This qualification reflects the role of workers who have lived experience of mental illness as either a consumer or carer and who work in mental health services in roles that support consumer peers or carer peers. Successful graduates will acquire the skills of therapeutic communication and coaching, conducting assessments, facilitating peer support groups, providing advocacy and support, assisting with crisis intervention, and implementing recovery-focused strategies, recovery and trauma-informed care, and working with impacted families, as well as knowledge of current legal and ethical considerations affecting the operation of mental health services, including the NDIS.
Upon completing this program, graduates may gain employment within the mental health sector in government, public, private or community managed services as a peer worker or carer peer. They will be qualified to provide support and hope to others with mental health issues.
To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 80 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
