Diploma of Counselling & Communication Skills

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This subject examines the practice and skills required for case management and program development community services. The subject includes an overview of the theory and practice of program planning, development and evaluation using case studies that address the complex and varied needs of clients.

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This subject consists of three lectures plus 120 hrs of industry placement. With both theory learning and industry placement, students will gain valuable experience of being involved in an organisation that offers counselling or other relevant community services to clients/consumers of their services. This subject also introduces students to ethics from a variety of perspectives and principles. Students learn how ethical and legal frameworks are applied to community services and counselling-related organisations.

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This subject provides students with basic understanding of mental health. It includes definitions of mental health, mental health theories, risk factors and disorders. The impact of mental illness in the community, and particularly on individual.

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In this subject, the student will develop cross-cultural counselling skills by developing awareness of personal cultural position as well as that of other individuals. It will provide the students with a better understanding of others' ways of learning and communicating and will improve their ability to listen to the 'other' and be aware of the socio-political and economic context of people from diverse cultural backgrounds and address specific issues in counselling that derive from the above. The focus of this subject will be on Indigenous Australians among other cultures. This subject includes 60 hrs of industry placement, 30 hrs of which include counselling client contact.

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The subject provides students with an opportunity to develop their counselling skills in an interactive and supportive learning environment with feedback from others. The interrelationships between counselling theories and models and skills are explored. The focus is on counselling and communication skills from empathy to listening skills and reflection. This subject includes 60 hrs of industry placement, 45 hrs of which include counselling client contact

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In this subject students are introduced to influential counselling theories. Furthermore, this subject explores aspects of counselling as a form of interpersonal communication and considers the role of self and culture, as well as important relational skills such as perception, listening and reflection. It will mostly focus on empathy and the counsellor’s need to be congruent. This subject includes 30 hrs of industry placement.

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In this subject, students are introduced to social and psycho-educational theories that will allow them to understand human practices, identities and social, psycho-educational structures.

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This subject introduces students to the field of developmental psychology and explores what drives or motivates human behaviour. It examines the key life stages of birth, early and later childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, mid-life, ageing and death, taking into account their social and cultural contexts. Students are introduced to the work of scholarly work on the subject of human development. Drawing on a diversity of disciplines, topics include theories of attachment, cognitive and social development and the role of families and communities in supporting healthy development.