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Family breakup is an enormous community issue. Parents and children can suffer a great deal due to the stress caused by misunderstandings, personality differences, pressures of life, communication difficulties and past baggage brought into the relationship. Over 40% of marital relationships end in divorce. Children of broken relationships have a higher incidence of marital breakdown.
 This epidemic of family breakdown is not due to improve with the statistics indentified above. Over time children who learn that relationships don't always work give up themselves perhaps before they have a chance to work out problems.
While family breakdown is common the effects on the players is enormous. The cost to the general community while the dramas unfold are also huge.
Relationship counsellors provide high level services assisting couples to resolve the frustrations and hurt between them so that life becomes a joyful partnership where children can feel loved and secure. They have the special skills of working out the underlying reasons that relationships are in trouble. The relationship counsellor skilfully assists couples to enhance the relationship by helping people learn new skills of communication, strategies for stress relief, dealing with ‘past baggage’ and managing life in general. Relationship counsellors are also able to support children and parents in their parenting or step parenting.
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):
- Child and family counsellor
- Family counsellor
- Contact service practice manager
- Family relationship counsellor
- Couples counsellor
- Marriage counsellor
- Divorce counsellor
- Separations counsellor
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 the Vocational Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling you are one step closer to achieving the CHC80308 Vocational Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution. The pathway is through completing the CHC42308 Certificate IV in Mediation as an entry requirement for the FDR course. Please do not hesitate to ask our friendly staff for more details.
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 counselling, 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 seven 5-day training blocks spread over 12-18 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.
Stage 1
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 1: Relationship Counselling |
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CHCFCS801B |
Apply theory and practice of counselling approaches |
Core |
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CHCFCS802B |
Provide relationship counselling |
Core |
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Stage 2
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 2: Counselling Children and Young People |
|
CHCFCS804B |
Provide counselling to children and young people |
Core |
|
CHCFAM503B |
Work with a child focused approach |
Elective |
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Stage 3
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 3: Domestic Violence |
|
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 4
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 4: Separating Families & Shared Care |
|
CHCFAM505B |
Operate in a family law environment |
Elective |
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CHCFAM806B |
Assist clients to develop parenting arrangements |
Elective |
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Stage 5
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 5: Creating Safe Spaces |
|
CHCDISP803B |
Facilitate dispute resolution in an impartial manner and adhere to ethical standards |
Elective |
|
CHCDISP804B |
Create an environment that supports the safety of vulnerable parties in dispute resolution |
Elective |
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Stage 6
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 6: Family Dispute Resolution |
|
CHCDISP801B |
Facilitate dispute resolution in the family law context |
Elective |
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CHCDISP802B |
Implement family dispute resolution strategies |
Elective |
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Stage 7
| Module |
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
Unit Type |
| Module 7: Supervision and Mentoring |
|
CHCFCS806C |
Work within a clinical supervision framework |
Core |
|
CHCORG529B |
Provide coaching and motivation |
Elective |
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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.
Enroling now for Semester 1
Starts: 1st March 2012, 1st April
Location: Townsville (Block Mode) , Sunshine Coast
Delivery: Mixed Mode, Distance (workshops included) call for options
All delivery options include face to face training.
Support to pay your fees
At Community Training Australia there is assistance to help you pay your fees.
VET FEE HELP, a system like HECS at university (find more information at www.deewr.gov.au/vetfeehelp)
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 Counselling, Psychotherapy, Psychology, Social Work, Social Science or equivalent, OR
- An accredited qualification in counselling at Diploma or Advanced Diploma level, OR
- Previous experience in a family counselling 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.
Applicants will also be required to be working in the area of counselling currently, or be prepared to undertake a volunteer student placement to complete this program.
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).
Request More Information
If you have any more questions regarding this course, the button below will take you to a form that you can fill out with your detailed request. You may leave us a phone number or email address and a member of our staff will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can call our office on (07) 4772 4103 and one of our friendly staff will look after you.
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