Thinking about support work where mental health and addiction meet? This dual course covers recovery work, brief interventions and crisis response. You come out with two certificates and a placement behind you, made for a first job in the field.
Most people in a service are carrying both. Training in one and guessing at the other leaves you short when it counts.
Shared units are studied once and counted twice. You finish able to apply across mental health services and drug and alcohol services.
Weekly live classes are led by trainers working in the sector now, with monthly one-on-one mentoring alongside.
These are the support and casework roles inside mental health and drug and alcohol services. The college publishes a typical range of $75k to $80k a year across these pathways.
Reaching people who will not come into a service on their own.
The first conversation, working out what someone needs.
Support through use, withdrawal and what comes after.
Support during the hardest days of coming off.
Helping people rebuild routines and stay steady.
Holding a plan with someone and checking how it tracks.
Practical day to day support in the community.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Pay varies with experience, location and sector, and counselling roles ask for further study.
Shared units carry both certificates, with recovery and AOD work on top.
Three things carry this program: two certificates from one run of study, a placement arranged for you, and trainers you meet every week.
Units on services for people with co-existing mental health and AOD issues sit at the centre, not off to the side.
Every eligible learner is placed in a supervised service before finishing, organised through partner SkilTrak within 30 km of home. It is a placement, not a job offer.
Around 19 role plays run through workplace situations, a few with your assessor watching, the rest with your group.
CHC43315 and CHC43215, delivered by a registered training organisation
CHC43315 and CHC43215 are both nationally recognised training, earned across one program.
80 supervised hours in a working mental health and AOD service, arranged within 30 km of home.
Resume polishing, cover letters, and help finding the right role while you study.
Send a pre-enrolment application by phone or online. It takes a minute.
A quick online literacy and numeracy quiz checks the course suits you.
A pre-training interview by phone walks you through what to expect.
Your letter of acceptance and login details arrive, and you begin.
You do not need any. You need to be 18 or over, with the right to work and study in Australia, and reading, writing and numeracy checked at level 4. You also need sound computer skills, including intermediate Microsoft Word, and a laptop or desktop with reliable internet.
17 months for both certificates. Study is self-paced around a weekly live class, so you set the hours that suit your week.
From $72 a week, interest-free. You can pay weekly, pay fortnightly, or pay upfront.
Every eligible learner is placed in a supervised mental health and AOD service before finishing, organised through the college's partner SkilTrak within 30 km of home. You need 80 hours in a suitable workplace. It is an organised placement, not a job offer after you graduate.
A valid police check, or the willingness to get one before you start.
Written tasks, case studies, practical activities and demonstrations, work placement, and around 19 role plays based on workplace situations. There are no multiple-choice exams.
Yes. HLTAID011 Provide First Aid is completed outside this course, because the college does not deliver that unit. You supply a valid certificate for credit transfer before you finish.
Because the work rarely separates them. Shared units are studied once and counted toward both, which is why two certificates fit into 17 months. You finish able to apply across both service types instead of one.
Yes. CHC43315 Certificate IV in Mental Health and CHC43215 Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs are both nationally recognised training, delivered by a registered training organisation, RTO 45162. You can view the registration at training.gov.au.
You can step up to the CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health or the CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs, which build assessment, case management and treatment planning.
Cancel before, or within 3 days of, being accepted and you get a full refund. After that point there is no refund.
Hader Institute of Education is a registered training organisation in Armadale, Victoria. It teaches mental health, alcohol and other drugs, counselling and community services. Students rate the college 4.9 out of 5 across more than 850 Google reviews.
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