Maybe you want to support people through hard times and need a way in. This short course covers trauma informed care, communication, and working with mental health issues. Study online when the house is quiet, a simple place to start.
Mental health work asks a lot, and it gives a lot back. Twelve weeks is enough to meet the work before you commit to a longer course.
Support, aged care and youth roles all deal with mental health. You pick up trauma informed care and safer ways to talk with people.
Sessions are pre-recorded, so you study when the house is quiet. There is no placement and no campus to get to.
Mental health support happens all over the place. These are the settings where the skills you build here are put to work every day.
Teams supporting people to stay well at home.
Services where people live while they get back on their feet.
Support work where mental health comes up daily.
Programs that reach people before things get worse.
Support roles alongside clinical teams.
Local councils, Aboriginal health services and lived-experience programs.
Places where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Entry-level roles vary by service, and some ask for more study or experience.
Eight units cover mental health support, trauma, culture and safe practice.
Three things stand out here: units that count toward the full course, study that bends around your week, and help when you go looking for work.
The eight units are nationally recognised. They can be credited toward the CHC43315 Certificate IV in Mental Health or the CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health.
This is a twelve week introduction with a Statement of Attainment at the end. The Certificate IV runs twelve months and adds live classes and placement.
Your trainer and a learner support officer answer within 72 hours on business days. Job search help comes with the course.
Eight units from the Community Services Training Package
You finish with a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment for the eight units you complete.
The units can be credited toward the CHC43315 Certificate IV in Mental Health or the CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health.
Resume polishing, cover letters, and help finding the right role to apply for.
Ask for the course guide. It takes a minute and costs nothing.
An enrolment interview by phone checks the course suits you.
Accept your place, log in, and start the first unit online.
Complete the eight units and take your Statement of Attainment forward.
You do not need any. You need to be 18 or over, with reading, writing and numeracy at level 3. You also need sound computer skills, including intermediate Microsoft Word, and a laptop or desktop with reliable internet. The college confirms all of this in a short enrolment interview by phone.
12 weeks, at around 15 hours a week. Study is self-paced, so you set the hours to suit your week.
From $28 a week, interest-free. You can pay weekly, pay fortnightly, or pay upfront.
Everything here is done online, so there are no placement hours to arrange around your job. You learn through pre-recorded sessions and case studies instead. If you want time inside a working service, that sits in the Certificate IV, and these units count toward it.
Through written assessments, multiple choice questionnaires, tasks in the online learning system, and assessor observations. There are no exams.
This course is not eligible for government funding or VET Student Loans. What you get instead is a low weekly cost, interest-free plans, and no waiting for a funding round to open.
Yes. You can apply for recognition of prior learning against the units in this course. Ask about it when you enquire.
A nationally recognised Statement of Attainment for the 8 units you complete. They are nationally recognised units from the Community Services Training Package, and they can be credited toward the CHC43315 Certificate IV in Mental Health or the CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health. The course is delivered by a registered training organisation, RTO 45162.
Cancel before, or within 3 days of, being accepted and you get a full refund. After that point there is no refund, and you stay liable for the full course fee if you withdraw. If the college cannot deliver what it agreed to, you get a refund for the part not delivered.
Hader Institute of Education is a registered training organisation in Armadale, Victoria. It teaches mental health, counselling and community services. Students rate the college 4.9 out of 5 across more than 850 Google reviews.
Picture the first shift where someone opens up, and you know what to do.