Subjects
Total number of units = 15
8 core units
7 elective units, consisting of:
at least 5 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
Any combination of electives that meets the rules above can be selected for the award of the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work. Where appropriate, electives may be packaged to provide a qualification with a specialisation.
Packaging for each specialisation:
All Group A electives must be selected for award of the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer Peer Work)
All Group B electives must be selected for award of the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Carer Peer Work)
All electives chosen must contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.
Core units
Work with diverse people | |
Work effectively in trauma informed care | |
Promote and facilitate self advocacy | |
Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing | |
Apply peer work practices in the mental health sector | |
Contribute to the continuous improvement of mental health services | |
Apply lived experience in mental health peer work | |
Participate in workplace health and safety |
Elective units
Group A - CONSUMER PEER WORK specialisation
Work effectively in consumer mental health peer work |
Group B - CARER PEER WORK specialisation
Work effectively with carers as a mental health peer worker |
Other electives
Facilitate the interests and rights of clients | |
Provide advocacy and representation services | |
Provide systems advocacy services | |
Facilitate the empowerment of older people | |
Provide support to people living with dementia | |
Work in an alcohol and other drugs context | |
Address the needs of people with chronic disease | |
Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide | |
Provide loss and grief support | |
Recognise and respond to crisis situations | |
Respond effectively to behaviours of concern | |
Support independence and wellbeing | |
Support relationships with carers and families | |
Visit client residence | |
Support community participation in planning processes | |
Develop and implement community programs | |
Implement participation and engagement strategies | |
Work to empower Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities | |
Develop and provide community projects | |
Support community action | |
Analyse impacts of sociological factors on clients in community work and services | |
Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability | |
Facilitate community participation and social inclusion | |
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety | |
Work with parents or carers of very young children | |
Support group activities | |
Plan and conduct group activities | |
Deliver structured programs | |
Work legally and ethically | |
Establish self-directed recovery relationships | |
Provide recovery oriented mental health services | |
Work collaboratively with the care network and other services | |
Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues | |
Facilitate the recovery process with the person, family and carers | |
Contribute to the review and development of policies | |
Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships | |
Work with forced migrants | |
Undertake bicultural work with forced migrants in Australia | |
Work with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness | |
Manage and maintain tenancy agreements and services | |
Support young people to create opportunities in their lives | |
Work effectively with young people and their families | |
Manage personal stressors in the work environment | |
Make a presentation | |
Process and maintain workplace information | |
Analyse and present research information | |
Use business technology | |
Plan, organise and deliver group-based learning | |
Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace | |
Design and develop learning programs |