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 victims/survivors. The knowledge and skills you will gain through completing this couse are transferable across a wide range of professions and occupations where workers encounter domestic and family violence.

This course will meet the gap in post-professional education for the domestic and family violence sector as noted in the ‘Not Now Not Ever’ report of the 2015 Queensland Domestic Violence Taskforce and in Australia’s National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children (2010).

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 8 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 8, 16, 24).
Expected Hours of Study Each unit at this level, typically requires 192 hours of student commitment over a period of 12 weeks.
Course Type Postgraduate Award
Qualification (post nominal) GradCertDomFamViolPrac
AQF Level Level 8: Graduate Certificate
Course Fees
Indicative Year - 2026
  • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,700
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $9,200
  • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,700
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $9,200
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 - 2027
    Online
  • Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2025
    Online
  • Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2024
    Online
  • Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2026
    Online

Overseas Availabilities

  • Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2027
    Sorry, no overseas availabilities found.
  • Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2025
    Sorry, no overseas availabilities found.
  • Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2024
    Sorry, no overseas availabilities found.
  • Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2026
    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 https://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

Eligible applicants will be required to have an Australian bachelor degree or a combination of alternative admission criteria deemed to be equivalent.

  1. Bachelor degrees that may provide the prerequisite study content depending on chosen electives include, but are not limited, to the following degrees:
  • applied social sciences
  • social sciences
  • education, limited to early childhood, primary and secondary teaching
  • justice and legal studies
  • nursing
  • arts
  • occupational therapy
  • health sciences
  1. Alternative admission criteria may include:
  • formal learning undertaken for sub-degree qualifications (AQF Levels 1- 6); or Postgraduate Qualifications (AQF Level 8 & 9) Policy
  • non-formal learning through courses provided by recognised professional bodies, employers and other authorities; and
  • non-formal learning relevant to professional registration or vocational experience in the domestic and family violence sector; or
  • informal learning in the form of demonstrable expertise.

Applicants seeking admission through a combination of formal, informal and non-formal learning are required to submit a portfolio to support their admission application.

If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, South Africa or USA you are required to meet the English Language Prerequisite by:

  • an academic IELTS (International English Language Testing System) completed within the last 2 years (from the term you are applying to start) with a minimum achievement of 6.5 across all bands and overall; OR
  • a secondary or university qualification which is not more than 5 years old (from the term you are applying for entry into) with a satisfactory level of achievement of at least 2 years in duration from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, South Africa or USA.

International students should visit www.cqu.edu.au/international for further information including English language requirements

Assumed Knowledge

English

Security Requirements
No information available at this time
Health Requirements
No information available at this time
Fees and Charges
Be Different
  • Indicative Year - 2026
    • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,700
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $9,200
    • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,700
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $9,200
  • 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
  • Not applicable

Residential School Requirements

No Residential School for this course.

Practicum/Work Placement

Not applicable

Previous and Current Enrolments

Year Number of Students
2025 80
2024 82
2023 89
2022 62
2021 55
Inherent Requirements
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. Demonstrate 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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples.
  • 5. Apply specialised knowledge to address issues involved in working in domestic and family violence practice contexts with diverse individuals and their families.
  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
Course Requirements
Core Structure View Full Course Structure
Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

To be eligible to graduate with a Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence Practice students must complete

Available units
Students must complete 1 from the following units:
DFVP20004 Child Safety and Domestic and Family Violence
DFVP20006 Working with Victim/Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence
DFVP20005 Men's Behaviour Change Interventions and Practice
Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
DFVP20001 Domestic and Family Violence Practice: Key Concepts and Perspectives
DFVP20002 Domestic and Family Violence Responses and Interventions
DFVP20003 Advanced Studies in Domestic and Family Violence Practice
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