Community/Disability Services
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The Bachelor of Health, Ageing and Community Services (BHACS)
If you are involved in aged care, providing care for disabled people or involved in a range of services in the community, our degree will be suitable for you.
The course has been designed to cater for the educational needs of people who have professional experience in these areas and have a previous qualification (for example in aged care or disability services).
The course acknowledges and builds upon your previous studies and advances your qualification to degree level. The advantages for you are that is it offered by distance education which means that you can study from home while you continue in your employment. You will be provided with supportive materials on CD-Rom and there will be an on-line site so that you can keep in touch with your lecturers and other students in the course.
Course outline and units of study
The course provides the opportunity for a range of health related workers with vocational sector qualifications to undertake tertiary sttudies that will equip them to work effectively across a diverse range of community settings and health facilities.
The course consists of three different groups of units. The core group is made up of four units that are compulsory and must be completed first. The second group consists of streams that provide students with a choice to specialise in one of four areas: Aged Care; Disabilities; Community Services and Counselling. It is not a requirement of the course that students complete a specialisation as they can choose to study a variety of units across the different streams. This has added flexibility and students can gain a qualification that enables them to work across specialities. The final group of units consists of elective units that may be chosen to suit students' educational or professional needs.
Link to the course brochure for information about core units, specialisations, and electives.
See details about the BHACS in the Courses and Units Catalogue for up-to-date course information including course rules and plans. From there you can also search for information about units using the search tool.
Specialisations
Students can choose to specialise in the following specialist areas or a generalist stream made up the units they choose.
- Aged Care
- Community Services
- Counselling
- Disabilities.
Careers
It is well recognised that the numbers of people living into old age has increased rapidly in recent years and aged care, both in residential facilities and in the community is an expanding area where there is a vital need for well-qualified staff. Similarly, the whole area of caring in the community for disabled people has expanded. Graduates of the BHACS are well qualified to apply for senior positions within these rapidly growing sectors of the health system.
Why study at UNE
UNE was the first Australian university to offer extensive courses by distance education so we have a lot of experience of supporting students who choose to continue working while they study. We have a strong commitment to assisting our students with their professional development. We understand the importance of building on your previous studies and experience. We also acknowledge that raising a family, working and studying can be difficult and that students studying from home can feel anxious and isolated at times. There are many support mechanisms in place to assist you including on-line discussion boards with your teachers and your colleagues in the course.
The School of Health is the academic home of the BHACS. Our staff members are well qualified in all aspects of health and are experienced teachers.
Partnerships, networks and industry links
- Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
- Australian Association of Gerontology
- Australian College of Health Services Executives
- Ascent Group Armidale
- Challenge Disability Services Tamworth
- Chinese University Hong Kong
- Institute of Nursing Administrators of NSW and ACT
- Greater Western Area Health Service*
- Hunter New England Area Health Service*
- Naresuan University Thailand
- National Centre for Hospital and Health Management (WHO CCE), Naresuan University Thailand
- New England Institute of TAFE
- New South Wales College of Nursing
- New South Wales Nurses Association
- Public Health Association, Australia
- Royal College of Nursing Australia
- RSLCare, Queensland*
- Sigma Theta Tau – International Nursing Honour Society
- Society of Health Administration Programs in Education
* Denotes organisations where current adjunct appointments are located.
Contacts
Applications forms and further information about UNE's Bachelor of Health, Ageing and Community Services course can be obtained from the Student Centre.
Unit Coordinator contacts:
Associate Professor Godfrey Isouard – 0419 478 431
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