Hi. just wondering if anyone out there has studied this course?
who did you do it with
where you working when you studied
how difficult and indepth was it
thanks Lisa
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Hi. just wondering if anyone out there has studied this course?
who did you do it with
where you working when you studied
how difficult and indepth was it
thanks Lisa
I completed the Diploma of Community Services, Childrens Services, Centre Based Care about 10 years ago is that the same/ equivilant?
I did it about 5 years ago, through a private college in Qld, whilst I was working as a Director under special circs.
Because I was in the position and had been for awhile I did get some RPL, but did a fair whack of the course too. It wasn't so much as difficult, but it's a much bigger focus on the centre/management/key stakeholders side of things. That was really the biggest thing I noticed. Only natural I guess for the positions it is aimed for.
Good luck if you're planning on doing it :)
No - the advanced is the next qual up from the diploma.:
I completed it in 09 - I did it externally through TAFE and like human bean, RPLd alot of it as I was working as a director and had been for some time so could show that I had sound knowledge of many modules.
It wasn't 'hard' as such, but like hb said, more business oriented than anything to do with the children - more so the families - as in dealing with conflict, etc that may (hahah) arise when dealing with families. Also alot of staffing, marketing, budgeting, operational change type stuff. To be honest, I found it hard going cause it was boring!
I have spoken to others who've done it but not as a director and they found it hard - you really need to be 'running' things to acheive some of the outcomes - so it's great if you're an Ass Dir and get to take the reins a bit. That said, I also know girls who've done it as a group leader - but it was alot of work.