Yalga-binbi Institute for Community Development

Certificate III - Community Services Work - COURSE DETAILS

Yalga-binbi Institute offers the Certificate III on a part-time basis only through a mixed mode of delivery. It is designed to be completed over two years. Residential workshops are held in Townsville, or other suitable locations, three times a year. Each workshop runs for a ten day period. At the workshops students will work through assignments and reading materials.

Students will also undertake projects or activities in their work or community involvement. They may be supported in their community by a tutor or a workplace supervisor. Staff from Yalga-binbi will also visit students to provide support in their communities or workplaces.

This kind of course delivery allows students to continue to live and work in their communities or jobs and undertake practical projects and private study related to their community involvement.

Students will gain skills in:
•  Working with local people, at work and in the community, to deal with common issues
•  Planning and running projects with local people
•  Communicating effectively with individuals and groups at work and in the community
•  Understanding and following policies and procedures within the workplace
•  Managing conflict
•  Writing reports, letters and filling in forms
•  Understanding administration procedures and using office equipment

The course will focus on work students are doing in their organisation or community group.

Students will develop skills in community development and community service work.

Community development is about empowering ordinary people to improve the life of their own group and community through grass roots action. It is about working with people to find their own solutions and deal with these themselves.

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