CV74 - Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence Practice

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Overview

Course Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence Practice enables you to develop specialised industry-related knowledge and skills to respond to domestic and family violence. Key practice areas in relation to domestic and family violence are reflected in course electives of child safety, men’s behaviour change and working with victim/survivors. The knowledge and skills you will gain through completing this course are transferable across a wide range of professions and occupations where workers encounter domestic and family violence.


Career Information

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence Practice would typically be employed in or seeking employment in:

  • Criminal Justice
  • Child Safety organisations
  • Health Services
  • Non-government organisations including domestic violence services

Course Details
Duration 0.5 years full-time or 1 years part-time
Credit Points that Must be Earned 24
Number of Units Required CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in postgraduate courses normally consist of 6 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 12, 18, 24).
Expected Hours of Study One point of credit is equivalent to an expectation of approximately two hours of student work per week in a term.
Course Type Postgraduate Award
Qualification (post nominal) GradCert
AQF Level Level 8: Graduate Certificate
Course Fees
Indicative Year - 2025
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,808
  • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,496
Indicative Year - 2024
  • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,160
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,418
  • International Indicative First Year Fee - $8,418
Indicative Year - 2023
  • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $7,568
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $7,794
Indicative Year - 2022
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $12,708
  • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $7,312

Admission Codes

Domestic Students
Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes 		Not Applicable
International Students
CRICOS Codes 		Not Applicable
Where and when can I start?

Domestic Availability

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2026

Online

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2025

Online

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2024

Online

Overseas Availabilities

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2026

Sorry, no overseas availabilities found.

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2025

Sorry, no overseas availabilities found.

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2024

Sorry, no overseas availabilities found.
For any problems regarding admissions availability for the selected course please contact 13 CQUni (13 27 86) or send us an email at http://contactus.cqu.edu.au/
Entry Requirements - What do I need to start?
Entry Scores
Entry scores are not available, please contact the Student Advice Team for more information
Academic Requirements

To be eligible for entry into this course, students must hold one the following:

  • A completed Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent Bachelor degree, or higher AQF equivalent qualification; or

  • A completed AQF Diploma qualification with at least 5 years relevant* employment experience; or

  • Alternative admission criteria^.

* Relevant work experience must include employment in the domestic and family violence field, or a related field (such as child safety, health, correctional services), where associated written tasks, such as report writing, are demonstrated.

^Applicants who do not meet the above requirements however hold significant relevant work experience and/or qualifications will be referred to the Head of Course to confirm eligibility.


Employment experience must be outlined on a company letterhead, be signed and dated by a delegated authority from within the organisation.


English Language Proficiency Requirements:

If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University.

Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of:

  • A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or

  • An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) diploma level qualification, or

  • Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0

completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.


If you do not satisfy any of the above, you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores as below:

  • An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or

  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Requires 550 or better overall & minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test); or

  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or

  • An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.


English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study and must appear on a single result certificate.


Each student will be assessed individually.

Assumed Knowledge

English

Security Requirements

None.

Health Requirements

None.

Fees and Charges
Be Different
  • Indicative Year - 2025
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,808
    • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,496
  • Indicative Year - 2024
    • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,160
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,418
    • International Indicative First Year Fee - $8,418
  • Indicative Year - 2023
    • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $7,568
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $7,794
  • Indicative Year - 2022
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $12,708
    • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $7,312
Higher Education
Course Features

Awards and Accreditation

Interim Awards Not applicable
Exit Awards Not applicable
Accreditation

  • Core

Residential School Requirements

No Residential School for this course.

Practicum/Work Placement

Not applicable

Previous and Current Enrolments

Year Number of Students
2024 77
2023 89
2022 62
2021 55
2020 41
Inherent Requirements
There are Inherent Requirements (IRs) that you need to be aware of, and fulfil, to achieve the core learning outcomes of the units and course. IRs are the essential capabilities, knowledge, behaviours and skills that are needed to complete a unit or course.

