Certificate IV in Mental Health

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Fee type for this course: Full fee

Overview

Overview

Begin a rewarding career supporting people experiencing mental health issues with a Certificate IV in Mental Health CHC43315 at Victoria University (VU). 

Australia’s need for welfare support workers is booming. With this mental health course, you’ll have the foundational knowledge, skills and confidence to get started in work that improves outcomes for people in need.

Get job-ready for the rewarding work of building trusting relationships with clients and helping them overcome obstacles to achieve their goals through self-directed and group-supported recovery. You’ll learn about:

  • dual diagnosis and co-existing needs
  • providing mental health services
  • mental health recovery approaches
  • networking and working collaboratively
  • understanding and working with diversity
  • legal and ethical issues.

Entry requirements

When assessing your application, we consider your educational achievements and work experience, as well as your skills and personal attributes (where relevant).

Applicants for this course will need to meet the entry criteria outlined below. If you don’t meet the entry criteria, you may be able to gain entry by first completing a related course or unit(s). We call this a ‘pathway’.

You may also be eligible for course ‘credits’, where you are granted a unit or units towards your qualification for equivalent previous study or work experience, so you can graduate sooner.

Inherent requirements

Inherent requirements are the abilities, attributes, skills and behaviours needed to meet the learning outcomes of the course.

You should carefully consider the inherent requirement statement as a:

  • guide for your learning during the course
  • way for you to identify challenges you may have in studying this course.

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Entry criteria

Credit & Entry pathways into this course


Victoria University is committed to providing a transparent admissions process. Find out more about how to apply for our courses, and our commitment to admissions transparency. Meeting the minimum admission criteria does not guarantee entry into this course. Past academic performance may be considered.

Course structure

Fees & scholarships

Free TAFE

University fees vary, depending on how much the government contributes towards course costs (if anything).

Read below to find out about the fee ‘type’, the estimated yearly tuition costs for this course, and learn about the financial support on offer (including our generous scholarship program).

Fees

Scholarships

Careers

Possible career opportunities emerging for graduates include:

  • case worker
  • mental health worker
  • community support worker
  • family support worker.

Start dates

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