How to Become a Youth and Family Services Officer: Australian Careers in Youth Work

The online CHC40421 Certificate IV in Youth Work course offered through Open Colleges in association with Integrated Care & Management Training Pty Ltd (RTO: 90197), provides a framework for working with, supporting and empowering children and young people.

This comprehensive certificate program will guide you through the social, behavioural, health, welfare, developmental and protection needs of young people, as well as how to work effectively with community services, and anticipate and respond to potentially critical situations.

You will gain an understanding of duty-of-care responsibilities, as well as the skills to help young people identify and self-manage some of the challenging issues they face.

Practical component

Students are required to undertake a work placement of 120 hours in order to demonstrate their competencies in the practical components of the course work.

Upon graduation, the CHC40421 Certificate IV in Youth Work will be issued by Integrated Care & Management Training Pty Ltd.

PLEASE NOTE – Open Colleges is a privately-run RTO, not government-run like a TAFE, so they cannot offer government funding. Please check eligibility requirements before beginning an enrolment with Open Colleges.

This unique university qualification is one of a kind in Australia. The Master of Child and Adolescent Mental Health from Victoria University (VU) Online will help you drive positive impact upon not just children and adolescents but also families, carers and clinicians across a range of educational, community and clinical settings.

You will explore advanced care strategies, treatment techniques, therapies and interventions, and will do research which will contribute to a growing understanding of child and adolescent mental health.

Study 100% online with VU Online’s award-winning postgraduate Block Model. This model recognises and accommodates the complexity of students’ lives and facilitates a manageable and connected online learning experience.

VU Online provides four layers of personalised, academic and non-academic support to its online students to help them create their success story.

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If you are community focused and enjoy helping others live better lives, then this CHC40421 Certificate IV in Youth Work qualification from Hader Institute of Education could provide a pathway to a rewarding career. This contemporary qualification is designed to enable you to work in one of many roles assisting young people address their social, behavioural, health, welfare, developmental and protection needs.

This course will provide you with essential youth support skills such as how to use communication to build relationships, how to promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety, how to work with people with mental health issues, how to work effectively with young people in youth work context and how to assess and promote social, emotional and physical well-being.

This 100% online course consists of three hours per week of online classroom sessions, 15 hours per week of structured self-paced study and seven one-on-one online skills development and practice sessions, as well as 80 hours of practical work placement, and will see you ready to commence working in one of many youth-support roles available nationally.

This is one of the only course of its kind available nationally so enquire now and begin your journey to a rewarding and fulfilling career.

Please note: This course is fee-for-service, it is not government funded.

If you possess great communication skills and are an empathic person who enjoys helping others live their best lives, then this CHC50421 Diploma of Youth Work qualification from Hader Institute of Education could set you on the path to a successful and rewarding career.

This course is designed to provide you with all the required knowledge as well as initial experience required to become an effective youth support worker, and will teach you essential skills in the field such as how to develop, facilitate and review all aspects of case management, how to identify and respond to children and young people at risk, how to work effectively with young people in youth work context, how to manage service response to young people in crisis and how to provide services for young people and their needs and circumstances.

This online course consists of three hours per week of online classroom sessions, 22 hours per week of structured self-paced study and seven one-on-one online skills development and practice sessions, as well as 100 hours of practical work placement, and will see you ready to commence working in one of many youth-support roles available nationally within 12 months.

Please note: This course is fee-for-service, it is not government funded.

If you are a compassionate person with good communication skills, and would like to build a rewarding career based on building stronger local communities, then this CHC52015 Diploma of Community Services qualification from Insight Training could be just the thing you’re looking for.

This contemporary course is specifically designed to give you all the skills and knowledge required to take on challenges presented in community services roles, as well as the ability to take on more senior and management roles in the sector. You will learn essential skills such as how to analyse impacts of sociological factors on clients in community work and services, how to develop and implement service programs, how to manage legal and ethical compliance and how to develop, facilitate and review all aspects of case management.

The course will allow you to choose an elective specialisation that focuses on one of the important aspects of community work such as drug and alcohol recovery, mental health, disability, youth work or case management. The course also involves 100-120 hours of practical work placement which will allow you to gain crucial practical experience required to hit the ground running once you take on a specific role in the industry.

You have a choice of studying this course online (blended with virtual classes), or by correspondence. Please note that both options still involve the practical work experience component.

This course is government funded through the Jobs and Skills WA program, which applies to eligible WA residents.

This course uses the following delivery methods, please take this into account when assessing course suitability:

• Blended with virtual classes – you can do the whole course online but you do need to attend some online classes at specific times (a couple of nights per week) with trainers. This study mode is government funded and is the most popular type of study mode used by students at Insight Training.

Please Note: This course is NOT available to people on a 500 or 600 visa.

 

If you are a compassionate person interested in a career that helps support your broader community, then this CHC40421 Certificate IV in Youth Work qualification from GROW Training Group could be just the course you’re looking for.

Empowering the youth is an investment in our collective future. Throughout this program, you will acquire the requisite skills and knowledge to provide support in diverse circumstances, encompassing social, behavioural, health, welfare, developmental, and protection-related contexts. Your role will involve aiding individuals in their transformative journey towards a more enriched and constructive life. You’ll develop the capacity to coordinate and deliver tailored programs and activities that address the unique needs of young individuals.

This Certificate IV in Youth Work program has been developed in collaboration with industry experts to ensure that your education is both comprehensive and directly relevant to the dynamic youth work sector. This qualification is ideally suited for those aspiring to assume roles responsible for shaping and overseeing programs and services geared towards young people. Over the course of your studies, you will acquire the competencies needed to support the holistic well-being of adolescents and youth aged 12 to 24, encompassing their safety, emotional resilience, and social integration.

It also involves a mandatory 80 hours of supervised work placement designed to give you the industry real world experience.

Enrolment period is 24 months. We find our students complete the qualification in varied time frames. It really does depend on your life situation and availability. The program can be completed in a much shorter time – we would recommend aiming at completing 1 unit per month.

This program is delivered in our online learner system. You do not need to come to class, however, you will need to stay connected with your Educator and attend phone and/or web meetings to complete some of the practical components of your course. eLearning allows you the flexibility of completing your course at your own pace, at times to suit work and other life commitments. You can work on your course at anytime, anywhere supported by your industry experienced educator via telephone and email no matter where you are.

Please Note: Grow Training Group operates as a privately managed Registered Training Organisation (RTO), differing from government-run institutions such as a TAFE. Consequently, Grow does not offer government funding.