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Degree areas
Contextual Studies
– builds an appreciation of the broader
historical, social, cultural, political, legal and economic contexts in
which mental health and AOD services are delivered.
Mental Health and AOD Theory
– develops a crucial
understanding of the theoretical underpinnings that inform mental
health and AOD practice and policy frameworks and constitutes the
discipline knowledge of this feld.
Mental Health and AOD Support Interventions
– gain
experience and profciency in professional practices and techniques.
Personal Development and Refective Practice
– develops
the personal and professional attributes required of compassionate,
inquiring, refective and resilient practitioners who are able to apply
their skills and knowledge competently in a professional context.
Diploma to Degree pathway
Diploma of Community
Services (AODMH)
2 yrs
Bachelor of Community Mental
Health AOD
2 yrs
Pathway duration
4 yrs
Job opportunities
• Dual diagnosis practitioner
• Youth support worker
• Social welfare worker
• Residential carer
• Family support worker
• Welfare coordinator
• Refugee liaison offcer
• Psychosocial rehabilitation worker
• Alcohol and other drugs worker
• Mental health worker
• Youth justice worker.
Year 1
• Contexts of the Mental
Health Industry A
• Policy, Politics and Law A
• Lifespan Development
• AOD Issues.
• AOD Support Intervention
• Mental Health Practice A
• Community Development
•
Industry Project
Year 2
• Policy, Politics and Law B
• Mental Health Practice B
• Working with Difference
• Year 2 Practicum
• Contexts of Mental Health
Industry B
• Comorbidity and Complex
Care
• Structural Counselling
Processes
• Exploring Research.
Year 3
• Applied Counselling
• Working with Families and
Carers
• Year 3 Practicum
• Action Research
• Project A
• Future Scenarios for the
Mental Health Industry
• Change, Advocacy and
Sustainability
• Action Research Project B
and Working with Children
and Youth OR Working in
Aged Care.
CRICOS 075248M Course BCH001
Bachelor of Community Mental
Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs
Gain specialist knowledge and skills to work across a wide
spectrum of community-based mental health, alcohol and
other drug (AOD) treatment services. This qualifcation will give
you options to work alongside clinical specialists or go on to a
postgraduate qualifcation.
This degree has been developed in close consultation with
practitioners, academics, professional bodies, employer groups
and policy makers at state and national level. Designed to
meet the growing demand for highly trained practitioners in
the feld of mental health, alcohol and other drugs, this unique
degree is the frst undergraduate qualifcation in Australia
specifcally dedicated to delivering a practical, applied approach
geared towards the demands of today’s mental health services
workplace.
Duration
3 years
Intakes
February/July
Campus
Berwick
Admission
Equivalent Year 12 and submission of a
résumé outlining work/life experience and
telephone interview
IELTS 7.0 (no band lower than 6.5) or
equivalent
Or completion of the Diploma of Community
Services (Alcohol, Other Drugs and Mental
Health)
Students must be 18 years of age at
enrolment
Fees
$16 000 per year