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Graduate Diploma in Human Services Management

Course code: 3789 + Course abbreviation: GradDipHSM + Total credit points required: 48 + 2 years part-time

Study mode and course location

Off-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

This course is designed to meet the needs of professionals in the social, community and human services sectors who have moved, or who wish to move, from direct practice into a managerial role. The course is offered within Australia and internationally. The curriculum includes program planning and evaluation, management and leadership, strategic planning, development of quality standards and best practice models, human resource management, problem-solving and organisational culture and environment analysis. The course offers a unique focus on exploring the role, function and responsibilities of the human service organisation in rural, regional and urban environments. The course content is designed to allow students, whether local or international, to adapt topics and assignments to their own experience and professional context.

Entry requirements

Candidates must have a bachelors degree, or a faculty certificate in HSM or relevant graduate certificate with a credit average and demonstrable professional experience at a senior level in a relevant area. Students in the latter category need to supply a CV, a 1000-word statement and the names of two professional referees.

Course structure

The program encompasses a sequence of 48 points of part-time study through flexible delivery incorporating print and online teaching and learning.

Students complete four 12-point core units:

  • HSM4301 Program planning and evaluation in the human services
  • HSM4302 Management and leadership in the human services
  • HSM4303 Human services management: structure and context
  • HSM4304 Human services management: principles and process

Articulation

Students who complete the Graduate Diploma with credit results may apply to transfer to the masters program

Contact details

Course coordinator

Karen Crinall

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