Community Work Australia course accreditation guidelines

Graduates from an accredited course are work ready and well equipped to provide quality services to the community. These guidelines outline the obligations and requirements to be met by education providers in order to gain and maintain accreditation for diploma and higher education courses. The accreditation process involves assessing the course (content, duration etc) as well as the campus (teaching staff suitability, resources). 

For this reason, the accreditation applies to a course at a specific campus. If students complete the same course at a different non-assessed campus they cannot be considered to have undertaken a Community Work Australia accredited course. Accreditation will only be granted to courses at AQF diploma and higher level that have ASQA or TEQSA accreditation and meet the guidelines contained in this document. 

Education providers will need to submit an application, pay the relevant fees and meet all requirements to obtain Community Work Australia accreditation. To maintain this accreditation providers will need to meet the ongoing conditions including paying annual registration fees and submitting annual registration, renewal or course upgrade forms when applicable.