CHC53215
Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs
Help break the addiction cycle.
CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs
CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Duration
12 months
Delivery Method
Online
Units
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Course Duration
12 months
Delivery Method
Online
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Practical Assessments Required
Pre-Requisites
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An estimated 1 in 20 Australians suffer from alcohol and/or drug addiction. Drug and alcohol addiction not only puts pressure on the individual’s life, but also effects loved-ones, family members, and local communities.
Have you ever wanted to use your life experiences to help people close to you make better lifestyle choices? Perhaps you’re already working in an AOD support environment and you want to develop your skills and knowledge.
Follow a rewarding career path that helps vulnerable people dramatically turn their lives around. Gain practical skills and experience to help people suffering from substance abuse by taking up the CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Why TrainSmart?
- Top Quality Trainer Support
- Affordable Payment Options
- Government Subsidies Available
Course Overview
Study the Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs
The impacts of alcohol and other drug problems on individuals, families, and communities are immense – with health, social and financial implications. Working with people with alcohol and other drugs problems is an important role in today’s society. By being equipped with the specific skills and expertise you need, you can play a vital part in transforming the lives of these individuals and their families, and in contributing to a healthier community.
In this CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs course, you will learn skills in supporting drug dependant people including rehabilitation, promoting health and wellbeing and techniques and methods in helping people suffering from long-term addictions. You will also learn skills to effectively communicate with clients, assess their needs and learn to develop programs that will encourage people to make better life choices.
Is the Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs for you?
Do you have what it takes to be an Alcohol and Drugs Support Worker?
- You’re open minded, non-judgemental
- You see people beyond their face value
- You want to relate and hear people’s story’s
- You enjoy building good working relationships
- You want to see people reaching milestones towards making better and healthier lifestyle choices
- You want to share advice, gained from your lived experiences with Drugs and Alcohol Abuse.
What will you learn in the Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs?
Core Alcohol and Drugs Support Skillsets You’ll Gain
- Empathy – ability to identify and understand client’s issues
- Communication and listening skills
- Problem-solving skills to understand client’s dependencies and provide practical and actionable steps towards recovery
- Service orientation – always seeking to ‘serve’ and encourage others
How will you study the Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs?
Studying the Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) online will give you access to our team of Health and Community Services Trainers. Our trainers will give support you throughout the duration of this Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs course to help you understand the course content, give valuable feedback on your theoretical and practical assessments and help you towards realising and achieving your career pathway goals.
All our Health and Community Services trainers are highly experienced and offer students specialist knowledge and insight from their respective fields.
HOW WILL I STUDY THE DIPLOMA OF AOD ONLINE?
To study this Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs course online, you will have access to our online learning management system, LearnSmart, to access all your course material and assessments. In LearnSmart, you will be able to have multiple attempts to submit your assessments and receive trainer feedback.
We offer a short induction course to help you get started in LearnSmart to access your Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs course material and give you helpful pointers in submitting assessments. Our friendly IT support team and trainers will also be able to assist you, should any technical issues arise.
How long is the Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs?
Learning is online over a 12 month period.
entry Requirements
Prior to being enrolled into the VSL eligible course, TrainSmart Australia must reasonably believe that the applicant is academically suited and displays competence for the course requirements including meeting any of the set entry requirements. This is determined by either:
- The student providing TrainSmart Australia with a copy of an Australian year 12 certificate of education; or,
- The student providing TrainSmart Australia with a copy of a Certificate IV qualification (or above) that was delivered as a part of the AQF (Australian Qualification Framework) that can be verified by the issuing organisation or the USI (unique student identifier) transcript or,
- The student completing the Core Skills Profile for Adults online assessment passing at or above Exit Level 3 in the Australian Core Skills Framework in both reading and numeracy. TrainSmart Australia must also reasonably believe that the student displays that competence.
You may be required to complete a Bridging Course if you do not meet the above academic suitability criteria or at the request of our career advisory team.
Please note, we are unable to enrol international students at this time.
Purpose Practicals
TrainSmart Australia students also have access to our Purpose Practicals service, to complete practical assessments.
Purpose Practicals provides our students with a safe environment to demonstrate practical counselling skills within a simulated environment. Our studio is also equipped with videoconferencing equipment to support E-counselling sessions for trainee counsellors.
Modules
This qualification is made up of the following units of competency. All units of competency must be completed in order to successfully attain the CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs.
The CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs is broken up into the following Modules.
Click each module title to learn more about the units within each module.
Module 1: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 1
Manage personal stressors in the work environment
HLTWHS006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain health and wellbeing by preventing and managing personal stress. This unit applies to work in a range of health and community services settings, in particular work roles that operate in high stress situations and circumstances.