Please note that in some instances there may be similarities between course, entry and inherent requirements.

If you experience difficulties meeting these requirements, reasonable adjustments may be made upon contacting accessibility@cqu.edu.au. Adjustment must not compromise the academic integrity of the degree or course chosen at CQUniversity or the legal requirements of field education.

Ethical Behaviour
  • Complying with academic and non-academic misconduct policies and procedures such as CQUniversity’s Student Charter, Student Misconduct Policy and Student Behavioural Misconduct Procedures and Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
  • Complying with the relevant codes, guidelines and policies to facilitate safe, competent interactions and relationships with stakeholders.
Behavioural Stability

  • Responding ethically, with accountability, consistency and professionalism.
  • Working individually and in teams in sometimes volatile and challenging environments.



Legal Compliance

  • Complying with Australian and State laws and professional regulatory requirements.
  • Maintaining applicable professional accreditation.
  • Understanding the legislation pertaining to domestic and family violence, child abuse, stalking, strangulation and sexual assault.




Communication Skills (Verbal, Non-verbal, Written and Technology)

  • Information sharing via professional communication for safety and accountability.
  • Having highly developed verbal, writing and computer skills.
  • Providing timely, accurate and effective delivery of professional instruction and practice.


Cognitive Abilities (Knowledge and Cognitive Skills, Literacy and Numeracy)

  • Having highly developed verbal and non-verbal skills.
  • Having highly developed writing and computer skills.


Sensory Abilities (Visual, Auditory, Tactile)

  • Having visual, auditory and tactile capacity and/or acuity to obtain, process, interpret and translate information.
  • Having competent sensory abilities for the safe and effective delivery of professional intervention practice.



Relational Skills

  • Having empathy, respect and sensitivity.
  • Successfully building rapport with other students and staff.



Reflective Skills

  • Having the capacity for personal and interpersonal understanding.
  • Separating your own personal performance, values and emotions when reflecting on professional matters.
  • Remaining objective and personally separated.
  • Having the capacity to become reflective practitioners.


Sustainable Performance

  • Having sustained physical and mental endurance to complete activities and assessment items.
  • Consistently performing multiple tasks over a set period of time.
  • Having resilience and self-care resources to work with challenging material containing serious issues.


Interpersonal Engagement

  • Engaging with clients (victims/survivors and perpetrators), courts, police, corrective services, child safety services, health services, women's services, men's domestic violence intervention programs and other community organisations.


Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Abilities
  • Understanding and competently using computers and associated technologies.



Core Learning Outcomes
  • 1. Apply specialised knowledge of theory, policy, and trends in the domestic and family violence field
  • 2. Evaluate the role and organisational structure of agencies and statutory departments in the domestic and family violence field
  • 3. Analyse Australian and international domestic and family violence research and interpret implications for practice
  • 4. Critique the impact of discrimination and structural inequalities in society, particularly as they affect priority populations
  • 5. Evaluate issues involved in working in domestic and family violence practice contexts.
  Course Learning Outcomes
Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors 1 2 3 4 5
1. KNOWLEDGE Have specialised knowledge within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge that may include the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills in a new or existing discipline or professional area
2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review,analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex problems
3. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas
4. SKILLS Have specialised technical and creative skills in a field of highly skilled and/or professional practice
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concepts
6. SKILLS Have communication skills to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to make high level, independent judgements in a range of technical or management functions in varied specialised contexts
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate broad functions within varied specialised technical and/or creative contexts
9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for personal outputs and all aspects of the work or function of others within broad parameters
10. FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE sufficient to undertake qualifications
11. ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION of knowledge in new or existing disciplines or professional areas drawn from higher education units
12. FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS sufficient to undertake qualifications
13. ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION of skills in new or existing disciplines or professional areas drawn from higher education units
14. Course content drawn from higher education units
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