Course overview
Chisholm’s unique Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs will give you the skills you need to provide non-clinical services to specialists such as psychiatrists, nurses and social workers.
You'll gain an in-depth understanding of issues relating to alcohol and other drugs, mental health practice, community development and counselling processes. You'll also learn about the legal and ethical frameworks, working with children and youth, intervention strategies, client advocacy and working in aged care.
This program has been designed to meet the growing need for highly trained practitioners in the field. With direct input from stakeholders in areas of mental health and AOD, the degree has been developed in close consultation with practitioners, academics, professional bodies and policy makers at both state and federal government levels.
Course record
Majors
AOD support intervention, applied counselling, community development, comorbidity and complex care, working in aged care, working with children and youth.
Career Opportunities
The type of careers this qualification leads to may include dual diagnosis practitioner, family case worker, mental health worker, psychosocial rehabilitation worker, refugee liaison officer, welfare coordinator
Entry requirements
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Standard entry
- Current Year 12 graduates Educational outcomes considered for selection Completion of Australian Year 12 or equivalent
- and Complete a written assessment task (provided by Chisholm) to assess academic skills related to this course. Recent Year 12 graduates Educational outcomes considered for selection Completion of Australian Year 12 or equivalent
- and Complete a written test (provided by Chisholm) to assess academic skills related to this course. Applicants with work and life experience Course requirement A minimum of 3 years full-time (or part-time equivalent) work experience in a relevant industry
Student profile
No de-identified past offer cases are available for this course yet.
Campuses & intake dates
- BerwickVIC