Diploma of Counselling Melbourne

Education Pathways

Participants who exit this course at any time prior to completion will receive a Statement of Attainment for the units of competency they have successfully achieved. After completing students may undertake a range of related higher-level qualifications. For instance, after achieving CHC51015 – Diploma of Counselling, learners may undertake the following pathways:

• CHC62015 – Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management
• CHC81315 – Graduate Certificate in Career Development Practice

To achieve this qualification, the learner must demonstrate competency in 17 units (13 core units and 4 electives) of competency. Successful participants will be issued with a Certificate by RGIT Australia.

Core Units

• CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
• CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
• CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically
• CHCCSL001 Establish and confirm the counselling relationship
• CHCCSL002 Apply specialist interpersonal and counselling interview skills
• CHCCSL003 Facilitate the counselling relationship and process
• CHCCSL004 Research and apply personality and development theories
• CHCCSL005 Apply learning theories in counselling
• CHCCSL006 Select and use counselling therapies
• CHCCSL007 Support counselling clients in decision-making processes
• CHCCSM005 Develop, facilitate and review all aspects of case management
• CHCCCS019 Recognise and respond to crisis situations
• CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice

Elective Units*

• CHCMHS001 Work with people with mental health issues
• CHCPRT001 Identify and respond to children and young people at risk
• CHCLEG003 Manage legal and ethical compliance
• HLTWHS004 Manage work health and safety

*Elective units for this qualification are current at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Age Requirements

All learners must be at least 18 years of age or above.

English Language Requirements

If one of the following applies, you do not need to provide evidence of an English test score with your application:

• you have completed at least five years’ study in one or more of the following countries: Australia, UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, or the Republic of Ireland
• you are a citizen and hold a passport from UK, USA, Canada, NZ, or Republic of Ireland
• in the two years before applying for the learner visa, you completed, in Australia and in the English language, either the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or a substantial component of a course leading to a qualification from the Australian Qualifications Framework at the Certificate IV or higher level, while you held a learner visa.

Learners who do not satisfy one of the above criteria and wish to apply to study a VET course, must provide evidence of one of the following:

• IELTS General test score of 5.5 (or equivalent*) for direct entry into the course
• IELTS General score of 5.0 (or equivalent*) with evidence of enrolment in an ELICOS course of at least 10 weeks’ duration taken before the VET course
• IELTS General score of 4.5 (or equivalent*) with evidence of enrolment in an ELICOS course of at least 20 weeks’ duration taken before the VET course
• Completion of an ELICOS course exiting at the upper-intermediate level, or
• Successful completion of RGIT’s language, literacy, and numeracy assessment.

Results older than two years are not accepted.
*Acceptable equivalent test are TOEFL IBT, TOEFL PBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge English Advanced (CAE)

Academic Requirements

Satisfactory completion of  an equivalent Australian Year 11 or Certificate III or higher.

Requirements Prior to the Start of WBT Components for Community Services

1. A satisfactory and valid National Police clearance / Australian Federal Police Clearance Certificate,

2. A satisfactory and valid Working with Children Check.

Pre-Training Review

All students are required to undertake a pre-training review which aims to identify their training needs through questions on previous education or training, relevance of the courses to learner, and relevant experience.

Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) test

All students are required to undertake and successful complete an LLN test conducted by  RGIT. If students do not meet English and LLN requirements, learners will be asked to take further language, literacy and numeracy training.