Leisure & Health
Leisure & Health
A specialized course under Humanities, Social Science & Education
Course Details
Leisure and Health course will earn you skills to design, implement and evaluate leisure and health activities for clients within the community. It aims to provide quality-of-life opportunities for individuals who experience difficulties in participating in recreation and leisure activities. Your clients could be people with disabilities, older people, youth, children, corporate organizations, and people from diverse backgrounds. You will gain the ability to challenge and enhance the psychological, social, emotional, and physical well-being of those in your community and the confidence to seek out opportunities that utilize your skills.
This program will teach you to:
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Plan and implement leisure activity programs
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Identify individual needs and adapt activities according to their abilities
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Evaluate and assess a client’s abilities, interests and ability to participate in an activity
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Access community resources to provide exciting activities to clients
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Organize leisure and recreation events
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Provide leisure education
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Encourage and support clients in some different ways
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Train and supervise volunteers and other staff
Career Opportunity
After graduating in this program, you will be qualified and provided with opportunities to work as one of the following:
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Diversional Therapist
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Activities Coordinator
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Community and Leisure Coordinator
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Lifestyle Coordinator
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Leisure Services Coordinator/Manager
Employment Opportunity
The medium level wage is $40 – $59.99 per hour.
Course Available by Providers
The courses are generally provided at Certificate level, Diploma.
Course Under Humanities, Social Science & Education
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Aged Care
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Fitness
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Youth Work
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Psychology
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Asian Studies
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Interpreting
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Anthropology
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Education
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Counseling
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Mental Health
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Early Learning
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Geography
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Alcohol and Drugs Work
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Disability Services
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Sport and Recreation
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Cognitive Science
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Children’s Services
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American Studies
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Political Studies
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Community Services
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Social Science
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International Relations Studies
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Behavioral Management Studies
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Studies