If you would like to work in community services as a youth worker, youth officer, or case worker, and make a difference in our future, this is the qualification for you! You'll help to improve lives, and directly contribute to putting young people at risk towards a better path.
You'll gain the knowledge and skills to communicate and work effectively in the youth sector; develop and manage programs for young people; promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing; respond to critical situations; work with youth at risk; assist in collective action; develop and maintain professional networks; work with cultural diversity;, ethical behaviour and legal responsibilities; and much more!
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Gain the knowledge and skills to communicate and work effectively in the youth sector, developing and managing youth programs, promoting social, emotional and physical wellbeing, responding to critical situations, working with youth at risk, assisting collective action, developing and maintaining professional networks, working with cultural diversity, ethical behaviour and legal responsibilities.
You will help to improve lives, and directly contribute to putting young people at risk towards a better path.
This qualification has mandatory work placement including at least 200 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency.
Make a positive impact in young people's lives
Youth Workers coordinate and manage the development and delivery of services and programs designed to address the social, behavioural, health, welfare, developmental and protection needs of young people.
During this course you will learn skills that enable you to respond to young people in crisis and the ability to respond to critical situations as well as the management of finances, work safety and the work environment.
As part of this qualification you will undertake a supervised work placement where you will be able to apply the skills and knowledge you have learned.
Do you want to build a career focusing on the welfare and wellbeing of our young people? This course gives you the job ready skills to become a youth worker and will help you work towards reaching supervisory, team leader and management level positions.
Adolescence can be a challenging and transitional time for young people and many may experience mental health and behavioural issues or disorders they need support with, whilst working out their identity on the journey into adulthood. Youth at risk or in crisis can need practical support such as food, shelter, safety, along with counselling to help them get on to a more positive path in their lives.
You’ll learn from our expert team of lecturers on how to be a role model and mentor to teenagers and children and respond to youth in crisis. You’ll gain the knowledge to assess problems that arise from behavioural, developmental, welfare and protection issues and develop and manage youth programs that address issues and provide ongoing support. At the end of this course, you will have the skills to facilitate and review case management, analyse the impacts of sociological factors on people in community work and services, and engage respectfully with young people.
Youth workers are in high demand and can work at community, government and welfare agencies in settings such as hospitals, schools, corrective institutions, youth refuges, community centres, mental health organisations or drug and alcohol centres.
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