Certificate
Advance your career as a trained professional supporting people with a mental illness and/or psychosocial disability.
Gain an understanding of creating and delivering community-focused health promotion and prevention strategies.
Feel confident in providing services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drug issues and working within the frameworks of trauma-informed support.
Course specifics
Learn skills such as:
* assessing and promoting social, emotional and physical wellbeing
* assessing co-existing needs
* working in an alcohol and other drugs context
* recognising and responding to crisis situations
* promoting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
* increasing the safety of those at risk of suicide
* working collaboratively with your client's care network and support services.
This course will prepare you for roles such as a community or mental health rehabilitation or support worker. You may work in mental health peer support or as a mental health outreach worker.
This qualification is most useful as a complementary qualification for those already working in the community services sector and seeking to enhance their skills in the mental health area. If you're starting out in your career, the Certificate IV or Diploma of Community Services would offer a broader skillset.
On successful completion of this qualification, you may choose to continue your studies with the Diploma of Mental Health.
If what you have learned at work, from other courses, units, from life experience or training provided at work is relevant to this course, you may be entitled to gain unit credits or exemptions. The University is obliged to recognise the AQF qualifications and statements of attainment issued by other registered training organisations. For further details contact Federation University on 1800 333 864.