Postgraduate
Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Practice
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This course allows graduates to work in a range of community mental health settings in Australia and overseas, enhance their knowledge and skills to transfer to a more specialist area of mental health work, or to develop their competence in any dedicated mental health position they currently occupy.
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Admission Requirements
Ranking and Selection Process
English competency
English is the language of instruction and assessment at UWA and you will need to meet the English language requirements of the University to be eligible for a place.
Minimum overall IELTS score of 6.5, with no band less than 6.0.
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Course details
About the course
This course is aimed at practitioners from a range of disciplines who work in settings in which a strong mental health knowledge base is essential. It enables students to upgrade and update their knowledge and skills in order to transfer to a more specialist area of mental health work or to develop their competence in any dedicated mental health position they currently occupy.
Quick details
- Available
- Part-time only
- On-campus
- Semester 1
- The estimated time commitment for a standard full-time enrolment is approximately 46 hours per week (over 13 weeks) which includes contact hours, personal study and examinations.
- Postgraduate
- 11260
- This course is not available to international student visa holders
Course structure
Postgraduate coursework degrees and combined (coursework and research) degrees comprise a number of units. Refer to the course structure for more information.
Top reasons to study a Graduate Cert in Mental Health at UWA
- Leading practitioners and academics teach the programme
- Advanced level psycho therapeutic skills in the management and treatment of psychiatric disorders
- Upon completion of the programme you will have industry standard knowledge and skills in the management of and treatment of psychiatric disorders
Professional Accreditation
Social workers will be able to use this qualification as an example of post qualifying qualifications to use towards satisfying the AASW assessment criteria for Accreditation as a Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW).
Graduate outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- identify and articulate theoretical and clinical knowledge required for understanding and engaging clients with a diagnosed mental illness
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of the theories, modalities and frameworks that are an essential part of the modern biopsychosocial conceptualisation of mental illness
- demonstrate an awareness of and ability to manage the implications of ethical dilemmas and work proactively with others to formulate appropriate care plans
- have an advanced understanding of the issues, tensions and clinical solutions in working with reluctant and involuntary clients.
- have an increased understanding of professional supervision and how it may be usefully applied in the work context
- develop an understanding of psycho dynamic assessment and how it may be useful in the clinical context
- display theoretical and clinical knowledge required for understanding and engaging clients and their families/carer with a diagnosed mental illness
- display increased understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander mental health issues.