Advanced Diploma in Children's Services

[lisaandshaun]

Hi,
i am interested in hearing from anyone who has studied the advanced diploma in childrens services via correspondance. Which company did you go with, how much did it cost and how long did it take to complete?

thanks l

[Indadhanu]

I haven't done it but I looked in to it. TAFE as usually cheaper, expecially with their government training places they have going at the moment, you ony pay for materials which is about $50-60 a module, they are VERY cheap. That's in QLD but I think it's a federal government initiative. In my area they are $800 at TAFE. You do need to have your Diploma though, or at least be able to go through the RPL process

[luna moth]

South Bank Tafe in Brissie. $50 per subject, so you pay learning material costs only. I hated it though, it's a really badly structured course and the learning materials and assignments are tedious and rubbish.

[Floweryfields]

Oopsies, I read the title wrong. I was writiing about my diploma! Haha, I have completed my advanced dip through initially a company based at the sunshine coast, though I wouldn't recommend them at all they were very expensive. I switched to TAFE and ended up RPLing alot of it as I had been working as a director for quite a while. The rpl modules cost around $30 - $40. And I would second the sentiments about it being boring and tedious! Alot of the adv dip is about running a business, there's little to do with children, some to do with families, but alot of stuff to do with business plans, and marketing, etc.

In the end I think it cost me around $1500, but if I hadn't rpld it would've been closer to $2500. Are you a director or looking to be one? I would find it very hard going if I weren't a director at the time - hard to do the assignments when you don't have the access to that side of things iykwim.