ACWA expands skills assessing role The Australian Government has selected ACWA as the skills assessing authority for the occupation Aged or Disabled Carer ANZSCO 423111. This means ACWA will conduct…
Launch of revised Code of Ethics After an extensive consultation process, we are pleased to publish the revised ACWA Code of Ethics. ACWA’s Code of Ethics lays down…
New diploma to set students up for success We have good news to kick off 2023. A new Diploma of Community Services has received regulatory and ministerial approval. The revised qualification will soon…
ACWA to be local host for WCDC2023 In July 2023 Darwin will find itself hosting the World Community Development Conference ‘From the Edge’, as hundreds of community development workers from across the…
How to answer behavioural interview questions Preparation is key when it comes to job interviews. There are many articles on the internet to help you nail the basics, but we want…
Climbing the career ladder ‘One profession, many occupations.’ You may have heard us say this before and that’s because it sums up the drawcard of community work; once you’re…
Consultation: Code of ethics We want to hear from you! We have conducted an initial review of the Australian Community Workers Code of Ethics and now we are looking…
Guest blog: Anxiety and COVID-19 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent events may have caused more stress, worry and anxiety than we usually experience. At this time, when…
Introducing AJCW The collated volume of our relaunched journal, Australian Journal of Community Work (AJCW), is now online. AJCW is designed to stimulate discussion, debate and research…
Welcome to the new ACWA website It’s been a while in the planning but our new website is far more advanced than the old ACWA site and, as we’re sure you…
A win for community work education ACWA has been strongly advocating against a large fee increase for community and human services degrees caught up in the Government’s Job-ready Graduates Package. Qualified…
What’s in a name? Welfare Officer. Community Worker. Community Services Worker. Does what we call ourselves really matter? We think so. Until the late 1960s community workers (then known…
