11227NAT is the nationally accredited Diploma of Narrative Approaches for Aboriginal People (Counselling, Group and Community Work). It prepares you for work as a counsellors. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced 10772NAT. Employers posted about 424 counsellors jobs in June 2026, down 18.1% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Diploma of Narrative Approaches for Aboriginal People (Counselling, Group and Community Work) are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Counsellorses are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 18.1% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer counsellors jobs than a year ago. About 424 counsellors jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 18.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 5,600 job ads, while 10 people were training in the course nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates rehabilitation counsellors as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Rehabilitation Counsellor as in national shortage; Careers Counsellor, Drug and Alcohol Counsellor, Family and Marriage Counsellor, Student Counsellor and Counsellors nec as not in shortage.
Counsellors jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 34,045 workers in May 2025, 38,465 by May 2030 (up 13%) and 42,000 by May 2035 (up 23.4%).
National enrolment data for 11227NAT starts in 2025: 10 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11227NAT is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps 11227NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2721) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.