Certificate 4 in Mental Health

Certificate 4 in Mental Health gives candidates the understanding, skills and importance needed to work as a proficient in resident mental health.

Certificate IV in Mental Health

Cert IV in Mental Health is designed to provide you with the ability and skills required to support individuals with mental health problems and create a genuine distinction.

Certificate 4 in Mental Health

In this captivating course, you will achieve the industry's mandated skills, showing independent recovery-oriented help for individuals with mental illness and psychiatric disabilities. You will understand how to execute community projects and tasks concentrating on mental illness, mental health and psychiatric disability.

Cert IV Mental Health prepares students to deliver social services upgrading mental health wellness and healing, concentrating on repair and help for individuals concerned by mental illness and psychiatric disability. This certificate will give you the talents to work as a mental health administrator or support employee.

Cert 4 Mental Health Entry Requirements

  • 18 years of age (Minimum) (exclusively international students)
  • Completion of Year 12 or Certificate III
  • An IELTS with 5.5 points overall, with no less than 5 points in each category.

Cert IV Mental Health Fees

A$8,000 to A$14,000. The fee range can change from time to time.

Cert 4 in Mental Health Course Duration

45 - 55 weeks Full time

Cert 4 in Mental Health Intakes

February and July. Some colleges will offer April and September intakes as well.

Cert IV in Mental Health Career Opportunities

The skills and understanding of the mental health course help you to find employment with these titles:

  • Community Mental Health Practitioner
  • Mental Health Support Worker
  • Mental Health Recovery Worker
  • Mental Health Coordinator
  • Mental Health Outreach Worker
  • Community Service Worker

Pathways and Recognition of Prior Learning

  • Diploma of Mental Health
  • Diploma of Community Service
  • Diploma of Counselling
  • Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs

Certificate 4 in Mental Health Core units

CHCDIV001 Collaborate with diverse people

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to collaborate respectfully with people from distinct social and cultural teams and situations, involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander cultural safety problems in the work area, model cultural safety in own work practices, and advance strategies to maximise cultural safety.

CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to recognise and work within the legal and ethical frameworks that add to an individual job role.

CHCMHS002 Establish self-directed recovery relationships

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to promote the principles of recovery-oriented practice, and to authorised and determine self-directed recovery relationships with people with mental disease.

CHCMHS003 Provide recovery oriented mental health services

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to work collaboratively in providing services to implement a vast range of strategies as part of recovery-oriented service provision for people with mental disease.

CHCMHS004 Work collaboratively with the care network and as well as other services

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to work collaboratively with care network and other potential services for a person with mental disease. This work provides a recovery-oriented practice approach, including a variety of health and community service experts collaborating with the person and their care network.

CHCMHS005 Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to evaluate capacity to support people with co-existing mental health alcohol and other drugs problems and to work collaboratively to provide support as well as facilitate links to other services.

CHCMHS007 Work effectively in trauma informed care

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to practice and contribute to the continuous improvements of trauma informed care within a service.

CHCMHS008 Promote and facilitate self-advocacy

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to encourage, support, and promote self-advocacy. This promotion and facilitation of self-advocacy contributes to a person’s self-confirmation, empowerment, and right to make informed choices regarding all aspects of their life.

CHCMHS011 Assess and promote social, emotional, and physical wellbeing

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to collaborate with individuals to evaluate, promote, and review all aspects of wellbeing.

HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed for workers to participate in safe work practices to make sure their own health and safety, and that of others.

Certificate IV in Mental Health Elective units

At Risk electives One of the following units must be selected for this qualification

CHCCCS003 Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to recognise and oversee immediate suicide danger and work with the individual to perform safe outcomes. It involves the needs for advancing a clear safety design for addressing any immediate danger to the person at danger or others, mobilising access to emergency medical help when required and facilitating links with further support.

CHCCCS019 Recognise and respond to crisis situations

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to identify situations where people might be in imminent crisis, and then to work collaboratively to minimise any safety concerns and make designs to access needed support services.

Other electives for Certificate 4 in Mental Health

CHCADV001 Facilitate the interests and rights of clients

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to assist clients to recognise their rights, voice their requirements and concerns and realise their interests, right, and requirements.

CHCAGE001 Facilitate the empowerment of older people

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to facilitate the empowerment of people receiving support, and to deliver rights-based services using a person centred approach. It should be conducted in conjunction with individualised designs.

