Details for SSC020 Foundations of Community Services

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.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: SSC020
• Credit points: 10

Subject Coordinator

Prerequisite

Nil

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Develop an understanding of community based services & support

2. Evaluate the core competencies of care practices within a range of community contexts, including mental health, community support and disability care

3. Demonstrate an understanding of foundational principles of helping others, including socio-cultural diversity, ethical practice, personal worldview and wellbeing.

4. Develop personal and professional wellbeing strategies

Subject Content

• Understanding community services in Australian and global contexts
• Core competencies of care practices
• Working with diverse groups (including Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities).
• Understanding Contexts: Mental Health and Addiction
• Understanding Contexts: Youth & Community Work
• Understanding Contexts: Disability and Aged-Care Services
• Understanding Contexts: Family Support and Child Protection
• Understanding Contexts: Trauma & trauma informed care
• Foundational Principles: Socio-cultural diversity
• Foundational Principles: ethical practice, dignity of practice & multidisciplinary approaches to practice
• Foundational Principles: wellbeing and personal worldview
• Working across the lifespan: with Child, Young People and Adults
• Wellbeing of the Helper

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to face (onsite)
• eLearning (online)
• Intensives

This subject typically runs as an online recorded unit which are watched weekly, with online-live tutorials.

Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Essay (40%)
• Presentation & Paper (40%)
• Critical reflection (20%)

Prescribed Text

No prescribed text – all readings will be provided