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52 weeks
Blended learning: Face to Face (2 days), Online and Self Study
Full time mixed mode · 20 hours per week
Course Overview
Where You Can Study
Sydney
4 Marsh St, CLYDE, NSW 2142
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
Provide suicide bereavement support
Elective unit
Recognise healthy body systems
Elective unit
Assist Client with medication
Elective unit
Manage budgets and Financial Plans
Elective unit
Common Questions
Students are required to complete 160 hours of mandatory work placement to complete the CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health. Students may request Australian Health and Management Institute to organise their work placement, or they may find their own. If a student finds their own placement, AHMI staff undertakes a work place suitability assessment prior to approval.
All students are required to evidence the following documentation prior to undertaking mandatory work placement: a current and satisfactory police check, and a current First Aid Certificate.
International students must meet the English Language Entry Requirements of an IELTS score of 6.0 overall (with no band less than 5.5) or an equivalent Pearson Test of English (PTE) score.
Further training pathways from this qualification may lead to any of the following qualifications: CHC52021 Diploma of Community Services, CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling, and CHC50421 Diploma of Youth Work.
The course runs for 52 weeks (40 weeks delivery plus 12 weeks term break). Students study full time in a mixed mode of delivery that integrates Face to Face (2 days), Online and Self Study, totalling 20 hours per week. Self-study is used to revise and reinforce areas of knowledge, assessment research and assessment preparation and completion.
Application
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Step 02
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Step 03
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