Graduate Diploma
Our Graduate Diploma of Mental Health is designed for health professionals who hold an undergraduate degree, and are seeking to extend their knowledge and develop their foundational research skills.
The course addresses:
Cultural safety principles underpin the course design and reinforce the ways in which quality and safety are central to health care.
It is expected that you will already be employed or have recent experience within the health sector. As part of this course, you will undertake assessments which have direct applications to your professional practice and context.
Successful completion of a bachelor degree or equivalent international qualification in health or allied health studies.
Applicants who have a degree in social work, counselling or behavioural science may be considered if they have relevant employment experience.
It is expected that all applicants for this course have post-degree work experience with mental health in their relevant industry field in their application.
This course consists of core units building on the foundation of specialist knowledge and skills, evidence-based practice, cultural safety and research appraisal. The course addresses care delivery processes, critical reflection on mental health practice and the effects of policy and politics on health care provision, access and individual agency. Principles inherent in in a cultural safety framework focusing on safety and competence are key elements underpinning the course design to highlight the centrality of quality and safety in health care.