CHCAOD001 Work in an alcohol and other drugs context

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to authorise and work within the current context, philosophy, and values of the AOD sector.

CHCAOD002 Collaborate with clients who are intoxicated

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to respond to the immediate and ongoing requirements of people intoxicated by alcohol and other drugs, with a focus on harm minimisation.

CHCAOD004 Assess needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to prepare for and conduct evaluations of AOD stakeholders to confirm eligibility, service needs and referral requirements. This involves ability of factors affecting evaluation for a vast range of different client groups involving different genders, youth, older people, mandated, and voluntary clients, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and those from culturally and linguistically distinct backgrounds.

CHCAOD005 Provide alcohol and other drugs withdrawal services

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to provide support and assistance to people going through the procedure of withdrawing from alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs, controlling combinations of these.

CHCAOD006 Provide interventions for people with alcohol and other drugs issues

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talent needed to confirm, conduct, and monitor intervention strategies to address AOD problems.

CHCCCS004 Assess co-existing needs

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to evaluate the distinct and multi-faceted requirements of people and confirm both internal and external services needed to meet those requirements.

CHCCCS007 Develop and implement service programs

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to engage consumers, analyse service requirements of teams and advance programs and services to meet those requirements.

CHCCCS009 Facilitate responsible behaviour

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to monitor individuals, respond to behaviours of concern, deal with conflict and support responsibility for behaviour over vehement and change.

CHCCCS014 Provide brief interventions

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assess intervention needs, and then to implement and monitor brief intervention strategies for people at various stages of the change process.

CHCCCS017 Provide loss and grief support

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to identify and respond to the requirements of people who are experiencing loss, grief, and bereavement.

CHCCCS018 Provide suicide bereavement support

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to provide support for individuals who are experiencing bereavement in relation to suicide.

CHCCCS020 Respond effectively to behaviours of concern

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to respond efficiently to behaviours of concern of people. Talents are associated with handling difficult incidents rather than overseeing ongoing behaviour difficulties.

CHCCCS023 Support independence and wellbeing

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to provide individualised services in ways that support independence, and physical and as well as emotional wellbeing.

CHCCCS027 Visit client residence

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to make visits to care recipients to deliver services in their place of residence.

CHCCDE002 Develop and implement community programs

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to advance community programs to maximise participation.

CHCCDE004 Implement participation and engagement strategies

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to work individuals and teams in specific community teams and support their engagement in making decisions that affect their lives.

CHCCDE006 Work to empower Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to collaborate with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community clinics or in mainstream services that empower that community.

CHCCDE007 Develop and provide community projects

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to collaborate with the community to advance and delivery community projects on relevant problems.

CHCCOM002 Use communication to build relationships

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to add specific communication methods to authorise, build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, co-workers and other key stakeholders based on respect and trust.

CHCDFV001 Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family abuse

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to recognise as well as respond to the requirements of stakeholders be experiencing domestic and family abuse, involving responding to immediate intervention and support requirements.

CHCDIS007 Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to facilitate the empowerment of people receiving support, and to deliver rights-based services using a person centred approach. It should be conducted in conjunction with individualised designs.

CHCDIS008 Facilitate community participation and social inclusion

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to advance and facilitate person centred strategies for participation in various community settings, functions, and activities to maximise the psychosocial wellbeing as well as lifestyle of a person with disability.

CHCEDU001 Provide community focused health promotion and prevention strategies

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to deliver a vast range of promotion as well as prevention strategies to the community.

CHCEDU002 Plan health promotion and community intervention

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to design health promotion and community intervention.

CHCEDU005 Collaborate with stakeholders to recognise monetary literacy education requirements

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to collaborate in the community and health sector with target teams and individuals to recognise their monetary literacy education needs.

CHCEDU006 Improve clients’ fundamental financial literacy skills

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to provide education for individual clients or teams to strengthen fundamental monetary literacy talents to address recognised requirements, goals, and priorities in relation to personal monetary administration.

CHCEDU007 Provide group education on consumer credit and debt

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to work in the community services as well as health sector with target teams and individuals to recognise their monetary literacy education needs.

CHCEDU008 Share health information

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to share health information in a community health context.

