If English is not your first language or was not the medium of instruction in your secondary or tertiary studies, you are required to demonstrate your proficiency in the English language by achieving a prescribed level in an approved English examination or test before you can receive a full offer of a place.
IELTS (Academic version): 6.5 overall score, minimum 6.0 in each subtest
TOEFL internet-based score: Total score 82 (Writing 21, Speaking 18, Reading 13, Listening 13)
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE): 58 overall; No communication skills less than 50
Your English language proficiency test must be no more than two years old at the time of your commencement at Western Sydney University.
As a graduate you will be eligible for membership to the Australian Community Workers Association. This course has a focus on practical experience, with 400 hours completed across two placements.
As a student of the Bachelor of Community Welfare, you will work with a team of academics that are committed to your needs and who will work with you in a close capacity outside of lectures. They have extensive practical backgrounds in the field and are still active and involved in an ongoing manner.
This degree has a focus on practical experience, with 400 hours of a professionally supervised placement experience in its final year. Placements can be completed at a range of local Sydney organisations with a unique focus area such as youth homelessness, financial counselling for vulnerable families and others. While on placement you will be supported through weekly classes on campus, to allow you to relate your experiences to the theories you are learning in your units.
The Bachelor of Community Welfare degree is an accredited three year degree based on the Liverpool and Parramatta campuses and includes 400 hours of on-site supervised practice. The degree equips graduates to work in a range of human service professions with a particular emphasis on community development and social action and offers opportunity to specialise in a sub-major. It is informed by a critical perspective and taught by a vibrant staff, many of whom are also practitioners, and all of whom are committed to ensuring the best possible community welfare education for our students.
As a graduate you will be ready to work in government and community organisations such as hostels, shelters, family support centres, refugee and settlement services and other service agencies.
The Bachelor of Community Welfare is accredited by the Australian Community Workers Association.
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As a graduate of Community Welfare, you can look forward to career opportunities in:
Community Development
Policy Development
Human Services
Case Management
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
