Graduate Certificate in Mental Health
Southern Cross University
About
The Graduate Certificate in Mental Health is a completely online course, designed specifically for allied health and social care professionals who wish to increase their specialist knowledge and employment outcomes in mental health.The course comprises four core units in contemporary mental health research and policy and has been designed with the input of leading clinical and academic mental health professionals.Undertaking this course will enhance your clinical capabilities and theoretical knowledge of both current and future mental health practice, for the benefit of mental health consumers, your professional discipline and yourself.Please note:
this course can be completed in accelerated part-time study mode.
Structure
Choose any four of the below units:
| Title | Level of learning | Note |
|---|---|---|
| NRS83001 - Contemporary Mental Health | Advanced | |
| NRS83002 - Mental Health Across the Lifespan | Advanced | |
| NRS83003 - Mental Health in Community, Non-Government and Primary Health Settings | Advanced | |
| NRS83004 - Acute Mental Health | Advanced | |
| NRS93004 - Supporting Behaviour Change in Mental Health Contexts | Advanced | |
| NRS93003 - Physical Health Care in Mental Health | Advanced | |
| PBH91001 - Appraising Evidence | Introductory | |
| CMM91010 - Healthcare Professional Portfolio A | Introductory |
Entry requirements
A Bachelor degree or equivalent in a health, psychology or social science related discipline; OR
A Bachelor degree or equivalent, with evidence of extensive experience in the mental health field, deemed as equivalent to a cognate degree.
To be eligible to receive the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health, students must complete the equivalent of 4 units (48 credit points).
Learning outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a course. These outcomes are aligned with the <a href="/staff/teaching-and-learning/graduate-attributes/">graduate attributes</a>.
| Graduate Attribute | Course Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| Intellectual rigour | Generates/translates novel information or theories, making a substantial contribution to the discipline through scholarly activities. |
| Creativity | Critically appraises the nature and extent of influences (social, political, economic and organizational) to overcome constraints in negotiation of options for clinical interventions. |
| Ethical practice | Interrogates and challenges the concepts of risk and safety from the basis of consumer centred care considering social protection, legal, moral and ethical principles to balance risk in recovery. |
| Knowledge of a discipline | Exercises expert/enhanced clinical judgement and decision-making and insight in novel situations in specialist mental health disciplines in pursuit of optimal consumer outcomes. |
| Lifelong learning | Consistently demonstrates a high level of autonomy, accountability, adaptability and responsibility in self-directed work and learning. |
| Communication and social skills | Develops and maintains partnerships in care (individually and with groups) with mental health consumers and their families which focuses on the recipient of care, the person’s right to choice and self-determination, and the person’s inherent capacity for recovery. |
| Cultural competence | Respects individual worldviews and enhances their own critical thinking to lead others in challenging assumptions underpinning worldviews. |
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