Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs

You'll get a thorough comprehension of issues relating to alcohol and other drugs, mental health practice, public development and counselling procedures. You'll also understand the legal and ethical frameworks, working with youth and children, intervention plans, client advocacy and working in aged care. The app has been built to fulfill the growing need for highly trained practitioners in the field. With direct input from stakeholders in regions of mental health and AOD, the level has been developed in close consultation with practitioners, academics, professional bodies and policy makers in the state and national government levels. Applications are welcome from both local and interstate applicants for students that meet the entrance requirements. Students who have completed the dual Diploma of Mental Health/Diploma of Alcohol and Other Medicines will be guaranteed entrance.

Applicants need to perform a written exam to assess academic skills related to the course., Applicants have to take part in a meeting (face-to-face or phone ) for a further evaluation of suitability to this course. The focus is on learning more about you and your adventures relevant to counselling within this field., Applicants may have to sit the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), Applicants with a Higher Education qualification - Degree-qualified students who meet with the interview and also composed project requirements are guaranteed entry within this course., Applicants with overseas qualifications - All overseas qualifications will be evaluated according to Chisholm's RPL/Credit Transfer policy., Applicants with recent secondary instruction (within the past two years) - Year 12 (VCE or Australian equivalent). There's no minimum ATAR score for VCE (or equivalent). , Applicants with life and work experience - Elderly era with three years' full time or six years' parttime in a related field, possess short course or work-based education, or other pertinent life experience.