Higher Diploma in Community Service Planning and Navigation

Semester 1:

• Introduction to Psychology
  
• Sociology of Aging
  
• Health and Active Aging
  
• Health and Well-being
  
• Principles of Community Navigation and Leadership
  
• Essential Workplace Communication: Effective Oral Interaction
  
• Whole Person Development - Mindshift: Achieving Personal Growth & Effectiveness
  

Semester 2:

• Group Work Practice for the Elderly
  
• Social Policy and Aging Society
  
• Innovation and Creativity in Silver Market
  
• Seminars on Silver Market Projects
  
• Project Management in Community and Social Services
  
• Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Conversation and Reports
  
• Essential Workplace Communication: Digital Written Correspondence
  

Semester 3:

• Seminars on Silver Market Projects
  
• Professional Workplace Communication: Storytelling and Job Search
  
• Whole Person Development - Collaboration, Teamwork & Social Engagement
  
• IT Essentials – Services
  
• Enrichment Module B
  

Semester 4:

• Rehabilitative Care and Exercise for the Elderly
  
• Social Enterprise and Business Management
  
• Programme Planning in Community Health
  
• Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Presentations and Promotional Text Writing
  
• Professional Workplace Communication: Pitching and Persuasive Presentation
  
• Enrichment Module A
  
• Elective (choose one of the following):
  - Horticultural Practice for the Elderly
  - Elderly Fitness
  - Pre-retirement Planning
  - Working with Persons with Dementia
  

Semester 5:

• Industrial Attachment
  
• Research Studies in Aging
  
• Values and Ethics in Social Services
  
• Professional Workplace Communication: Proposal and Report Writing
  
• Whole Person Development - Enhancing Competencies in the 21st Century Workplace