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 pending previous completion of CHC43315 Certificate IV in Mental Health & 24 months if the student has no prior qualification.
• Vocational placement is conducted over a 160 hour period (this is scheduled and planned with the student employer and vocational placement officer).

Course Units:

• CHCADV005 Provide systems advocacy services
• CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
• CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
• 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
• CHCMHS009 Provide early intervention, health prevention, and promotion programs
• CHCMHS010 Implement recovery oriented approaches to complexity
• CHCMHS011 Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing
• CHCMHS012 Provide support to develop wellness plans and advanced directives
• CHCMHS013 Implement trauma informed care
• CHCPOL003 Research and apply evidence to practice
• CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice
• HLTWHS004 Manage work health and safety

Elective units:

• CHCCCS017 Provide loss and grief support
• CHCAOD006 Provide interventions for people with alcohol and other drug issues
• HLTAAP001 Recognise healthy body systems
• CHCMHS007 Work effectively in trauma-informed care
• CHCMHS008 Promote and facilitate self-advocacy