Nationally Recognised · CHC43215

Ready to Get Into Alcohol and Other Drugs Work?

You might be the person a mate rings first. This teaches brief interventions, treatment plans and trauma informed care. A partner service near you takes your placement hours.

CHC43215national code
From $64.87a week, zero interest
120 Hoursof placement, minimum
No Examsever
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaAlcohol and other drugs support
National CodeCHC43215
DeliveryOnline, with placement in a service
Pace12 or 18 months
PlacementMinimum 120 hours
PaymentsFrom $64.87 per week
Comes with
  • Nationally recognised, CHC43215
  • Placement arranged with SkilTrak
  • Trauma informed care is taught
  • Start anytime, no semesters
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Turn Lived Insight Into Work

The sector wants people who understand the road back.

Upskill From Care Work

Support workers add treatment planning and interventions.

Placement Close To Home

A partner service is found near where you live.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

This work sits in treatment services, outreach teams, shelters and family programs. A day is sessions, plans, notes and phone calls that matter.

Drug and Alcohol Worker

Run sessions and treatment plans with clients.

Case Worker

Hold a caseload and track each person's plan.

Community Support Worker

Link people to housing, health and legal help.

Family Support Worker

Work with the family around the person.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Services set their own hiring rules, and many run police and working with children checks.

The Course

What You'll Learn

The ethics first, then the client work, then the networks.

01
How You Practise
The rules and the mindset.
Use communication to build relationships
Work legally and ethically
Work effectively in trauma informed care
Work with diverse people
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
02
The Client Work
What you do face to face.
Work in an alcohol and other drugs context
Provide brief interventions
Provide interventions for people with alcohol and other drugs issues
Work with clients who are intoxicated
Assess needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
Develop and review individual alcohol and other drugs treatment plans
03
When It Is Complex
Where two problems sit together.
Assess co-existing needs
Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
Work with people with mental health issues
Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide
Provide First Aid (Credit Transfer)
Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Interventions, brief and ongoing client work
  • Plans, develop and review treatment plans
  • Complexity, co-existing mental health needs
  • Placement, minimum 120 hours

As a Student

  • Pace, twelve or eighteen months
  • No exams, quizzes, portfolios, video tasks
  • Access, units open at any hour
  • Support, tailored study advice
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things worth reading twice.

01
A Recognised Sector Code

CHC43215 Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs.

02
Mental Health Runs Alongside

Co-existing needs get their own units.

03
A Trainer From The Field

Nicola Robey has trained in community and health services for over eight years.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

NATIONALLY RECOGNISED

CHC43215 Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs

The sector qualification for AOD roles

CHC43215

Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs, on the register.

Placement Record

Minimum one hundred and twenty hours in a service.

Seventeen Units

Ethics, interventions, treatment plans and networks.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Ask For The Guide

The unit list and placement detail, in writing.

Step two

Check Your Placement

Talk through services near you first.

Step three

Pick Your Pace

Twelve months or eighteen, your call.

Step four

Enrol And Begin

Start any day you like.

The Investment

How to Get Started

From $64.87 / week
Pay upfront, pay in four, or take the weekly plan.
Zero interest on the weekly plan
A credit check applies to the plan
You or a family member at your address can apply
Plan applicants are 18 or over
Plan applicants are citizens or permanent residents
A licence or passport is needed to apply
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need sector experience?

None. The units build from the ground up.

How long does it take?

Twelve or eighteen months, whichever routine you pick.

Do I have to do placement?

Yes, a minimum of one hundred and twenty hours.

Who arranges the placement?

The college does, through SkilTrak, close to home.

Can I study with a criminal record?

You can enrol. Placement can be harder, so line up a service that will host you before you start.

Are there exams?

Not one. Open book quizzes, portfolios and video tasks.

Is this nationally recognised?

Yes. CHC43215 Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs.

Can I pay weekly?

Yes, through Payright. A credit check applies.

Delivered By

About the College

Open Colleges delivers this course online, from Australia.

Work placement is organised with SkilTrak, close to where you live.

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