OVERVIEW

This nationally recognised qualification provides the skills and knowledge you will need to work as a counsellor, particularly within the aged and community or home care sectors.


COURSE OUTCOMES
You will develop the skills to counsel clients and their family through grief and loss, major life changes, and your counsel staff within the performance management processes. Students can attend online virtual workshops offered throughout the course, which provide the opportunity to put skills into practice and be formally facilitated and mentored by our counselling experts.

STUDY MODE
The course is delivered completely online with no classroom attendance required. A proficient level of computer literacy is expected from students. Online delivery provides you with maximum flexibility, allowing you to study anywhere and anytime.
As all training materials and assessments are delivered online, you must have access to a good computer with internet access. You have online access to your facilitator and other support.

WORKSHOPS/PRACTICAL SEMINARS
Virtual workshops will be held throughout the course to provide practical application of your skills and knowledge.

Students will be provided with information about available workshops during their training. Attending these workshops is non-compulsory.

Sessions include:
• Spiel, Engagement and Concerns-Why do engagement? Getting presenting concerns.
• Micro skills & Therapeutic Questioning techniques (movement to therapeutic).
• CBT.
• Motivational interviewing.
• Brief-Solution focused.
•End of session opinion.
•Conceptualising a case.
•Getting a behavioural sequence.
•Reflection transference etc.- Self-care for therapists.
•Genograms -why and how.

COURSE DURATION
The course is 12-24 months in duration.

ACCREDITATION
The CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling is a nationally government accredited Qualification at level 5 of the Australian Qualifications Framework.

The CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling is fully recognised and approved by the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), the Certified Practicing Counsellors Association (CPCA) and articulates into various related degrees in Australian Universities

INHERENT REQUIREMENTS
• A computer, adequate computer literacy skills, access to adequate internet facilities and be able to log on and use IAP’s online computer learning portal.
• Access to clients for practice sessions.
• Language, literacy, and numeracy skills required to undertake a diploma level qualification. As a guide the literacy and numeracy competencies should be equivalent to National Reporting System (NRS) Level 4.
• It is expected that students who have completed an Australian High School Certificate or higher and have been engaged in the workforce for a minimum of two years would have attained a minimum National Reporting System (NRS) Level 4 (From the Australian Core Skills Framework), requiring that students are generally able to independently participate in training and work programs but may need assistance with specialised texts or reports.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Completed Year 12 or Certificate IV qualification or overseas equivalent and be at least 21 years of age.

COURSE STRUCTURE
To be awarded CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling, students must successfully complete a total of 17 units of competency, comprising:
• 13 core units.
• 4 elective units.

The IAP offering of the CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling also has the option of one specialisation (Clinical Hypnosis). To complete the Diploma with the Clinical Hypnosis specialisation, students MUST do all the NAT11271 elective units (*).