CHCSS00103

Mental Health Peer Work Skill Set

Learning Mode

Online/Virtual/FacetoFace

Location

SA

Duration

3 Months

Study Load

Part-time/Full-time

Course Overview

This skill set is designed for lived experience peer workers entering the mental health workforce, providing training and support to develop personal awareness alongside professional and community skills essential for the unique role of a mental health peer worker. Participants will gain an understanding of the role of lived experience within peer work in an organisational setting and develop the skills to work legally and ethically. Graduates are prepared for roles in the community services sector, such as peer support worker, consumer voice speaker, community advocate or educator and lived experience worker.

Prerequisites

Learners in this program must have a lived experience of mental health either as direct personal experience or as a carer of someone with mental health lived experience.

Units of Competency

  • CHCPWK001 – Apply Peer Work Practices in the Mental Health Sector
  • CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically
  • CHCPWK003 Apply lived experience in mental health per work

Recognition of prior learning (RPL) credit may be granted for relevant prior study or experience. For more details on the RPL process, visit: RPL page

Fee

Full Fee: between $65 – $900 Subsidies by the Australian and South Australian Government are available for eligible candidates.
For more information visit https://socialrelations.edu.au//fees-and-payment/

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the cultural, spiritual and economic sovereignty of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

We understand that the ongoing violation of this sovereignty continues to harm Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s relationships, health, wellbeing and aspirations.

We are committed to strengthening the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, families and communities.

We recognise that respecting and nurturing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is a benefit for all Australians.

We especially honour the Kaurna Elders of the Adelaide Plains and the Elders of the River Murray and Mallee Region, which includes: Ngaiawang, Ngawait, Nganguruku, Erawirung, Ngintait, Ngaraite, Ngarkat and small parts of Maraura and Daanggali, and Elders of Barngarla Country in the Far North and Boandik Land in Mount Gambier, upon whose country Relationships Australia South Australia offices are located.

As educators we recognise the Ancient Universities and ways of knowing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have existed for millennia, and we respect and honour First Nations expertise.