Course: Bachelor of Humanitarian and Community Studies

If you like to help people and believe in people's right to determine their own futures then Humanitarian and Community Studies could be the career for you.

The Humanitarian and Community worker aims to maximise human potential and worth of all individuals regardless of racial origin, sex, age or social status or other individual differences.

Graduates will gain the following skills and attributes

• Retrieve, evaluate and use relevant information and current technology to advance learning and facilitate human service tasks and community work
• Apply a range of skills and knowledge to work with and provide benefit to communities
• Develop innovative responses to social concerns and find solutions to challenging problems
• Have a solid understanding of theoretical frameworks and knowledge that underpin human service practice with individuals, groups and communities
• Communicate effectively with diverse populations, including community members, co-workers and other stakeholders
• Work effectively and cooperatively in single and multidisciplinary teams in challenging environments
• Apply principles of social justice and professional codes of ethics to all fields of practice to improve outcomes for individuals and communities
• Function effectively, constructively and professionally in diverse cultural and complex situations
• Exercise initiative and responsibility to work for community recovery and positive outcomes
• The degree is also a resource that humanitarian agencies can use to sponsor training for staff in countries where they operate.

More information on the Bachelor of Humanitiarian and Community Studies offered at CDU.

Contact:
Administrative Leader, Health Sciences
Phone: 08 8946 6089

Career opportunities

Graduates will exit the program with a foundation in human services work, be eligible to join the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers, and prepared for work in government or non-government agencies in remote locations. Graduates will have also gained the practical skills based on the entry requirements to work as a humanitarian logistician for humanitarian aid agencies, such as Red Cross, and Medecins Sans Frontiéres.