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Family breakup is an enormous community issue. Parents and children can suffer a great deal due to unclear shared care arrangements. Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners provide high level services ensuring parenting plans have the children’s interests at heart and that conflicts are resolved out of court. They also provide vital certification for estranged couples who can’t work out conflicts and need to go to court to sort out issues with their children.
 This qualification relates to dispute resolution practitioners working in agencies or independently to provide dispute resolution services and interventions for families experiencing high levels of relationship conflict and/or where the clients may be involved in the Family Law system.
Dispute resolution in this qualification has a direct link to the provisions of the Family Law Act. Practitioners at this level are making high level, independent, complex judgements in highly specialised contexts. Some practitioner roles may also involve full responsibility and accountability for all aspects of work of self and others functions including, program planning, budget, strategy, design and analysis.
Employability Skills
To view the Empoyability Skills Summary for this qualification, click the button below.
Graduate Outcomes
Upon successful completion of qualification, possible occupational titles may include (but are not necessarily limited to):
- Aboriginal family consultant
- Family and couples mediator
- ADR practitioner
- Family law mediator
- Barrister mediator
- Family relationships mediator
- Dispute resolution facilitator
- Indigenous family facilitator
- Family and child mediator
- Manager of an ADR service
Completion of this course qualifies the graduate to apply for membership to the following organisations/associations (subject to organisation-specific requirements being met by the applicant; refer to individual organisation policy):
Articulation and Study Pathways
By completing all three elective modules (see Course Structure section below), students will also qualify to receive the additional allied qualification, CHC80208 Vocational Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling.
As VET qualifications at this level are at the equivalent level of a Graduate Diploma within the university system according to the Australian Qualification Framework, graduates may be eligible to enter into certain post-graduate programs relating to mediation and conflict resolution, social work, or psychology at university. Graduates looking into this pathway should discuss this with the university to which they intend to apply to determine their options.
This course is delivered in mixed-mode block training, consisting of five 5-day training blocks spread over 9-12 months in Townsville, Queensland. Students are required to attend all training blocks to receive training, and to participate in group work and practical observation of applied knowledge gained during training. Assessments may be completed in class, however students are expected to complete any assessments not completed in block study periods in their own time between blocks. Alternatively, this course can be delivered as distance education, so long as the student have a work placement opportunity in their area for the duration of the course.
If a full qualification is not required, qualification to register with the Attorney-General's Department only requires that the first four modules be completed. Students can be issued with a Statement of Attainment at this point if they wish to lodge their application without completing the entire course.
Elective Modules (choose one to receive this qualification, or all three to receive both Vocational Graduate Diploma qualifcations):
Stage 1
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 1: FDR01 - Domestic Violence |
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CHCDFV817B |
Manage domestic and family violence and abuse screening and risk assessment processes |
Elective |
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CHCDFV811B |
Respond to domestic and family violence in family work |
Core |
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Stage 2
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 2: FDR02 - Separating Families & Shared Care |
|
CHCFAM505B |
Operate in a family law environment |
Core |
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CHCFAM806B |
Assist clients to develop parenting arrangements |
Elective |
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Stage 3
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 3: FDR03 - Family Dispute Resolution |
|
CHCDISP801B |
Facilitate dispute resolution in the family law context |
Core |
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CHCDISP802B |
Implement family dispute resolution strategies |
Core |
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Stage 4
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 4: FDR04 - Creating Safe Spaces |
|
CHCDISP803B |
Facilitate dispute resolution in an impartial manner and adhere to ethical standards |
Core |
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CHCDISP804B |
Create an environment that supports the safety of vulnerable parties in dispute resolution |
Core |
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Stage 5A or;
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 5A: FDR05 - Relationship Counselling |
|
CHCFCS801B |
Apply theory and practice of counselling approaches |
Elective |
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CHCFCS802B |
Provide relationship counselling |
Elective |
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Stage 5B or;
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 5B: FDR06 - Counselling Children and Young People |
|
CHCFCS804B |
Provide counselling to children and young people |
Elective |
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CHCFAM503B |
Work with a child focused approach |
Elective |
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Stage 5C
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 5C: FDR07 - Supervision and Mentoring |
|
CHCFCS806C |
Work within a clinical supervision framework |
Elective |
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CHCORG529B |
Provide coaching and motivation |
Elective |
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The course dates for 2012 are as follows (subject to change)
Enroling now for Semester 1
Starts: 1st March 2012, 1st May
Location: Townsville (Block Mode) , Sunshine Coast
Delivery: Mixed Mode, Distance (workshops included) call for options
All delivery options include face to face training.
Course training materials are included in the enrolment fee, and include assessment workbooks and access to our online training portal provided by PBWorks. For students who have no internet access, printed materials will be made available. For students who have internet access but want printed materials, they can be provided separately for a fee to cover production of materials.
VET FEE-HELP Assistance available
VET FEE-HELP is an income contingent loan scheme that assists eligible students to pay for all or part of their VET tuition fees. Students wishing to access VET FEE-HELP assistance are invited to discuss their eligibility with the staff at the Information Office at any CTA campus.
Eligibility
Applicants seeking entry to this qualification must provide evidence of one of the following:
- An undergraduate degree or higher qualification in Psychology, Social Work, Law, Conflict Management, Dispute Resolution, Family Law Mediation or equivalent, OR
- An accredited qualification in conflict management or dispute resolution at Diploma or Advanced Diploma level, OR
- CHC42308 Certificate IV in Mediation, OR
- Previous experience in a dispute resolution environment in a job role involving the self directed application of knowledge with substantial depth in some areas, the exercise of independent judgement and decision making, and a range of technical and other skills.
How to apply
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Transfers
RPL is the process of collecting the evidence that you have the required skills and knowledge already to provide the qualification or statement of attainment for a specific unit of competency. If you believe that you have enough experience in this field to demonstrate your skills and knowledge or have gained skills through a formal training pathway or a mix of these, you should enquire about RPL. Related industry experience should be in a role specific to this qualification and include significant work related to the units listed above. In other situations, you may have already completed training for some of the required units. In this situation you may be eligible for Credit Transfer.
ABSTUDY Information
This course is considered by Centrelink to qualify as full-time study, and as such all our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are eligible to receive ABSTUDY benefits for the duration of their study. These benefits include Government-funded travel to Townsville for study, accommodation and meals while you study in Townsville, and depending on income a fortnightly allowance paid to your bank account. Please click the button below to download appropriate ABSTUDY forms and for more information. You can submit the appropriate ABSTUDY forms with your enrolment application and we will forward them on your behalf, or you can apply to Centrelink directly and notify us that you intend to claim ABSTUDY so that we can arrange your travel and accommodation for you. Please note: ABSTUDY requires a minimum of three (3) weeks in advance in order to process travel and accommodation applications for our students (added to our administrative time to process your enrolment application). If we do not receive your enrolment pack with time to process before this minimum period, there is a good chance that the travel and accommodation for your first block will not be funded initially, and you will have to organise your own travel and accommodation for this first block. However, assuming your application to ABSTUDY is successful after this point, you may claim back a rebate for the money spent on these arrangements so long as you keep your receipts (the form required to claim back money spent on study-related travel and accommodation is also available to download through the button below).
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