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1 year
On campus with some online — 80% on campus, 20% online. Some training may also take place via video or Zoom.
Full time · Full time, 3 days per week
13 Jul 2026 (South Bank); 14 Jul 2026 (Southport domestic); 13 Jul 2026 (Southport international)
Course Overview
Where You Can Study
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
ASQA
Accreditation Status
AccreditedCourse Content
Provide systems advocacy services
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to advocate and ensure that government, community and organisational systems broadly support and uphold human rights.
Work with diverse people
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work respectfully with people from diverse social and cultural groups and situations, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
The unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety issues in the workplace, model cultural safety in own work practice, and develop strategies to enhance cultural safety.
Establish self-directed recovery relationships
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to promote the principles of recovery oriented practice, and to establish and confirm self-directed recovery relationships with people with mental illness.
Provide recovery oriented mental health services
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work collaboratively in providing services to implement a range of strategies as part of recovery oriented service provision for people with mental illness.
Work collaboratively with the care network and other services
This unit describes the skills knowledge required to work collaboratively with the care network and other potential services for a person with mental illness.
Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assess capacity to support people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues and to work collaboratively to provide support and facilitate links to other services.
Provide early intervention, health prevention and promotion programs
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop and conduct early intervention, health prevention and promotion programs focussing on mental health and wellbeing.
Implement recovery oriented approaches to complexity
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify and respond to issues of complexity when supporting people living with mental illness and their care networks.
Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work collaboratively with individuals to assess, promote and review all aspects of wellbeing.
Provide support to develop wellness plans and advanced directives
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to support a person living with mental illness to develop recovery wellness plans and advanced directives.
Implement trauma informed care
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to promote trauma informed care, and to develop strategies to address people's specific trauma needs.
Research and apply evidence to practice
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish the information need, gather information and critically analyse the information for relevance to own work.
Reflect on and improve own professional practice
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and enhance own practice through a process of reflection and ongoing professional development.
Manage work health and safety
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish, maintain and evaluate work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs in the relevant work area, according to WHS legislative requirements.
Common Questions
The full fee for domestic students is $13,320 for the total course. International students pay $16,000. Payment options include upfront payment, a payment plan for those who have difficulty paying upfront, and a VET Student Loan (capped at $19,290) for eligible domestic students.
Yes, vocational placement is compulsory. You are required to complete a minimum of 160 hours of vocational placement in an approved setting. You will also need to work shifts determined by your placement provider, which can include early mornings or late nights, any day of the week, including public holidays. TAFE Queensland may be able to assist in arranging suitable placements.
To successfully satisfy all course requirements you will be required to complete a NDIS Screening Check and a Blue Card (Working with Children Check). Vaccinations may also be required by the owner or operator of the facility providing your placement.
Yes. If you want to go on to further study at university, TAFE Queensland has a pathway option to get you there. In many cases, completing one of our diplomas may give you a full year of credit towards a degree with one of our partner universities.
Yes. This program is comprised of units which include topics covering sensitive material and discussion, such as mental health, substance misuse, trauma including family violence, suicide and self-harm. Due to the sensitive and complex nature of the course content, it is highly recommended that students are aged 18 or over by the course commencement date and are self-motivated with sound English skills.
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