Reflect on and improve own professional practice
CHCPRP003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and enhance own practice through a process of reflection and ongoing professional development. This unit applies to workers in all industry sectors who take pro-active responsibility for their own professional development.
Recognise and respond to crisis situations
CHCCCS019
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise situations where people may be in imminent crisis, and then to work collaboratively to minimise any safety concerns and make plans to access required support services. This unit applies to any community services worker involved in crisis intervention. Management of the crisis may involve face-to-face, telephone or remote contact with persons involved.
Assess co-existing needs
CHCCCS004
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assess the diverse and multi-faceted needs of people and determine both internal and external services required to meet those needs. This unit applies in a range of community service contexts.
Work with diverse people
CHCDIV001
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work respectfully with people from diverse social and cultural groups and situations, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
CHCDIV002
The unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety issues in the workplace, model cultural safety in own work practice, and develop strategies to enhance cultural safety. This unit applies to people working in a broad range of roles including those involved in direct client service, program planning, development and evaluation contexts.
Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
CHCMHS005
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assess capacity to support people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues and to work collaboratively to provide support and facilitate links to other services. This unit applies to work with people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs (AOD) assessments in a range of community services work contexts.
Module 2: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 2
Work in alcohol and other drugs context
CHCAOD001
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish and work within the current context, philosophy and values of the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) sector. This unit applies to workers who come into contact with clients affected by alcohol and other drugs.
Establish and confirm the counselling relationship
CHCCSL001
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to use a structured approach to counselling to determine, establish and confirm the nature of the counsellor client relationship according to the agency’s counselling model. This unit applies to individuals whose job role involves working with clients on personal and psychological issues within established policies, procedures and guidelines.
Facilitate the counselling relationship and process
CHCCSL003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to support clients to identify and work though concerns, and to manage the overall counselling process to its conclusion. This unit applies to individuals whose job role involves working with clients on personal and psychological issues within established policies, procedures and guidelines.
Support counselling clients in decision making processes
CHCCSL007
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist clients to clarify their goals, explore options and develop a course of action. This unit applies to individuals whose job role involves working with clients on personal and psychological issues, within established policies, procedures and guidelines.
Research and apply evidence to practice
CHCPOL003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish the information need, gather information and critically analyse the information for relevance to own work. This unit applies to health and community service workers who need to research existing information to support and improve their work practice. It does not cover primary research.
Provide systems advocacy services
CHCADV005
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to advocate and ensure that government, community and organisational systems broadly support and uphold human rights. This unit applies to workers in a health, community services or advocacy settings who undertake a leadership role in influencing social and system changes. Workers at this level will also advocate for change and continuous improvement at the organisational level to improve client outcomes and service quality.
Work effectively in trauma informed care
CHCMHS007
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to practice and contribute to the continuous improvement of trauma informed care within a service. This unit applies to individuals working in the community services and health sectors where services are informed by the knowledge and understanding of central trauma, particularly the impact of interpersonal violence.
Module 3: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 3
Assess needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
CHCAOD004
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare for and conduct assessments of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) clients to determine eligibility, service requirements and referral needs. This includes knowledge of factors affecting assessment for a range of different client groups including different genders, youth, older people, mandated and voluntary clients, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This unit applies to people involved in the assessment of clients with AOD issues using established organisation or jurisdictional AOD assessment tools.
Provide interventions for people with alcohol and other drugs issues
CHCAOD006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to confirm, conduct and monitor intervention strategies to address alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues. This unit applies to workers who provide support to people with AOD issues within the scope of an established individual treatment plan. Interventions would be ongoing and be conducted under the guidance of a supervisor.
Develop strategies for alcohol and other drugs relapse prevention and management
CHCAOD007
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work collaboratively with clients to develop strategies for preventing and managing relapse, should it occur, as well as ways to deal effectively with potentially harmful behaviour. This unit applies to workers who develop strategies with, and for, clients with alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues within established organisation guidelines.
Collaborate in professional practice
CHCPRP002
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish, implement and evaluate collaborative practice. This unit applies to health and community service practitioners who may collaborate on the delivery of services to individual clients, groups of clients, communities or sub-populations. They may work individually with shared clients, together with individual clients or work on projects or programs that address the needs of groups or sub-populations. Work is self-directed.
Establish and manage client relationships
CHCCOM006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to establish and manage professional one-to-one relationships with clients in the context of providing an ongoing health service or intervention. This unit applies to community services or health workers who have defined responsibilities to work independently with clients within broad but established guidelines.
Provide first aid **
HLTAID003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to a casualty. The unit applies to all workers who may be required to provide a first aid response in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
** Please note. This Unit: ‘HLTAID003 Provide first aid’ is trained and assessed externally. Learners are expected to arrange and complete this unit themselves at their own cost with another RTO or Training Organisation eg St John Ambulance, and then apply for Mutual Recognition with TSA.
