Overview
The Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work has been developed and supports a nationally recognised qualification for peer workers to help facilitate recognition and broader engagement of peer workers throughout the mental health sector. As a Mental Health Peer Worker, you are employed in a job where you can empower groups in your community. This role is a rewarding job and a great way to give back to your community by making a difference in people’s everyday lives. The development of the qualification has involved a rigorous process with input from technical and advisory groups including peer workers and people with a lived experience.
By undertaking this training, you will be provided with a foundation to recovery-oriented practice through experiential activities, reflections and completion of workbooks and assessment items. Recovery oriented practice training involves participatory learning, which incorporates the concepts, principles and philosophical framework of recovery-oriented community and mental health practice. The training is delivered through a combination of face-to-face workshops, using self-paced learner resources and activities, and recognition of prior learning (including individualized training plans that incorporate robust reasonable adjustment).
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. Workers are employed in the mental health sector in government, public, private or community managed services.
This qualification may provide an appropriate pathway into higher level qualifications, such as those in aged care, mental health, disability and home and community care.
Units
The Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work is made up of 15 units of competency. Eight (8) of these units are core units and seven (7 )are elective units.
Some units within this qualification are common to other qualifications in Community Services and Disability, therefore individual training plans can be developed to suit your background and learning needs.
View the packaging rules for the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work and see what core and elective units you can complete.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to enrol in this qualification, however it is strongly advised to source placement to finish the 80 hours of work placement prior to the commencement of the study.
Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work – Offered Units
CORE UNITS (8 units)
Code | Name |
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CHCDIV001 | Work with diverse people |
CHCMHS007 | Work effectively in trauma informed care |
CHCMHS008 | Promote and facilitate self-advocacy |
CHCMHS011 | Assess and promote social, emotional and physical well being |
CHCPWK001 | Apply peer work practices in the mental health sector |
CHCPWK002 | Contribute to the continuous improvement of mental health services |
CHCPWK003 | Apply lived experience in mental health peer work |
HLTWHS001 | Participate in workplace health and safety |
ELECTIVE UNTS (7 units)
Elective Group A – Consumer Peer Work Specialisation
Code | Name |
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CHCPWK004 | Work effectively in consumer mental health peer work |
CHCCCS003 | Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide |
CHCDIV002 | Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety |
CHCLEG001 | Work legally and ethically |
CHCMHS002 | Establish self-directed recovery relationships |
CHCMHS003 | Provide recovery oriented mental health services |
CHCMHS004 | Work collaboratively with the care network and other services |