Entry requirements for the course include:

• Completion of grade 10-12 or equivalent
• Demonstrate a satisfactory level of Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) abilities.
• Must be able to obtain a federal police check
• Students require a mandatory influenza vaccine and may also need a COVID-19 vaccine to begin work placement.

Assessments for the course include:

• Question and answer/written assessment tasks

• Role play/practical demonstration and observation of skills (as applicable)

• Practical demonstration and observation of skills in a simulated environment (as applicable)

• Class attendance is scheduled for all units over a period of 12 months.
• Vocational placement is conducted over an 80 hour period.

• CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
• CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
• CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically
• CHCMHS002 Establish self-directed recovery relationships
• CHCMHS003 Provide recovery oriented mental health services
• CHCMHS004 Work collaboratively with the care network and other services
• CHCMHS005 Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
• CHCMHS007 Work effectively in trauma-informed care
• CHCMHS008 Promote and facilitate self-advocacy
• CHCMHS011 Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing
• HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety

• CHCCCS003 Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide
• CHCCCS014 Provide brief interventions
• CHCCCS017 Provide loss and grief support
• CHCDFV001 Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence