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Diploma of Community Services

→ 🎓 Community Worker · ANZSCO 411711 · STSOL + CSOL

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Study a Diploma of Community Services

The Diploma of Community Services is the qualification for community services work at the management level: drug and alcohol, mental health, youth and family, disability and housing services. It leads on to the Bachelor of Social Work.

This career involves caring for people · words as part of the work · being there for someone's hard day. 9 to 5 with some evening programs.

Length
About 2 years
English requirement
IELTS 6.0 or PTE 47
English below this score? Study English first
Study locations
  • Sydney, NSW
  • Brisbane, QLD
  • Melbourne, VIC
Studyaway can look for a provider in another city on request.

What you study

  1. Diploma of Community Services

One qualification · About 2 years of full-time study. The Letter of Offer sets the length for each provider.

The Diploma of Community Services trains a worker to deliver, manage and coordinate person-centred services for individuals, groups and communities. The service areas are drug and alcohol treatment, community mental health, children and youth services, family support, disability services and housing. The course leads to management-level roles in the community services sector.

Entry requirements

  • Direct entry: Year 12 or equivalent, age 18, and the English requirement (IELTS 6.0 or PTE 47)
  • An English course (ELICOS) first: IELTS 5.5 or PTE 39 with at least 10 weeks

Study pathways

Cert III Individual SupportAged care work within months
Cert IV Ageing Support
English requirement
Diploma of Community ServicesCommunity WorkerYou are here
Diploma of NursingEnrolled Nurse
Bachelor of Social WorkSocial Worker
Bachelor of NursingRegistered Nurse

After the course

  • The Diploma of Community Services qualifies a graduate to work as a community services worker at the management level.
  • An employer can sponsor a Community Worker after work experience in Australia, in the words of the course guide.
  • Community Worker is not an occupation for an independent skilled visa. The Bachelor of Social Work is the next step in the Study Pathway.

A general guide. Only a Registered Migration Agent can assess eligibility case by case.

Career outcome: Community Worker

A community services worker delivers, manages and coordinates person-centred services. The service areas in the course guide:

  • Drug and alcohol treatment and community mental health
  • Children and youth services and family support
  • Disability services and housing
  • Management-level roles in community, residential and health care settings

Skills assessment

Occupation: Community Worker (ANZSCO 411711).

Community Work Australia assesses this diploma for Community Worker (411711), and requires 1 year of full-time work in the last 4 years for a diploma it has not accredited, and IELTS 7 in each band. Welfare Worker (272613) needs a CWA-accredited qualification or a bachelor degree.

Common questions

What work does the Diploma of Community Services lead to?

Community services roles at the management level: delivering, managing and coordinating person-centred services in drug and alcohol treatment, community mental health, children and youth services, family support, disability services and housing.

Where does the Diploma of Community Services lead?

The course guide shows the route as: work as a Community Worker, gain experience and qualify for employer sponsorship, then study the Bachelor of Social Work. Only a Registered Migration Agent can assess eligibility case by case.

What school result does the diploma need?

Year 12 or equivalent and age 18, with a valid passport, birth certificate and a current resume or CV.

What English score does the Diploma of Community Services need?

The entry requirement is IELTS 6.0 or PTE 47. IELTS 5.5 or PTE 39 with at least 10 weeks of an English course (ELICOS) is the other way in.

What is in the Diploma of Community Services course guide?

The course guide is a PDF emailed from info@studyaway.com.au a few minutes after the request. It covers who the course is for, what you study and where, how to get in, registration or assessment after the course, the career, the route to permanent residence, the costs and the upfront payment, the documents to prepare and the first steps.

Related courses

An aged care worker in a plum care uniform walks beside a smiling older woman using a walking frame in a modern aged care home lounge.Aged Care and Support→ 🎓 Aged or Disabled CarerA community services worker in a teal polo runs a group session beside a flip chart of blank sticky notes, a circle of seated adults listening and one raising a hand, in a community centre hall.Bachelor of Community Services→ 🎓 Welfare WorkerA social worker takes notes while listening to a client across a small table.Bachelor of Social Work→ 🎓 Social WorkerA social worker in a blue shirt and lanyard stands and leads a case conference with a nurse, a youth worker and a case manager around a meeting table in a bright community health centre.Master of Social Work→ 🎓 Social Worker
Sources

This is general information only and may not apply to your personal circumstances; migration policy changes regularly.

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