Graduate Certificate in Client Assessment and Case Management
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The Graduate Certificate in Client Assessment and Case Management is designed for experienced practitioners in the health and community service sectors who provide specialist services to clients with complex and diverse needs. In the course, you will develop specialist knowledge and skills for working with men who use violence.
The course is delivered in conjunction with Melbourne-based group No to Violence, the peak body for organisations and individuals working with men to end family violence and is tailored for people who currently work or wish to work in men’s behaviour change programs. On successful completion, you will have developed the skills to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility when working in this specialised area.
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Duration
12 months part-time
Intakes
Hawthorn (Semester 1, Semester 2) - View application and start dates
Study mode
- Part-time (day)
2021 Start Dates
2022 Start Dates
Course information in detail
- Course detail, course structure and units of study.
Course description
- Facilitation, micro skills and group theory
- Collaborative model of intervention
- Theoretical frameworks that underpin Men’s Behavioural Change group work
- Promoting and managing diversity and inclusion
- Enhancing the safety of women and children who are affected by men’s use of family violence
Course structure
Units of study
Careers and graduate outcomes
- Career opportunities, course aims and objectives and graduate skills.
Career opportunities
- Men’s behaviour change practitioner
- Family assessment worker
- Assessor (community services)
- Case worker (community services)
- Client assessment coordinator
- Case coordinator (community services)
- Community care manager
Aims and objectives

Graduate skills
Pathways and scholarships
- Credit transfer, recognition of prior learning and scholarships.
Course fees and requirements
- Fees, entry requirements and non-year 12 entry.
Course fees
Graduate Certificate in Client Assessment and Case ManagementEstimated course fees for 2021* |
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Course fee options | Full course fee | Skills First Government-subsidised place |
Total Cost (GST Free) | $11,330 | $6,860 |
This course is delivered with state government funding.
You could be granted a Skills First government-subsidised place when you apply for this course. Check your eligibility now.
If you are not granted a government-subsidised place, you will be eligible for the full course fee. Check your eligibility now.
Indicative nominal course hours: 745.
The total tuition fee is dependent upon the combination of units of study selected by the student. Fees are reviewed each year. Find out more about fees.
Entry requirements
- A minimum three-year tertiary qualification or equivalent in an associated field (equivalency may include significant work experience* in a community sector organisation in a role involving assessment and case management services).
- Applicants will be required to attend an interview.
- *Work experience: applicants are required to submit a resume/CV clearly detailing roles and duties, and duration of posts held, as well as copies of qualifications and academic transcripts.
- Applicants will need to demonstrate literacy and numeracy competencies.
How to apply
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Submit an online enquiry
Tel: 1300 SWINBURNE
Email: study@swinburne.edu.au