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About the course
This diploma builds advanced counselling and communication skills for work in community and health-related settings. You’ll develop the ability to establish counselling relationships, work within ethical and legal frameworks, ask effective questions, and recognise and respond to crisis situations. Delivered with industry-experienced teachers, the course supports progression into counselling roles and can provide a foundation for further tertiary study in the community services sector. The programme introduces counselling basics, community support skills, and behavioural science fundamentals.
Career outcome
Graduates may pursue roles supporting individuals and communities across a range of services. Typical outcomes include working as a counsellor or support worker, or moving into case work and case management in community, health, and leisure-related organisations. The qualification can also support progression to further study while working in the sector, building practical experience in counselling-focused environments at diploma level within community services. Preparing graduates for community support, welfare assistant, and care coordination roles, or degree articulation.
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