You can have a great career in the Community Services Industry in NSW by managing your life, learning and work. Planning your career starts with you getting to know yourself and then matching your interests, aspirations and skills with options for study and work.

 At this site, you can read the stories and see the pathways taken by people who work in the in the Community Services Industry.  The site is intended to help people to:

• gain an appreciation of the nature and diversity of the Community Services Industry 
• increase their awareness of services provided by sectors within the Community Services Industry to people in NSW
• identify the relationship between the work of people in and the range of qualifications that support entry, progression and change in careers in the Community Services Industry in NSW.

Career and education and training experiences and pathways are closely intertwined. Formal qualifications can assist you to enter, move about and progress through careers in the Community Services Industry.

A Career Pathway can help you determine what you are currently suited for and where you might like to work in future. It can help you identify what strengths you have at present and what additional experience and training you might require to assist you to change jobs.

You might be changing jobs at the same level but in a different sector in the Community Services Industry, you might be seeking to stay in the same job family but move to a job with different responsibilities or you might be looking to move from one job family to another.

By clicking on the words in bold across the top menu at each page of this site, you will be able to:

•  find out about working in the community services industry
• view the stories of clients and staff in the Industry
• see how an education and training pathway can assist you to have a great career working in the Community Services Industry in NSW

You can read more information about these areas by viewing the information in each of the drop down menus from these headings.

Whatever you aim to do,we hope you decide to join and stay learning and working in the Community Services Industry in NSW!