The nationally accredited Certificate IV in Community Services will help you build a career as a community services worker in the fastest growing industry in Australia. Learn skills that can be applied broadly across the community services sector, in areas like alcohol and other drugs, child protection, juvenile justice, mental health and more, and help your clients achieve their goals.
LEARN NEW SKILLS
Through work placement and theory, you will learn how to:
- Build caring and supportive relationships with people accessing services, their carers and family members
- Engage in interventions
- Plan and conduct group activities
- Gain experience working within a community development strategic framework
Develop the professional and interpersonal skills needed in this sector:
- Resolve conflict and diffuse difficult situations
- Explore the issues and interests of different communities
Success in this course will provide you with:
- A nationally recognised qualification that enables you to work across the community services sector
- The foundation to continue onto higher training or a university degree
Careers you will be able to pursue include:
- Community services worker
- Health education officer
- Domestic violence officer
- Family support worker
GROW YOUR CAREER
Take your study further for more senior job opportunities:
- Diploma of Community Services
- Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Diploma of Mental Health
INDUSTRY DEMAND
The Community Services and Health Industries are the largest and fastest growing in Australia. Job prospects in the major cities are excellent and the same is true in rural and regional areas where there is high demand for community workers.