Maybe you already sit with people on their worst days. You cover counselling interviews, grief support, crisis response and case management. You finish your placement hours inside a working service.
Listening well under pressure is a method, not a gift.
Support workers use this to move into counselling roles.
No set timetable. Log in at night or on days off.
Three things that set this one apart.
Crisis response and family violence are taught on their own.
Kelly Merchant is a registered clinical counsellor.
Open Colleges arranges your host service through SkilTrak.
CHC51015 · Nationally recognised training
You finish with the CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling.
You put in at least 160 hours at a host service.
Counselling bodies each set their own membership rules.
Community service, private practice or a support role.
An advisor walks you through placement and pace.
Upfront, weekly plan, or pay in four.
Enrol and work through the first units.
None. The course builds the method from the ground up.
From $46.92 a week on a zero interest plan. A credit check applies.
Twelve, eighteen or twenty four months, depending on your pace.
Yes. It is the CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling. Counselling itself is self-regulated in Australia.
Not through this course. Open Colleges is not accredited with either body. Membership may be open through ACCA or VMPHAA, on their terms.
Yes. A minimum of 160 hours at a host service.
Kelly Merchant, a registered clinical counsellor, teaches and assesses.
None. You do written tasks, portfolios, videos and role plays.
Open Colleges is an Australian training provider that teaches online. Trainers come from the industry they teach.
Work placement is arranged with its partner SkilTrak, close to home.
Picture the client who leaves lighter than they walked in.