About the Course – Youth Work

Youth Work is an exciting and challenging career which involves working for and with young people in rewarding ways. Community service workers are different from Youth workers in the sense that young people are the primary concern of Youth workers. Youth work helps foster young people’s emotional and social development and acknowledges the social and cultural environments within which young people live.

 Besides studying youth work units, students also study sociology and choose electives in the Bachelor of Arts. You will gain valuable practical experience  working with young people and dealing with their needs, problems and aspirations of young people.

You’ll graduate with:

• A solid professional foundation for working with young people
• Specialist knowledge to support disadvantaged groups
• Clarity on the services available to teenagers and young adults
• Practical management skills
• Leadership skills

Career Prospect

This qualification prepares graduates for a range of positions in Youth Work and community work with young people. The course provides graduates with skills relevant to many different youth services and prepares them for careers in professional youth work. After the graduation, you can work in youth services in Local Government, in education, in State and Federal Government and in the non-for-profits sectors. Youth Work provides you with a broad range of career opportunities when you graduate. Graduates can find careers in:

• Local government
• Schools
• Rehabilitation
• Juvenile justice center
• Not-for-profit and community organizations

Career Opportunity

• Youth worker
• Case manager
• Counselor
• Family support worker
• Drug and alcohol worker

Course Available by Providers

The courses are generally provided at Certificate level and Bachelor.

COURSES UNDER HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION