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Further Education Opportunities for Carers

Vocational qualifications for carers

The Bradford Institute of Advanced Education, in collaboration with CFKC, offers vocational qualifications which draw on your lived experience and provide professional qualifications.

  • Diploma of Community Services
  • Certificate IV in Community Services

2026 mid-year intake

Certificate IV in Community Services

Course on offer for 2026 mid-year intake: Certificate IV in Community Services

Are you a Foster or Kinship Carer looking to enhance your skills and be acknowledged for the life experiences you have developed from your caring role?

In collaboration with Bradford Institute of Advanced Education, we are pleased to announce their next intake of students, this time offering a Certificate IV in Community Services.

This training is subsidised for CFKC Foster and Kinship Carer Members. Not a Member? You can sign up for free online now: Join us as a Member

This is a unique opportunity to learn from a supportive facilitator who has lived experience of being a carer. Read our interview with carer and graduate Verity Jaensch, South Australia’s first Bradford Institute of Advanced Education tutor for the family-based carer community.

Course eligibility

To be eligible to apply for the course and receive subsidised training participants need to live or work in South Australia and are required:

  • to be at least 16 years and over and not enrolled at school
  • to be a Member of CFKC
  • have at least 6 months experience as a Foster or Kinship Carer
  • be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or:
    • are a permanent Australian resident, or
    • hold a state sponsored visa on a pathway to permanent residency (see Eligible visa types)

Course information

To find out more about the Certificate IV in Community Services study units – click here

The course is offered:

  • online
  • two days per fortnight
  • day and evening sessions, usually on a Wednesday & Thursday with flexibility to move between sessions
  • day sessions usually run between 9.30-2.30pm
  • evening sessions usually from 6.30-9.30pm
  • the course is due to commence in September – exact start date to be confirmed on enrolment.
  • the course usually takes 6 months to complete (with flexibility offered)

Further information

General enquiries to: admin@cfc-sa.org.au or phone freecall 1800 732 272

Course and enrolment queries may be directed to the Enrolment Team at Bradford Institute:
Email:   enrol@biae.com.au
Phone: 1300 008 775

We are proud to have provided 167 South Australian Foster & Kinship Carers the opportunity to be recognised for their life experiences, to study and graduate from this course

RTO number 45241

Past student feedback

"I now look at the role of a Carer differently. Having knowledge about the support system is very important for Carers to be empowered"

"It has helped with an understanding of case management, it was good for looking at policies and procedures in detail. The Aboriginal and cultural information was excellent"

"It gave me the language and the confidence to speak to the organisations that are the experts without feeling intimidated. It has given me the confidence to advocate for the children and know what entitlements they can have"

"To understand different needs, traumas and triggers in our children. The teacher was great and the trauma modules were invaluable"

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