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Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work at Newcastle

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Class details

Schedule Pace and number of hours.

Full Time

Delivery Method of course delivery.

Combination

Duration

Course duration Total time required to complete a course.

6 months

Start date First day of attendance online or on campus.

Next intake

End date Final day of attendance online or on campus.

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Time Commitment

Class time Dedicated hours required each week in either online or on campus classes.

12 hours

Additional study time The minimum recommended hours you will need to commit to your studies outside of class hours. This may include private study, work placements and research.

15 hours

Fee details

Full fee This is the non-subsidised fee for the course. Payment plans may be available.

$7,880

This course may be fee free, or available at a reduced cost.

Proposed timetable What time classes run

This course is currently scheduled on Tuesday and Wednesday with Day classes. This timetable may change and will be confirmed by your teacher.

Additional information Other things to know

Assessments

Assessments give you the opportunity to demonstrate what you have learnt and to identify the knowledge or skills that may need further development.

  • Knowledge assessments: short answer, multiple choice questions, research tasks, group assignments

  • Simulated workplace projects: scenarios-based problem solving

  • Submission of a logbook

Work placement

Work placement provides you with opportunities to respond to situations and circumstances that cannot be replicated in a learning or simulated environment. Work placement strengthens your training and supports continued learning and assessment in the workplace.

  • To be enrolled in this course, you need to be able to provide evidence that you have:
    There are additional entry requirements which you will need to meet to considered for entry into the course. This is to maximise your chance of success in the course and to ensure your safety and well-being. The entry requirements include:

    • Competent in the use of a range of computer office suites such as Microsoft Word, Power Point, email and conducting internet searches
    • Ability to attend face to face classes regularly
    • Have your own lived experience of mental illness (ie. not just as a carer)
    • We strongly recommend that the students in this course have been mentally well and functioning in the community for at least six months prior to commencing the course, and have not been receiving inpatient care during this time. This is really important as a number of units studied in this course can be triggering and distressing for students.
      If you do not meet the above requirements there may be other courses we can recommend.
      After you apply for the course, you will be contacted by a teacher to review the above points.
      You will also be advised of a compulsory online information session on Tuesday 7 December, 2021. This session will run from 9.30am to 11.00am. You will receive the link to this session after you apply. At the information session students will be assisted to complete a ‘getting to know you form’. This form will assist the teaching team to support your language, literacy and numeracy needs and will also ask information about the your skills and knowledge in the community services industry. The session will enable staff to identify vocational pathways and identify any supports that are required to set learners up for success on the learning journey.

Materials needed

To complete this course, the following materials are required:

  • You will need to provide for yourself the following resources which you will keep when you complete your study:

    • criminal record check
    • Working with Children Check
    • NDIS worker check.

Additional entry requirements

To make sure this delivery option is the right fit for you, we will need you to demonstrate that you can meet the additional requirements below.

  • To be enrolled in this course, you need to be able to provide evidence that you have:

    • experience and knowledge in community services and mental heath services.

  • To successfully complete this course, you will need:

    • Laptop and internet access; Level 4 proficiency in language, literacy and numeracy.
    • 80 hours work placement.
    • Students are required to be able to gain a Criminal Record Check, a Working with Children Check and a NDIS worker check

Units Units taught in this course

Courses are made up of a combination of both core and specialty units. In the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work qualification, you’ll need to successfully complete 15 units of competency, including 8 core and 7 speciality units.

Core units are central to the job outcomes of a particular industry or occupation. These are the units industry has agreed are essential to be capable and qualified at a particular study level.

  • Work with diverse people CHCDIV001

  • Work effectively in trauma informed care CHCMHS007

  • Promote and facilitate self advocacy CHCMHS008

  • Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing CHCMHS011

Course delivery Combination study

Learn through a combination of classroom based, online and/or workplace activity. For example, you may participate in scheduled classroom activity, have an element of self-directed learning with online content, and/or receive supervised training while on the job, doing work experience, or on placement.

Classroom activity will be scheduled, but online learning can provide more flexibility. Teacher support will be provided for all study. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required.

Newcastle

TAFE NSW Newcastle is located in the trendy, inner-city suburb of Tighes Hill, a quick bus ride from Hamilton railway station and a short drive from the Newcastle CBD. Home to some of the most advanced equipment in Australia, TAFE NSW Newcastle is a beacon of opportunity for the people of the Hunter region, where they can come to learn, prosper, and create an exciting future for themselves and their local community.

Campus address

266 Maitland Road Tighes Hill 2297

Parking on campus grounds is available.

Refer to your local bus timetables, visit transportnsw.info

Hamilton Station is 1400 metres from campus.

Facilities

TAFE NSW campuses work closely with the community and industry to ensure you have access to the industry standard technologies, equipment and facilities.

  • Design Centre Hunter, featuring:

  • Collaborative design workspaces

  • Industrial design workshop

  • Purpose designed gallery

  • Hunter Maritime College, featuring:

  • Fully operational auxiliary boiler system

  • Heat engine lab

  • Replicated engine control room

  • Ship bridge simulator

  • State-of-the-art simulated engine room

  • Newcastle Knights study hub, featuring:

  • Access to TAFE facilities for National Youth Cup players

  • Foundation media skills

  • Governance in sport

  • Skills exchange

  • Staff development skills

  • Work placements

  • Regional Music Institute, featuring:

  • Costume and props room

  • Four flexible rehearsal rooms for music, dramatic performances and screen work

  • Large performance space with Vertec QL PA system

  • Portable foley sound pit

  • Two Mac computer labs

  • Two state-of-the-art recording studios

  • Regional Institute of Performing Arts

  • Writers room

Student support

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  • Mon 9 AM - 5 PM
  • Tue 9 AM - 5 PM
  • Wed 9 AM - 5 PM
  • Thu 9 AM - 5 PM
  • Fri 9 AM - 5 PM
  • Sat Closed
  • Sun Closed