Selection criteria and all that jazz
Okay, so I spent all day reading all the information I'd printed from CS Dept. website. Thankfully, it hasn't scared me off. In fact, it's just confirmed once again that this is my dream job.
Although my course doesn't meet the mandatory qualification requirement (it's a small uni, I'm guessing it was overlooked), they do consider applicants with other degrees if they are deemed appropriate.
Here's their requirements:
In assessing the appropriateness of other degrees, guidelines are applied to ensure that consistency of standards is maintained. The expectation is that an applicant’s course of study will have included -
• studies in effective practice at micro and macro levels (includes assessment and intervention skills for work with individuals, groups, families, organisations, communities and other social systems)
• developing knowledge and skills in relation to engaging with young people, children and families, connecting with them at a level to facilitate an assessment and to guide them through change
• knowledge of child development, human behaviour and interaction, family dynamics, cultural factors, interpersonal violence, understanding helping relationships, theories and intervention methods within a human services setting
• knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and the issues related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander over-representation in the child protection system.
I was a little worried about the last one, because I didn't think I'd covered anything like that. That was until I was going through all my old unit outlines and found one for a subject I'd done years ago called Race and Ethnicity in Australia, which focused mainly on, you guessed it, Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders. Whew.
This is excellent news, because it means that it's highly likely I'll be able to go straight into full time employment and won't have to apply for the graduate bridging scholarship. Of course, that's not to say I can't do the postgrad certificate later on down the track, because the department pays for employees to continue their education. (Yay for free courses to make my resume sound/look good).
I'm going to give the office a call sometime next week to double check if my degree is acceptable, but I almost think it will be fine. What a weight that will be off my shoulders once I know for certain.
In other news, I read through their selection process. It's quite long, multiple stages obviously, but sounds easy enough (for me anyway, but I think I'm God). There's so much info I'll have to read and prepare just to be ready for it all, but I know it will be worth it. I'm going to draft up some answers to the selection criteria over the weekend, because I'm a nerd like that. :)
Why do job applications have to be so complicated? And time consuming? But oddly, fun?
Although my course doesn't meet the mandatory qualification requirement (it's a small uni, I'm guessing it was overlooked), they do consider applicants with other degrees if they are deemed appropriate.
Here's their requirements:
In assessing the appropriateness of other degrees, guidelines are applied to ensure that consistency of standards is maintained. The expectation is that an applicant’s course of study will have included -
• studies in effective practice at micro and macro levels (includes assessment and intervention skills for work with individuals, groups, families, organisations, communities and other social systems)
• developing knowledge and skills in relation to engaging with young people, children and families, connecting with them at a level to facilitate an assessment and to guide them through change
• knowledge of child development, human behaviour and interaction, family dynamics, cultural factors, interpersonal violence, understanding helping relationships, theories and intervention methods within a human services setting
• knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and the issues related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander over-representation in the child protection system.
I was a little worried about the last one, because I didn't think I'd covered anything like that. That was until I was going through all my old unit outlines and found one for a subject I'd done years ago called Race and Ethnicity in Australia, which focused mainly on, you guessed it, Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders. Whew.
This is excellent news, because it means that it's highly likely I'll be able to go straight into full time employment and won't have to apply for the graduate bridging scholarship. Of course, that's not to say I can't do the postgrad certificate later on down the track, because the department pays for employees to continue their education. (Yay for free courses to make my resume sound/look good).
I'm going to give the office a call sometime next week to double check if my degree is acceptable, but I almost think it will be fine. What a weight that will be off my shoulders once I know for certain.
In other news, I read through their selection process. It's quite long, multiple stages obviously, but sounds easy enough (for me anyway, but I think I'm God). There's so much info I'll have to read and prepare just to be ready for it all, but I know it will be worth it. I'm going to draft up some answers to the selection criteria over the weekend, because I'm a nerd like that. :)
Why do job applications have to be so complicated? And time consuming? But oddly, fun?