Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation Counselling

The Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation Counselling (GradDipRehabClng) offers professional development for students wishing to add to their existing qualifications in social sciences or health sciences. Graduates attain professional status as a rehabilitation counsellor and are qualified to provide vocational evaluation, vocational counselling, and case management in workers compensation settings.



The course includes studies in vocational development and counselling, applied psychosocial and medical rehabilitation, case management, client assessment and job placement, work injury and worker's compensation, and rehabilitation philosophy.



The GradDipRehabClng is embedded within the Master of Rehabilitation Counselling. The master's degree builds on concepts learned during the graduate diploma. You may choose to complete the graduate diploma, or use it as a pathway into the master’s degree in this discipline.



The course is a graduate-entry program (students are required to have completed an undergraduate degree prior to entry). GradDipRehabClng is designed to accommodate all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their previous discipline. However, a formal background in psychology, rehabilitation, or related area is desirable.



As the course leads to eligibility to practise, students will be assisted in achieving prescribed professional competencies through practical and theoretical skill acquisition and clinical fieldwork placements. Clinical placements are undertaken in workers compensation and rehabilitation settings. Students will have the opportunity to develop an understanding of the career path they have chosen, and its place in the contemporary health system.



The pace of work in the GDRehabClng is commensurate with the expectations of postgraduate study, as is the level and complexity of the issues dealt with in the degree.



Inherent Requirements for Rehabilitation Counselling courses