This Graduate Diploma is designed for counsellors, family support workers, family and children’s contact workers, or equivalent practitioners; seeking to enhance their skills to work with individuals and families affected by domestic and family violence.As a research and evidence-informed course, it provides graduates with the required skills and practice theories to work with a range of complex issues affecting relationships, including family violence.ACA-Approved for OPD. *This is a specialist course that should be completed after foundational studies of counselling (it does not provide you with eligibility to be registered with ACA). This event listing is to enable ACA members to claim OPD.
CHC81015 Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling
Description:
OPD Points: 10
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Online, in-person & hybrid (VIC, NSW, WA & QLD)Offered part-time over 18 month.• Semester one includes a combination of self-paced and interactive online learning, together with face-to-face classes and skills workshops.• Semester two includes a fully arranged and supported work placement for all students, along with monthly, face-to-face seminars, and some added online learning and field experiences.ObservationsStudents will have the opportunity to observe men’s behaviour change program groups during their placement and gain an understanding of family violence court process.Guest speakers & excursionsWe provide instructor-led guest speaker sessions, forums and excursions to relevant organisations working within the family violence sector.These experiences allow students to engage with community organisations that work in the field of family violence, learn from experts in the field and broaden their knowledge of the sector.Core Inclusion ProgramAll students also take part in a self-paced online Core Inclusion Program on working with people across diverse cultural groups.