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Postgraduate Certificate in Human Services (Youth Work)
PgCertHumServs(YthW)
40 cp
Minimum duration: 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at:
Canberra, ACT
EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
1. Requirements for Completion of the Postgraduate Certificate
To qualify for the Postgraduate Certificate, a student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, comprising:
- 30 cp from Core Units; and
- 10 cp from Electives.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Core Units
| Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
| YSED600 | 10 | Principles of Effective Youth Work |
| YSED602 | 10 | Young People at Risk |
| YSED604 | 10 | Youth Cultures |
Electives
| Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
| COUN615 | 10 | Leadership and Communication |
| COUN616 | 10 | Relationship and Family Counselling (Pre: COUN621 Foundations of Counselling57) |
| COUN620 | 10 | Grief and Loss: Issues and Approaches (Pre: COUN621 Foundations of Counselling57) |
| COUN622 | 10 | Mediation and Conflict Resolution (Pre: COUN621 Foundations of Counselling57) |
| LEGL504 | 10 | The Legal Environment (Inc: EXSC661 Sports Law and the Regulatory Environment) |
| LEGL505 | 10 | Duty of Care |
| PHIL506 | 10 | Ethics in a Faith-Based Organisation (Inc: SWTP618 Ethics of Human Service Practice) |
| SOCI607 | 10 | Managing the Research Process |
| SOCI608 | 10 | Contemporary Human Services Management |
| SOCI610 | 10 | Social Justice and Advocacy |
| SWTP602 | 10 | Leadership in Human Services Organisations |
| SWTP603 | 10 | Professional Supervision and Consultation in the Human Services |
| SWTP604 | 10 | Special Studies in the Human Services |
| SWTP605 | 10 | Child Protection Context and Policy |
| SWTP615 | 10 | Families with High and Complex Needs |
| SWTP616 | 10 | Models of Intervention in Human Services |
| SWTP617 | 10 | Cross-Cultural Practice |
| SWTP618 | 10 | Ethics of Human Services Practice (Inc: PHIL506 Ethics in a Faith-Based Organisation) |
| THEO567 | 10 | Catholic Social Teaching |
| THEO667 | 10 | Theology of the Human Person |
| YSED601 | 10 | Critical Issues, Young People and Schooling |
| YSED607 | 10 | Justice and Young People |
| YSED610 | 10 | Working with Children and Young People |
Other elective approved by the Course Coordinator
57 For students who enter the course with recognised expertise in counselling, this prerequisite may be waived by the Course Co-ordinator.
