About Centre for Community Welfare Training

This qualification reflects the roles of caseworkers and other community service professionals involved in managing, coordinating and/or delivering person-centred services to individuals, groups and communities. To achieve this qualification you must complete 200 hours of work placement.

This Diploma is perfect for those who work, or aim to work, as managers in community service organisations, however, it is transferable across different sectors. The qualification is also nationally recognised throughout Australia.

The BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management has a strong focus on building your leadership skills and abilities that can then be applied to your own workplace, teams and situations. It offers practical training to develop your initiative and judgment in planning, organising, implementing, and monitoring your own workload and the workload of others.

You will learn to use communication skills to support individuals and teams to meet your organisation’s needs. You will also discover practical management skills to plan and design solutions to unpredictable problems and the ability to analyse information from a variety of sources.

This qualification reflects the role of workers in out-of-home care facilities and settings related to child protection and family support work. They may, depending on the focus of their role, supervise other workers and carry out activities related to improvement of personal living and emotional circumstances of a child or young person at risk. They may exercise legal authorities and delegated decision making on relevant statutory matters. To achieve this qualification you must complete 100 hours of work placement.