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104 weeks including holidays and 160 hours of work placement
Face-to-Face
On-campus
28 April 2025 | 21 July 2025 | 13 October 2025 | 02 February 2026 | 27 April 2026 | 20 July 2026
Course Overview
Where You Can Study
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
ASQA
Accreditation Status
AccreditedCourse Content
Provide systems advocacy services
Work with diverse people
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Establish self-directed recovery relationships
Provide recovery oriented mental health services
Work collaboratively with the care network and other services
Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
Provide early intervention, health prevention and promotion programs
Implement recovery oriented approaches to complexity
Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing
Provide support to develop wellness plans and advanced directives
Implement trauma informed care
Research and apply evidence to practice
Reflect on and improve own professional practice
Manage work health and safety
Provide loss and grief support
Elective unit
Facilitate the counselling relationship and process
Elective unit
Support counselling clients in decision-making processes
Elective unit
Manage legal and ethical compliance
Elective unit
Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide
Elective unit
Common Questions
The Diploma of Mental Health (CHC53315) has a duration of 104 weeks including holidays and 160 hours of work placement.
International students must have a minimum IELTS score of 5.5 or above with no band under 5.0, or TOEFL 46 (internet-based), or Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE) 42, or Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) score of 162, or OET score of B for each test component.
Yes, all students enrolled in this qualification are required to undertake 160 hours of work placement. AHSI will organise the work placement opportunities for students and where possible in organisations located close to their address. Students must hold a Working with Children Check, a National Criminal Police Check, a First Aid Course certificate, and be up to date with immunisations including COVID-19.
Possible career opportunities relevant to this qualification include Welfare Support Worker, Mental Health Worker/Support Worker, Community Support Worker, and Mental Health Rehabilitation Support Worker.
Yes, AHSI's Diploma of Mental Health program for international students can qualify the student to enter Griffith University's Bachelor Courses.
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