Discover the foundations of faith and how it relates to one's worldview and purpose. Students will explore the Christian story from Scripture and express ideas of their own faith, examine how faith shapes views on the meaning and purpose of life, the value of humanity and ideas of human flourishing. Expand your perspective in this core subject and understand the significance of faith in all areas of life.
Foundations of Community Services explores essential competencies for working across diverse community contexts, including mental health, disability, aged care, and child protection. Students examine trauma-informed, culturally responsive practices while engaging with Indigenous perspectives and ethical frameworks. The subject emphasizes understanding socio-cultural diversity, developing multidisciplinary approaches, and building personal wellbeing strategies essential for effective, sustainable practice as a community services professional across the lifespan.
Foundational Communication Skills develops essential interpersonal competencies for social science practice. Students explore human behavior, verbal and non-verbal communication techniques, and core helping conditions including empathy and active listening. Through examining micro-skills such as questioning, reflecting, and paraphrasing, students build culturally responsive communication abilities. The subject emphasizes self-reflection, managing challenging conversations, and ethical practice across diverse social contexts while maintaining personal wellbeing as an effective helper.
This unit integrates prior learning and experience from the course with practical workplace placement opportunities in community services settings. Students work in supportive environments, gaining valuable insights into professional practice within community-based contexts. The placement develops understanding of how practitioners respond to diverse client needs while applying community service frameworks, ethical standards, and evidence-based approaches in real-world settings.
This valuable unit for professional chaplains and pastoral carers equips students with a trauma informed care framework when responding to people impacted by traumas such as domestic and family violence, disasters, health and life circumstances that have significantly impacted their current or past wellbeing and how to promote resilience, healing and recieve appropriate ongoing support as required.
This comprehensive unit equips students with the necessary skills to address and support individuals facing various addictions. The subject also covers identifying community resources, implementing ethical practices, and understanding legal concerns. This training is essential for those preparing to offer holistic, informed support in chaplaincy or counselling roles.
Through this dynamic unit, students are prepared to effectively engage with young people across various social, historical, economic, legal, and political contexts. This subject teaches essential skills for chaplaincy within both church-based and community settings, emphasising relationship building, collaboration with other agencies, and comprehensive youth service provision.
In this unit, students will start their journey into providing pastoral and spiritual care and develop the skills and understanding of how the chaplain is formed and developed considering; ethical and legal considerations; learning effective communication skills; boundaries; and the value and importance of self care and professional supervision.
Community Development examines asset-based approaches and core competencies for strengthening communities across diverse contexts including mental health, disability, aged care, and child protection. Students explore culturally responsive practices with Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities, trauma-informed care, and multidisciplinary frameworks. The subject emphasizes socio-cultural diversity, ethical practice, and personal worldview awareness while developing sustainable wellbeing strategies for effective community-based practice across the lifespan.
Community Engagement explores Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) principles for mobilizing individual and community strengths. Students learn to identify assets, skills, and passions within communities while building collaborative relationships and leadership capacity. The subject emphasizes developing community engagement plans, ethical multidisciplinary practice, and effective referral processes. Through reflective practice, students examine how personal worldview influences community work while maintaining professional wellbeing in Australian and global contexts.