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Bachelor of Community Services

Stanley College

  • Adelaide, Australia
  • 3 years
  • English
  • On campus
  • Bachelor

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About the program

A two-year Diploma (CHC52025) preparing students for case work and community program roles, With a 120-hour placement.

Program highlights

  • Internship available: yes
  • Placement support: yes
  • Work during study: yes
  • Post-study work rights (2 years): yes
  • PR pathway friendly: no

What you will learn

  • Learners studying Community Services can develop the ability to develop discipline-specific knowledge
  • Critically evaluate relevant evidence and communicate ideas using suitable professional or academic methods. These are indicative learning goals
  • Not a confirmed list of the university's assessed course outcomes.

Career outcomes

  • Community services worker
  • Early intervention worker
  • Group facilitator
  • Program coordinator
  • Youth officer
  • Welfare worker
  • Case worker

Curriculum

  • Twenty units
  • Twelve core and eight elective
  • Plus 120 hours of unpaid placement. Core units cover legal and ethical compliance
  • Co-existing needs
  • Service programs
  • Crisis response
  • Case management
  • Sociology
  • Family violence
  • Diversity
  • Cultural safety and reflective practice. Electives include mental health
  • Counselling
  • Advocacy and empowerment.

Entry requirements

Academic

  • Age 18 or over with Australian Year 12 (ATAR 55 within two years) or equivalent
  • International Baccalaureate including English
  • six months of AQF 5+ or Australian higher education study
  • a Foundation program
  • a Certificate IV or higher
  • or demonstrated work and life experience
  • alternate entry via STAT (135 multiple choice
  • 140 written).

Accepted academic background

Aged 18 or over with Australian Year 12 (ATAR 55 within the last two years) or equivalent, International Baccalaureate including English, six months of AQF 5+ or Australian higher education study, a Foundation Studies program, a Certificate IV or higher from an Australian RTO, or demonstrated work and life experience; STAT alternate entry (135 multiple choice, 140 written English)

Language tests

  • IELTS 6
  • IELTS Academic 6

Documents you’ll need

  • Academic Transcripts

How to apply

  1. Check the entry requirements and application deadlines on the course page Apply online at (no application fee published) Provide identity
  2. academic records and English test results Special Tertiary Admissions Test results if applying by alternate entry Receive a Letter of Offer Accept by signing the Student Agreement for Higher Education and paying the amount due The college issues the Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) for your student visa application with proof of funds.

Other costs

Tuition per year$17,800 AUD
Application fee_
Deposit_

Program details

CampusAdelaide
Faculty or schoolHigher Education
DepartmentCommunity Services
Teaching languageEnglish
Credit value240
Study paceFixed
Post-study stay2 years
Scholarship note_

Intakes and deadlines

  • Program starts

    March 2027

    Apply by

    25 Jan 2027

    73 days left

  • Program starts

    August 2027

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    November 2027

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Frequently asked questions

  • The program takes 3 years.