Applied Health and Community Support

The Health and Community Services industry requires people who understand their communities, empathise with and understand individual needs, and work across sectors to create solutions that provide consumers with the services and support they require.

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Undergraduate Certificate in Community Support

Study without tuition fees in 2024

The Undergraduate Certificate in Community Support is offered with a 100% tuition fee scholarship for eligible students in 2024.

Relevant to the health and community service sector

Finish your degree with a portfolio of knowledge, skills and attributes relevant to the health and community service sector.

Kick-start a career in community support

Explore current trends, changes and challenges in the Community Support sector

Pursue a career in the social or community sector

The Undergraduate Certificate in Community Support is designed for anyone looking to pursue a fulfilling career in the social or community sectors. In this course we’ll introduce you to changes and current trends in health, social and community services.

You’ll learn about the national health care reform agenda and the changes it brings to improving and modernising the Australian health system. You’ll also explore contemporary issues such as regulation, competition for resources, and the impact of technology.

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Career opportunities

The care and support workforce has grown three times faster than total employment across the Australian economy, and demand for skilled people to fill these roles is projected to double by 2049-50*.

Our courses provide you with an opportunity to become part of this vital industry, both with or without prior experience. They can also help you accelerate your progression and/or promotion within your current organisation, or open up new career paths and opportunities.

Graduates have found rewarding careers across a wide range of health and community support roles in voluntary, private, not-for-profits, non-government, and government organisations. These include team leaders, coordinators, supervisors, service managers, coaches, service navigators, and community development/engagement officers.

You may also find a career in direct service roles such as physical health, rural health, and mental health, or look to become a service broker, service planner, project manager, project officer, consultant, or administrator. Industries can include occupational, corporate, or community health and wellbeing.

*National Skills Commission - Care Workforce Labour Market Study 2021.

28.2%

Welfare, Recreation and Community Arts Workers

Increase projected by 2024

18.6%

Health and Welfare
Services Managers

Increase projected by 2024

16.6%

Health and Welfare
Support Workers

Increase projected by 2024

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Uni life

Having a strong support network at university makes a big difference. There are plenty of ways you can meet people and make new friends. Studying in Tasmania, you can take part in social events, off-campus trips, travel opportunities, campus tours…

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Leadership and volunteering

As a student with us you can access a range of opportunities to learn, experience and be recognised for your leadership. You can also take advantage of the professional and personal benefits that our volunteering opportunities offers.

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Career guidance

Making you job ready - we’ll help you make decisions about your career, find work while you’re studying, and connect with future employers.

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