Diploma of Youth & Community Work (Christian)
(Course Code: 69832)
While the Certificate IV Course prepares a student to be a competent youth and community worker, the Diploma provides opportunity to develop skills which will enable him/her to develop and manage a significant project.
Having completed the Certificate IV course, students may choose to continue on and study toward the Diploma. The period of study for Diploma is usually 12-18 months but may be longer in some cases.
The method of study for the Diploma is strongly workplace based. Students accept a negotiated work placement at a Fusion centre somewhere in Australia.
Each student has a placement supervisor and participates in weekly Professional Integration Tutorials. Periodically (usually 4 times a year) students return to Poatina for periods of classroom based ‘intensives’. Assignment work is set and relates each unit studied during intensives to the work placement being undertaken.
The following areas of study are covered during the ‘intensives’.
Foundations Short Course - Trainee Ttraining
Mentoring, Supervision & Support
Developing a Program: Planning & Organising
Working Together in Teams: Leading
Working Together in Teams: Managing Group Problem Solving & Decision-making
Managing People - Recruitment, Selection & Induction
Managing Training & Development
Managing Crisis, Mediation & Conflict Resolution
‘Foundations’ short course – trainee training
All diploma students undertake training in the delivery of the ‘Foundations’ short course.
Shaping Values & Cultures
How to make Biblical values a part of the culture of the community in which you live and work.
Mentoring, Supervision & Support
Managing effective working relationships, professional health, development and training, helping people see their own narrative, developing values through mentoring.
Group Life Laboratory
An experiential learning situation about groups and the way they function.
Jeremiah
A detailed look at the prophet Jeremiah using Biblical hermeneutics in a workshop situation: making a presentation of truth from the Scriptures.
Romans
A detailed study of the New Testament letter to the Romans.
Introduction Hebrew/Greek
An introduction to the languages of the scriptures.
Psalms
A detailed study of the collection of Hebrew psalms in the Scriptures.
Developing a Program: Planning & Organising
Developing programs, models of youth & community work, research & needs analysis, resources & funding, service standards & guidelines, links to other services, evaluation.
Working Together in Teams: Leading
Managing & developing teams including group dynamics, motivation, communication needs, team building, clarifying roles, structures, identifying training needs, building cultures.
Working Together in Teams: Managing Group Problem Solving & Decision-making
Includes group dynamics, facilitation methods, problem solving & decision-making barriers and techniques, interpersonal skills in groups, managing conflict, goal & objective setting.
Managing People - Recruitment, Selection & Induction
Includes job descriptions, selection criteria, advertising positions, selection procedures, police checks & reference checks, induction recruiting & selecting volunteers.
Managing Training & Development
Includes task & skill analysis, training needs analysis, adult learning principles, evaluation techniques.
Managing Crisis, Mediation & Conflict Resolution
An introduction to early intervention family mediation and the co-mediation model. Advanced mediation techniques, limits, sole and workplace mediation, and administrative procedures. Also includes negotiation skills, legal issues, physical restraint, responding to weapons use, self-destructive behaviours, briefing & debriefing.
Policy Development
Including policy making & makers, the impact of policies, staying informed, involving service users in policy development.
Costs…
The cost of the Diploma is $40 per week, this includes course fees, travel meals to and from intensives (including meals and accommodation at intensives). A more accurate breakdown of costs is available upon request.