Subjects
Total number of units = 13
9 core units
4 elective units, consisting of:
at least 2 units from the electives listed below
up to 2 units from the electives listed below, any endorsed Training Package or accredited course these units must be relevant to the work outcome
All electives chosen must contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.
Core units
Respond to client needs | |
Provide loss and grief support | |
Use communication to build relationships | |
Work with diverse people | |
Work legally and ethically | |
Work with people with mental health issues | |
Plan for the provision of pastoral and spiritual care | |
Provide pastoral and spiritual care | |
Reflect on and improve own professional practice |
Elective units
Facilitate the interests and rights of clients | |
Facilitate the empowerment of older people | |
Work in an alcohol and/or other drugs context | |
Address the needs of people with chronic disease | |
Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide | |
Assess co-existing needs | |
Provide suicide bereavement support | |
Support independence and wellbeing | |
Work within a community development framework | |
Establish and confirm the counselling relationship | |
Facilitate the counselling relationship and process | |
Support counselling clients in decision-making processes | |
Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family | |
Communicate using augmentative and alternative communication strategies | |
Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability | |
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety | |
Assess the needs of clients with problem gambling issues | |
Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing | |
Deliver care services using a palliative approach | |
Plan for and provide care services using a palliative approach | |
Identify and respond to children and young people at risk | |
Work with forced migrants | |
Work with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness | |
Be an effective volunteer | |
Engage respectfully with young people | |
Work effectively with young people in the youth work context | |
Support young people to create opportunities in their lives | |
Provide first aid |