You might be ready for the harder cases, where addiction and mental illness sit together. This dual diploma covers advanced interventions, relapse prevention and recovery planning. Placement runs across a working service, built for people already in the sector.
Diploma level is where you take the hard cases. Advanced interventions, relapse plans, wellness planning. It is the work services hand to people they trust.
Shared units are studied once and counted twice. You finish able to work across mental health services and drug and alcohol services.
160 placement hours is long enough to stop being the student and start being useful.
These are the senior support and rehab roles across mental health and drug and alcohol services. The college publishes a range of $60,000 to $100,000 a year, by experience, location and sector.
Working directly with people managing mental illness day to day.
Reaching people who will not come into a service on their own.
Helping people get back on their feet after a bad stretch.
Support with routines, housing and staying steady.
Support built around what the person wants to get back.
Advice and planning for people working through use.
Holding a plan with someone and reviewing how it tracks.
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 diplomas, with advanced AOD and recovery work on top.
Three things carry this program: two diplomas from one run of study, a long placement arranged for you, and trainers working in the sector now.
You go past the basics. Advanced interventions, relapse prevention, wellness plans, and recovery work for people with complex needs.
160 supervised hours in a working service, organised through partner SkilTrak within 30 km of home. It is a placement, not a job offer.
Units on using evidence, and on working with other services. Your calls have something solid under them.
CHC53315 and CHC53215, delivered by a registered training organisation
CHC53315 and CHC53215 are both nationally recognised training, earned across one program.
160 supervised hours in a working 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 a certificate first. You need to be 18 or over, with the right to work and study in Australia. Your reading, writing and numeracy is checked at level 4. You also need sound computer skills, a laptop or desktop, and reliable internet.
16 months for both diplomas. Study is self-paced around a weekly live class, so you set the hours that suit your week.
From $98 a week, interest-free. You can pay weekly, pay fortnightly, or pay upfront.
Every eligible learner is placed in a supervised service before finishing. It is organised through the college's partner SkilTrak, within 30 km of home. You need 160 hours in a suitable workplace. It is an organised placement, not a job offer.
A valid police check, or the willingness to get one, and a Working with Children Check or your state equivalent where it applies.
Written tasks, case studies, practical activities and demonstrations, work placement, and around 22 role plays based on workplace situations. There are no multiple-choice exams.
The certificates get you into support work. The diplomas add advanced interventions, relapse prevention, wellness planning and evidence-based practice. The placement is longer to match.
Because the work rarely separates them. Shared units are studied once and counted toward both, which is why two diplomas fit into 16 months. You finish able to apply across both service types.
Yes. CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health and CHC53215 Diploma of 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.
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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