Certificate IV in Mental Health
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Course
Online
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
18 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
Get a basic understanding of mental health and learn practical recovery-centred skills you can use as a Mental Health Support Worker, with Open Colleges’ online Certificate IV in Mental Health.Ideal for those just entering the sector or those with some experience in community services, this course will provide you with an introduction to mental health work.You will gain a broad understanding of mental health, and learn the practical skills to advocate for people and help them on the road toward recovery.Designed to ensure you’re job-ready when you graduate, this course includes a 120-hour work placement to help you develop your practical skills in a real community setting.This online mental health course will set you on the path towards a personally rewarding career in a stable industry helping people to live their best lives.Why study this course?You will learn how to provide recovery-oriented support for people affected by mental illness and psychiatric disability.Through a combination of online study and a structured workplacement, you will graduate ready for a career as a Support Worker or Mental Health Worker in a variety of community settings.Studying online with Open Colleges is fully flexible. This means you can study whenever you want, wherever you want. You can access your learning materials anytime via your online campus, OpenSpace, and make your way through the course at a pace that suits your lifestyleThis course may also offer a pathway into further study, including a Diploma of Counselling, Diploma of Youth Work or a Diploma of Community Services.This course involves work placement that currently needs to be undertaken in Australia. More information available in our FAQs
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Course rating
Recommended
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This centre's achievements
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More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months
This centre has featured on Emagister for 6 years
Subjects
- Mental Health
Course programme
- Use communication to build relationships
- Work legally and ethically
- Work effectively in trauma informed care
- Assess co-existing needs
- Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
- Work with diverse people
- Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
- Work in an alcohol and other drugs context
- Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide
- Work collaboratively with the care network and other services
- Participate in work health and safety
- Establish self-directed recovery relationships
- Provide recovery oriented mental health services
- Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing
- Promote and facilitate self advocacy
Certificate IV in Mental Health