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Salaries for Community Outreach Coordinators begin at $84,000 per annum and increase according to your graduate qualifications, specialist skills, and professional experience.
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There are 24,400 community workers employed in Australia right now, including Community Outreach Coordinators. They are employed by healthcare organisations, NGOs and non-profits, and government agencies.
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In Australia, you can become a community outreach coordinator with a VET Diploma from the community services training package. The Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) recommend starting with the Diploma of Community Services and then gaining supporting qualifications in specialist areas such as alcohol and drugs, child and family intervention, youth work, social housing, aged care, disability, psychology, or social work. To get a job you will need a current driver’s licence, state Working With Children Check, and national police clearance. Taking the time to develop your communication skills and empathy is also critical to your success as a Community Outreach Coordinator. A supporting qualification like the Diploma of Counselling will give you the confidence to engage and build strong relationships with vulnerable people who may have been impacted by family and domestic violence, alcohol and drug addiction, homelessness, or mental health issues.
Source: Australian Government Labour Market Insights 2023, Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA).
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Community Outreach Coordinators are caring individuals who co-ordinate outreach and support programs for vulnerable people in the community. The role is a mix of fieldwork and administrative duties, and (depending on the location and size of your service area) may involve a lot of driving.
As a Community Outreach Coordinator you could be scheduling a visit to a regional community that is experiencing drug and alcohol issues, liaising with a casemanager about a vulnerable child, referring a client to a health professional, leading a public awareness campaign for domestic and family violence, logging your daily activities, replying to emails, talking with a police officer about a spate of youth crime, organising a social program for disabled people in regional communities.
