Certificate IV in Youth & Community Work (Christian)
(Course Code: 69831)
The Certificate IV is an intensive residential course undertaken in Poatina, Tasmania.
There are intakes in January and July each year. In most cases the Certificate IV can be completed in 6 months, though for some people it is preferable to consider extending it over a 12-month period.
The method of study is classroom-based delivery with significant practical ‘fieldwork’ components throughout. The course is given a further practical edge by being undertaken while living in Poatina, an intentional Christian community that is intimately involved in both youth work and community development activities in Tasmania.
An outline of a fairly typical course arrangement is set out below. In addition to the week-by-week subjects there are also regular fieldtrips, fieldwork, a Group Life weekend.
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 cost
Week 1
‘Foundations’ short course (see separate brochure)
Week 2
Haggai
Self Management
Intro to T.A.
Spoken Communication
Week 3
James
Apologetics
Intro to Youth Work
Revolutionary Values: Word of Life
Week 4
Ecclesiastes
Understanding & Reaching Australians
‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ – Victor Frankl
Helping People Grow
Week 5
Ecclesiastes
‘Man’s search for Meaning’ Viktor Frankl
Church History: First two hundred years
Understanding & Reaching Australians
Weekend: Occupational Health & Safety
Service User Health & Safety
Week 6
Hosea
Old Testament Survey I
Revolutionary Values: Hospitality, Separation
‘Reaching Out’: Nouwen
Week 7
Hebrews
Old Testament Survey II
Rev Values: Giving, Ministry of the Mouth
Transactional Analysis
Week 8
Hebrews
Old Testament Survey III
Drop In Centres / Youth Cafes
Understanding Adolescents
Week 9
Leviticus
Old Testament Survey IV
Christians & Sociology
Employment Programs
Week 10
Nehemiah
Intro to Organisational Management
‘Small is Beautiful’ Schumacher
Biblical Geography
Week 11
Ruth
Introduction to Casework
Biographical Studies I
Effective Personnel Work I
Week 12
Colossians
Biblical Anthropology
Leadership
Religious Education Teaching
Week 13
Amos
Youth Fellowships
‘The Cost of Discipleship’ Deitrich Bonhoeffer
Biographical Studies II
Week 14
Daniel
The Monastic Model: Basil of Cappadocia
Between The Testaments
Creative Use of Opposition
Week 15
Jude
Church History: The Reformation
Rev Values: Love and Sex & Suffering.
Accommodation Programmes
Week 16
Malachi
Wesley
Hermeneutics
Effective Personal Work II
Week 17
Mark I
Biblical Idiom
Christians & Social Change I
Written communication
Week 18
Mark II
Christians & Social Change II
Community Development: Networks
Attaching Detached Youth
Week 19
Mark III
New Testament Survey I
‘The Problem of Wineskins’ Snyder
Gestalt
Week 20
Titus
Church & Mission
New Testament Survey Il
Youth Affairs in Australia
Week 21
I Corinthians
Neighbouring Networks
Rev. Values: The Holy Spirit & Power for Service
Research
Week 22
Philippians
Survival in Ministry
Rev. Values: Humility & Encouragement
Creative Expression
Costs
The cost of the Certificate IV course to a single student is approximately $155 per week that includes course fees, rent and four evening meals. A more accurate breakdown of costs is available upon request.