Supporting professional development

Scholarship round 5 is now closed. We have received a number of great applications and will be in touch with applicants soon with an outcome.  

The scholarship program is for the workforce of organisations funded by the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General to deliver domestic and family violence, sexual violence and women’s health and well-being services. 

Scholarships to the value of $20,000 can be granted towards fees for accredited training and higher education for workers of any level across organisations. 

We encourage you to explore the range of opportunities available, from frontline workers to managers. Applicants must demonstrate the impact the qualification will add to their role and work within the sector, how they will share their knowledge with colleagues, and the application must be endorsed by their employer.  

Our previous rounds have awarded scholarships for a range of courses including:

• Bachelor of Social Work
• Diploma in Financial Counselling
• Diploma of Human Services and Development
• Dual Diploma – Alcohol and other drugs/mental health
• Graduate Diploma of Domestic and Family Violence Practice
• Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence Practice
• Graduate Diploma in Domestic and Family Violence Practice
• Graduate Certificate in Applied Coaching
• Graduate Certificate in Business
• Graduate Certificate in Developmental Trauma
• Graduate Certificate in Digital Communications
• Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence Practice
• Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence Responses
• Graduate Certificate in Facilitating Men’s Behaviour Change
• Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Trauma and Recovery
• Graduate Certificate in Loss, Grief and Trauma Counselling
• Graduate Certificate in Men’s Behaviour Change
• Graduate Certificate of Counselling
• Graduate Certificate of Indigenous Trauma and Recovery
• Graduate Diploma – Information Technology (cyber security and networks)
• Graduate Diploma of Counselling
• Graduate Diploma of Domestic and Family Violence Practice
• Graduate Diploma of Mental Health
• Graduate Diploma Psychology (advanced)
• Masters of Domestic and Family Violence Practice
• Masters of Social Work
• Masters of Social Work (Professional Qualifying)
• Masters of Domestic and Family Violence Practice
• Masters of Mental Health Practice
• Masters of Narrative Therapy and Community Work
• Post Graduate Diploma Domestic and Family Violence Practice

The next scholarship round will be announced in 2023. Subscribe below to keep up to date with WorkUP Queensland.