CHCEDU009 Provide parenting, health, and well-being education

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to recognise client requirements and provide education in a small team or one to one setting regarding efficient parenting behaviour, general health, and

CHCFAM010 Provide intervention support to families

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to work collaboratively with individual families to recognise problems that need early intervention for reducing danger and to assist them advance the capacity for increase effectiveness as a family unit.

CHCMGT001 Development, implement and review quality framework

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to work collaboratively with individual families to recognise problems that need early intervention for reducing danger and to assist them advance the capacity for increase effectiveness as a family unit.

CHCMHS006 Facilitate the recovery procedure with the person, family carers

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to collaborate with a person with mental illness and AOD problems to authorise a basis for participation of family and carers in their individual recovery procedure and to facilitate ongoing participation in line with the person’s requirements and wishes.

CHCPOL001 Contribute to the review and development of policies

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to review existing policies, consult with stakeholders on potential changes as well as to author reports to inform policy advancement.

CHCPRP001 Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to recognise networking and collaboration requirements and advance formal as well as informal partnerships to maximise service delivery and improve professional practice.

CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to assess and maximise own practice through a procedure of reflection and ongoing professional advancement.

CHCPRT002 Support the rights as well as safety of young people and as well as children

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to address duty of care needs, work within an ethical framework and add relevant legislation, codes of conduct, international agreements involve the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, policies, and processes. These are added in recognising, responding, and supporting the rights and safety of children and young people.

CHCSET001 Collaborate with forced migrants

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to work with, and for, refugees within an ethical, social, political, and monetary context.

CHCSET002 Undertake bi cultural work with forced migrants in Australia

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed of settlement workers from distinct cultural backgrounds to collaborate with forced migrants within an Australian context.

CHCSOH001 Collaborate with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to collaborate with people who are experiencing homelessness or at danger of becoming homeless, involving people experiencing domestic and family abuse.

CHCSOH002 Manage and maintain tenancy agreements and services

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to oversee tenancy agreements as well as associated housing services.

CHCYTH011 Work effectively with young people and their families

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to cooperate in mutual agreement on the activities, outcomes, and procedures of young people’s nominated carer or family, for the purpose of performing goals recognised in consultation with the young person as well as address their concerns and dangers.

HLTAAP001 Recognise healthy body systems

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to work with basic information about the human body and to identify and promote ways to continue health functioning of the body.

HLTAID011 Provide first aid

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to provide a first aid response to a casualty in line with first aid guidelines confirmed by the ARC and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.

HLTAID013 Provide first aid in remote or isolated site

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to provide a first aid response to a casualty in a remote or isolated site over an extended period until medical assistance is provided, or evacuation happens.

HLTAID014 Provide advanced first aid

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to provide an advanced first aid response to a casualty in line with first aid guidelines confirmed by the ARC and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.

HLTHPS006 Assist clients with medication

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to prepare for as well as provide medication assistance and finish medication documentation. It also involves supporting a client to self-manage medicate.

HLTHPS010 Interpret and use information about nutrition and diet

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to interpret as well as use basic information about nutritional principles and healthy diet. It does not involve the provision of therapeutic nutritional or dietary advice to individual clients or the recommendation of ‘practitioner only’ nutritional products.

HLTOHC001 Recognise and respond to oral health issues

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to recognise variations and identify oral health problems through a visual check, observation of patient behaviour and habits, signs, and symptoms as well as physical condition of patients. This enables the candidate to respond appropriately to the clinical findings to initiate follow up oral health care.

HLTOHC002 Inform and support patients and groups about oral health

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to provide practical information and instruction to patients and teams to promote and support good oral health care practices. This enables the candidate to provide health promotion and practical demonstration and instruction of oral hygiene practices and method.

HLTOHC003 Apply and manage use of basic oral health products

The unit explains the achievement outcomes, abilities as well as the talents needed to add and use basic oral health product and provide health to patients in the usage of those products as recognised in an individualised oral health care design.

HLTOHC004 Provide or assist with oral hygiene

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to provide or aid a patient with their oral hygiene where the patient is unable to achieve all or part of these tasks by themselves. This oral hygiene tasks for the patient are conducted within the framework of an individualised care support design and within the workers designated role and responsibilities.

HLTWHS006 Manage personal stressors in the work environment

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to maintain health and wellbeing by preventing and managing personal stress.

BSBINM201 Process and maintain workplace information

The unit explains the abilities as well as the talents needed to receive, procedure, and store work area information and maintain information system. It also involves the maintenance of records administration systems.

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