Overview
An introduction to best practice governance for the community development sector. Its focus is on strategic thinking, legal requirements, understanding your finances, conflict of interest, risk management and being an ambassador or champion for the organisation.
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The Details
This course is for people currently in the Community Development sector. It is for staff, volunteers and students who want to further develop their knowledge and skills to help their community. It is the final course in the Community Development in Practice package.
It is a self-paced course so you can start and stop as you like – the system will remember your progress. To complete this course it will take you approximately one hour.
What’s included in the price?
- Access for one person to the course
- Videos from community development professionals
- Learn from each other – read comments that learners have made and leave your own thoughts for future learners
- Downloadable and printable factsheets and document templates
- Extend Your Learning resources for further exploration
- A review quiz for each course to test your knowledge
- Certificate for each course completed with an 80% quiz mark
- Technical support via phone and email
By the end of this course you’ll:
- Understand the purpose of a Board in a community organisation
- Be able to be an ambassador for your organisation, lead strategically and mitigate risks at a high level
- Understand the key legal duties of Board members
- Improve your confidence in staying safe as a Board member
Learn your way
All of our courses are completely responsive. This means you can access them on your desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile phone.
Our team are available via email and phone to help with queries and technical issues. See our guide to Getting Started on the Learning Hub.
$30.00
OR get the full package
To purchase multiple licences for a course or package, or if you require an invoice, please contact us directly.
How do we know what we are talking about?
CCSA is the peak body for Community Centres across South Australia. Our mission is to support and build the capacity of centres so that they can develop inclusive communities. We know that meaningful community connectedness helps to solve wicked problems like loneliness, mental illness, racism, unemployment, illiteracy and family breakdown.
We enhance community connectedness through advocacy, research, capacity building and training. We support and walk alongside our 170+ member Community Centres and Neighbourhood Houses and other values-based community organisations.
We have developed this course to promote core skills and knowledge in community development workers and volunteers. These were identified through research commissioned by CCSA and from Community Centre managers’ feedback.
Get the full package...
The Community Development in Practice Package includes five courses for professionals and volunteers already engaged in the sector. Build on your knowledge and develop skills you can apply in your community.
Courses included:
