Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution Level: Pre-degree CRICOS: 00122A
This qualification reflects the role of workers who work under broad supervision and guidance and provide services to clients with alcohol and other drugs issues. They can provide counselling, referral and promotion services. These workers require high level specialist knowledge, skills and competencies especially in regard to laws affecting clients, the range of services available to them and health issues related to alcohol and drugs use and misuse.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Structure
22 units: 16 core
6 elective
Subjects
Assess and promote social, emotional and physical wellbeing
Establish self-directed recovery relationships
Manage personal stressors in the work environment
Collaborate in professional practice
Develop and review individual alcohol and other drugs treatment plans
Provide community focused health promotion and prevention strategies
Develop quality systems in line with registration standards
Provide advanced interventions to meet the needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
Assess the needs of clients with problem gambling issues
Counsel clients affected by domestic and family violence
Provide early intervention, health prevention and promotion programs
Recognise healthy body systems
Work with diverse people
Manage and maintain tenancy agreements and services
Provide support to develop wellness plans and advanced directives
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Work effectively in trauma informed care
Develop strategies for alcohol and other drugs relapse prevention and management
Manage own professional development in responding to domestic and family violence
Apply specialist interpersonal and counselling interview skills
Manage head lease
Work in an alcohol and other drugs context
Facilitate the recovery process with the person, family and carers
Manage budgets and financial plans
Develop and implement service programs
Provide needle and syringe services
Work collaboratively with the care network and other services
Work to empower Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities
Respond to client language, literacy and numeracy needs
Meet statutory and organisation information requirements
Reflect and improve upon counselling skills
Work within a structured counselling framework
Work with carers and/or families in complex situations
Provide systems advocacy services
Research and apply evidence to practice
Develop, implement and review quality framework
Implement trauma informed care
Inform and support patients and groups about oral health
Provide advanced first aid
Interpret and use information about nutrition and diet
Coordinate complex case requirements
Provide interventions for people with alcohol and other drugs issues
Support clients in decision-making processes
Recruit, induct and support volunteers
Work with clients who are intoxicated
Assist clients with medication
Manage partnership agreements with service providers
Provide or assist with oral hygiene
Provide recovery oriented mental health services
Provide first aid
Implement participation and engagement strategies
Establish and manage client relationships
Provide loss and grief support
Work effectively in the problem gambling sector
Implement recovery oriented approaches to complexity
Assess needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
Assess co-existing needs
Facilitate the counselling relationship
Provide suicide bereavement support
Provide counselling for clients with problem gambling issues
Recognise and respond to oral health issues
Apply and manage use of basic oral health products
Provide alcohol and other drugs withdrawal services