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Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence


Course Details

The Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family violence has been designed to prepare both new graduates and experienced practitioners for a rewarding career in the domestic and family violence sector. Practitioners and students in sectors including community services, youth and social work, mental health, education, alcohol and drugs, housing and homelessness, local and state government, criminal justice, criminology, and psychology will benefit from this certificates practical and theoretical content. Taught by leading policy academics and professionals, this graduate certificate combines studies in gendered violence, responding to family violence, preventing violence against women, and more. To help you prepare to take on a role in this important field, youll choose from specialisations in case management practice, primary prevention, policy advocacy or research and course evaluation. Youll explore the latest debates, issues, and approaches to domestic and family violence response, prevention, policy and management.

Qualification: Graduate Certificate

Course structure: This graduate certificate comprises three compulsory subject and one elective, which will enable students to further specialise in specific areas, such as intake and casework, primary prevention, policy, research and/or management.


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