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Total subjects
16
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$21,940
Study method
100% Online
Assessments
100% online
CSP Available
Yes
Credit available
Yes
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QS RANKING 2022
18
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
23
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Degree structure
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Degree details
Upon completion of this program, students should be able to:
- Engage in strength-based collaborations with individuals, families, service providers and communities to promote positive health and wellbeing outcomes.
- Explain and apply health, wellbeing and cultural awareness principles and practices when working with diverse groups, organisations and contexts.
- Evaluate and communicate evidence and data to inform service planning, delivery and improvement.
- Use reflection, communication, leadership and problem-solving skills to guide planning and decision-making.
- Analyse and apply service structures, standards, innovations and technologies for sustainability and continuous quality improvement.
Graduate attributes and course outcomes
The Associate Degree in Applied Health and Community Support will build your capacity to relate to, engage with, and support people in a multitude of ways. The graduate attributes image above represents the spectrum of roles and relationships that will be explored and developed, starting with ‘self’ and the individuals and families you support, and building over the duration of the course to consider broader engagement with communities, service providers and governing bodies. The primary outcomes of the course are to support you to: empower people and families to live well, and to build healthy and inclusive communities.
Career Options
- Team leader
- Service coordinator/supervisor
- Service navigator
- Service broker
- Practice coach/mentor
- Community development/engagement officer
- Service planner
- Service consultant
- Case manager
- Project manager/ project officer
- Rural health worker
Higher education via OUA
Successful completion of any 4 OUA open access subjects of study at the equivalent AQF level, unless otherwise specified
Higher education
Domestic Applicants with higher education study - Completed at least one undergraduate subject (equivalent to 12.5 UTAS credit points) wtihin an equivalent AQF Level course or higher.
Secondary education
Completed the TCE (or equivalent)
VET studies
Successful completion of Certificate III or higher
Work and Life
Domestic Applicants with work and life experience: If you have not successfully completed senior secondary, tertiary or TAFE/VET study, but have extensive or sustained work experience.
The University of Tasmania grants credit and recognition of prior learning that may include formal and/or informal prior learning. More information is available here.
https://www.utas.edu.au/study/apply/admission-requirements/recognition-of-prior-learning
The Associate Degree in Applied Health and Community Support has been developed in consultation with the health, disability, mental health, aged care, social and community service sectors to address significant changes in service models and consumer expectation. The course has also been developed to meet the projected increases in role complexity and workforce demands in these sectors.
This course is suited to school leavers pursuing a career in the health, social or community service sectors or those seeking an alternative career choice in health, disability, mental health, aged care or community services. Individuals with vocational qualifications or relevant experience may undertake the course to upskill into roles with additional functional requirements and higher levels of responsibility, and/or to acquire a formal University qualification.
The Associate Degree in Applied Health and Community Support has a focus on applied learning opportunities including working with sector leaders, service consumers, organisations, individuals and communities.
Delivered through on-line learning, flexible tutorials, face-to-face workshops, authentic case studies, individual and community projects, the program is available for full-time and part-time students across all campuses in Tasmania.. Sector experts and service consumers will be actively involved in the development and delivery of the program to ensure that it remains relevant and up-to-date. The development of a professional portfolio over the duration of the course will enable graduates to reflect upon their learning and provide evidence of their capabilities for potential career opportunities.
On completion of an Associate Degree in Applied Health and Community Support, graduates are provided with:
- an entry point to a career in the health, social and community service sectors;
- an opportunity to accelerate progression within a current job;
- an opportunity for promotion to a new role;
- an opportunity to open up a new career path; or
- articulation into further study at the University of Tasmania.
Recommended Study Pattern
For students undertaking full-time study the following study pattern is recommended.
Year 1. 8 subjects in first year including:
- 4 Core subjects:
- TAS-ZAC101 Respecting the Individual and their Context
- TAS-ZAC102 Exploring Health and Wellbeing
- TAS-ZAC103 Principles of Individualised Support
- TAS-ZAC104 Applying Health and Wellbeing in Practice
- 2 Subjects from the following stream
- Support Systems and Services
- TAS-ZAC105 Health and Community Services in Australia
- TAS-ZAC106 Quality Systems and Practice in Health and Community Services
- Support Systems and Services
- 2 UTAS Electives
Year 2. 8 subjects in second year including:
- 4 Core subjects:
- TAS-ZAC201 Engaging Communities in Health and Wellbeing
- TAS-ZAC202 Organising for Change and Sustainability
- TAS-ZAC204 Empowering Your Career in Health and Community Services
- TAS-ZAC209 Building Cultural Capability in Health and Community Services
- 2 Subjects from the following stream
- Support Systems and Services
- TAS-ZAC207 Mental Health and Wellbeing
- TAS-ZAC208 Contemporary Disability Practice
- Support Systems and Services
- 2 UTAS electives
Award Requirements
Satisfactory completion of 16 subjects, as required in the schedule, within 2-5 years from commencement.
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