Youth Work & Social Work
According to the Good Universities Guide - Youth Worker, Youth workers develop and facilitate programs to work with and support young people, either individually or in groups, in order to address social, behavioural, welfare, developmental and protection needs. They work closely with teachers, social and welfare workers, local authorities, health professionals, refuge workers, parents and, in some instances, the police
Social workers help people to deal with personal and social problems, either directly or by planning or carrying out programmes that benefit groups or communities. They are interested in challenging the structural barriers that contribute to inequality, discrimination, exploitation, and oppression within communities. Social workers can specialise in a range of different practice areas such as children and family, youth, violence, and sexual assault, medical and health, child protection, income support, disability, education, aged care, correctional services, family law, youth justice, community legal, psychiatric and general mental health, refugees and migrants, and Indigenous communities. - Good Universities Guide - Social Worker For the most part, and English/EAL is the only VCE prerequisite for the following Youth Work or Social Work degrees at the following institutions in Victoria:
| INSTITUTION | MAJOR STUDIES | ATAR 2021 |
| Australian Catholic University Youth Work | Youth Work. | 59.55 (M) |
Deakin University | Behavioural science, Case management, Community development, Social work. | 65.45 (GWF) |
La Trobe University | Human services, Psychology, Social work, Sociology. | 56.10 (M)57.35 (AW) 80.00 (Be)71.05 (Mi) |
RMIT University
| Advocacy, Case management, Community development, Community services, Community work, Counselling, Human services, Indigenous studies, International development, Justice and criminology, Organisational studies, Policy studies, Politics, Professional practice, Research methods, Social sciences, Society, Sociology, Youth policy, Youth studies, Youth work. | 72.40 (C) |
| Community work, Cross-cultural studies, Human rights and advocacy, Indigenous studies, International studies, Organisational studies, Politics, Professional practice, Psychology, Research methods, Social policy, Social sciences, Social theory, Social work, Society. | 71.05 (C) | |
| Community work, Cross-cultural studies, Human rights and advocacy, Indigenous studies, Organisational studies, Politics, Professional practice, Psychological testing and assessment, Psychology, Psychology (cognitive), Psychology (developmental), Psychology (personality), Psychology (social), Psychopathology, Social policy, Social theory, Social work, Society. | 80.00 (C) | |
Victoria University Youth Work Youth Work and Criminal Justice
| Youth work. | n/a (F) |
| Criminal justice, Youth work. | n/a (W) | |
| Youth work. | n/a (F) | |
| Social work. | n/a (FN) |
For a list of other related courses, with double-degree options, visit VTAC.