CHC43315 - Certificate IV in Mental Health
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| 28 Apr 2025 - 10 Dec 2025 | 09:00 am – 03:00 pm | Byron Community College - Mullum Campus |
Introduction:
Discover the rewarding path to making a difference in people's lives with our Certificate IV in Mental Health course. This nationally recognised qualification empowers you to deliver compassionate, client-centred support to individuals experiencing mental health challenges.
Gain the skills to implement community-based programs and activities that respond directly to mental health needs. From grassroots organisations to clinical environments, this qualification prepares you to work independently while making a meaningful impact on the well-being of others.
With a focus on recovery-oriented practice, our program equips you to thrive across diverse community contexts - whether in outreach services, residential care, or rehabilitation programs. You'll learn from experienced practitioners and industry professionals, graduating with the confidence and capability to step straight into the sector.
Join us on this transformative journey and become a vital force in strengthening mental health support in your community. Enrol now and take the first step toward a rewarding and purposeful career.
Course Duration
Start date: 28 April 2025
The course duration is 30 weeks
The weekly workload is 22 hours (classroom and home study combined)
Course Delivery
- Face-to-face learning delivered at our Mullumbimby Campus: Mondays and Wednesdays - 9.00am - 3.00pm
- Self-paced learning at home: 10 hours per week, including non-supervised assessment tasks
- Work Placement: 80 hours (refer Work Placement section)
- Assessments are conducted in a supervised (on-campus) and non-supervised (online) format
Units of Study
- CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
- CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
- CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically
- CHCMHS002 Establish self-directed recovery relationships
- CHCMHS003 Provide recovery oriented mental health services
- CHCMHS004 Work collaboratively with the care network and other services
- CHCMHS005 Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
- CHCMHS007 Work effectively in trauma informed care
- CHCMHS008 Promote and facilitate self advocacy
- CHCMHS011 Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing
- HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety
- CHCCCS019 Recognise and respond to crisis situations
- CHCCCS014 Provide brief interventions
- CHCPRP003 Reflection on and improve own professional practice
- CHCCOM002 Use communication to build relationships
Course Completion
Following successful completion of this course, you will be awarded the CHC43315 Certificate lV in Mental Health
Entry Requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification.
Admission Requirements
When studying with Byron Community College, we want you to succeed. This course involves reading and undertaking a range of written assessments. Entry requirements help us confirm that you're ready to successfully complete the qualification and get the most out of your learning experience.
A full list of admission requirements is available in the Course Information Pack here. Alternatively, please call or email the college for details.
A full list of admission requirements is available in the Course Information Pack here. Alternatively, please call or email the college for details.
Work Placement
You are required to complete 80 hours of work placement in the health and community service
industry that formally contributes to the assessment process. This includes the need to collect and use information from the work placement as part of your overall assessment. Work placement is mandatory and an assessable component of the course. The college will assist you to arrange work placement, including providing a list of local facilities who take on students regularly to complete their work placement. Students are required to communicate with the college and tutor prior to undertaking any contact with work placement facilities.
What to bring
industry that formally contributes to the assessment process. This includes the need to collect and use information from the work placement as part of your overall assessment. Work placement is mandatory and an assessable component of the course. The college will assist you to arrange work placement, including providing a list of local facilities who take on students regularly to complete their work placement. Students are required to communicate with the college and tutor prior to undertaking any contact with work placement facilities.
What to bring
- Laptop
- Pen and paper
- Mug for tea and coffee
- Water bottle and refreshments
Course Fees
The fees for this course are determined according to your individual circumstances. As it is included on the Smart and Skilled NSW Skills List, participants may be eligible for funding to subsidise their training. This funding could entitle you to reduced-fee training^
To be eligible for Smart and Skilled government subsidised training, you must:
• Be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or humanitarian visa holder, or a New Zealand citizen; and
• Live or work in New South Wales; and
• Be aged 15 years or older; and
• No longer be at school or equivalent; and
• Provide the College with your USI at the time of enrolment (admin staff can assist you in obtaining a USI)
For more information on Smart and Skilled eligibility criteria or subsidised places, click here or call our office on 02 6684 3374.
^Subsidised places are limited so a funded place cannot be guaranteed
*Due to its duration, this course is also Austudy approved
Fee for service
If you are ineligible for Smart and Skilled funding, you can obtain information about the fee-for-service cost of this course from Byron Community College.
Course fees are paid in instalments scheduled throughout the duration of the course. Fee schedules for individual courses are outlined on the enrolment paperwork or are available from the college administration team.
If you are ineligible for Smart and Skilled funding, you can obtain information about the fee-for-service cost of this course from Byron Community College.
Course fees are paid in instalments scheduled throughout the duration of the course. Fee schedules for individual courses are outlined on the enrolment paperwork or are available from the college administration team.
Student Policies and Procedures
USI
From the 1st of January 2015, any student enrolling in an Accredited Training course will be required to obtain a USI. The USI helps to keep your training records and results together in an online account which is controlled by you. You can logon to the USI website here and follow the simple instructions online to create your USI. This then needs to be provided to the College at the time of enrolment.
Tutor Profile:
Emma Paul
Emma’s background as a Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Coach, Somatic Therapist, Birth Doula and Buddhist Chaplain provides a diverse foundation from which to share knowledge and teachings related to Mental Health.
Emma is passionate about empowering people on their journey to supporting others through their Mental Health studies and cultivates a safe, nurturing environment, ripe for learning.
Holding a Diploma in Counselling and studying her Masters of Mental Health, Emma weaves her love of learning with her passion of Mental Health and Well-being in a fusion of Academia.
Emma’s background as a Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Coach, Somatic Therapist, Birth Doula and Buddhist Chaplain provides a diverse foundation from which to share knowledge and teachings related to Mental Health.
Emma is passionate about empowering people on their journey to supporting others through their Mental Health studies and cultivates a safe, nurturing environment, ripe for learning.
Holding a Diploma in Counselling and studying her Masters of Mental Health, Emma weaves her love of learning with her passion of Mental Health and Well-being in a fusion of Academia.
