justice officer

Youth housing support worker


Pathways- there are no entry requirements but obviously you need to like working with people! This qualification leads directly to employment, but you may choose to continue on into the Cert IV in Youth Work at TaborAdelaide or Cert IV in Community Services at another RTO.


RPL-Experienced Workers may be eligible for Recognition of Prior Learning.


Cost:

Course

Skills for All Student fees

Concessions students

Non-Skills for All student fees

Cert III in Community Services

$400

$275

$2,999

 

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