About this role
Welfare Workers assist individuals, families and groups with social, emotional or financial difficulties to improve quality of life, by educating and supporting them and working towards change in their social environment.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Welfare Worker include:
- provides support while exploring alternatives with clients who experience difficulties such as marital problems, unemployment, illness and drug abuse
- assesses risks and provides intensive short-term crisis counselling for victims of domestic violence, child abuse, disasters and other crises
- assists to establish and administer neighbourhood houses, community groups, employment training programmes and other services.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Welfare Worker
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Diploma of Community Services
CHC52025
Learn to lead and support people in need. Build skills in case management, counselling and community programs.
- 1–2 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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Train for a role in community support. Learn to help people through outreach, advocacy and teamwork.
- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 18 months
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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Certificate IV in Community Services
CHC42021
- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 2 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available