Provide advanced interventions to meet the needs of clients with alcohol and other drug issues
CHCAOD008
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to design, implement and monitor ongoing therapeutic interventions drawing on evidence informed models and techniques. It involves holistic consideration of all client needs, and collaboration with other services. This unit applies to individuals who work with significant autonomy in the provision of interventions and support to clients with alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues. While work is carried out in the context of an existing treatment plan, the worker may also design and adapt specific strategies.
Develop and review individual alcohol and other drugs treatment plans
CHCAOD009
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work collaboratively with clients to establish treatment goals, and to develop and evaluate individual treatment plans to meet those goals. This unit applies to workers who develop treatment plans with, and for, clients with alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues on the basis of an existing assessment and within established organisation guidelines. Depending on the context, development of the plan may be autonomous or collaborative. Workers may or may not be the person conducting the assessment.
Modules
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This qualification is made up of the following units of competency. All units of competency must be completed in order to successfully attain the CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs.
The CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs is broken up into the following Modules.
- Module 1: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 1
- Module 2: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 2
- Module 3: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 3
Module 1: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 1
Manage personal stressors in the work environment
HLTWHS006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain health and wellbeing by preventing and managing personal stress. This unit applies to work in a range of health and community services settings, in particular work roles that operate in high stress situations and circumstances.
Reflect on and improve own professional practice
CHCPRP003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and enhance own practice through a process of reflection and ongoing professional development. This unit applies to workers in all industry sectors who take pro-active responsibility for their own professional development.
Recognise and respond to crisis situations
CHCCCS019
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise situations where people may be in imminent crisis, and then to work collaboratively to minimise any safety concerns and make plans to access required support services. This unit applies to any community services worker involved in crisis intervention. Management of the crisis may involve face-to-face, telephone or remote contact with persons involved.
Assess co-existing needs
CHCCCS004
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assess the diverse and multi-faceted needs of people and determine both internal and external services required to meet those needs. This unit applies in a range of community service contexts.
Work with diverse people
CHCDIV001
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work respectfully with people from diverse social and cultural groups and situations, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
CHCDIV002
The unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety issues in the workplace, model cultural safety in own work practice, and develop strategies to enhance cultural safety. This unit applies to people working in a broad range of roles including those involved in direct client service, program planning, development and evaluation contexts.
Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
CHCMHS005
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assess capacity to support people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues and to work collaboratively to provide support and facilitate links to other services. This unit applies to work with people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs (AOD) assessments in a range of community services work contexts.
Module 2: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 2
Work in alcohol and other drugs context
CHCAOD001
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish and work within the current context, philosophy and values of the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) sector. This unit applies to workers who come into contact with clients affected by alcohol and other drugs.
Establish and confirm the counselling relationship
CHCCSL001
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to use a structured approach to counselling to determine, establish and confirm the nature of the counsellor client relationship according to the agency’s counselling model. This unit applies to individuals whose job role involves working with clients on personal and psychological issues within established policies, procedures and guidelines.
Facilitate the counselling relationship and process
CHCCSL003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to support clients to identify and work though concerns, and to manage the overall counselling process to its conclusion. This unit applies to individuals whose job role involves working with clients on personal and psychological issues within established policies, procedures and guidelines.
Support counselling clients in decision making processes
CHCCSL007
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist clients to clarify their goals, explore options and develop a course of action. This unit applies to individuals whose job role involves working with clients on personal and psychological issues, within established policies, procedures and guidelines.
Research and apply evidence to practice
CHCPOL003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish the information need, gather information and critically analyse the information for relevance to own work. This unit applies to health and community service workers who need to research existing information to support and improve their work practice. It does not cover primary research.
Provide systems advocacy services
CHCADV005
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to advocate and ensure that government, community and organisational systems broadly support and uphold human rights. This unit applies to workers in a health, community services or advocacy settings who undertake a leadership role in influencing social and system changes. Workers at this level will also advocate for change and continuous improvement at the organisational level to improve client outcomes and service quality.
Work effectively in trauma informed care
CHCMHS007
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to practice and contribute to the continuous improvement of trauma informed care within a service. This unit applies to individuals working in the community services and health sectors where services are informed by the knowledge and understanding of central trauma, particularly the impact of interpersonal violence.
Module 3: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 3
Assess needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
CHCAOD004
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare for and conduct assessments of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) clients to determine eligibility, service requirements and referral needs. This includes knowledge of factors affecting assessment for a range of different client groups including different genders, youth, older people, mandated and voluntary clients, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This unit applies to people involved in the assessment of clients with AOD issues using established organisation or jurisdictional AOD assessment tools.
Provide interventions for people with alcohol and other drugs issues
CHCAOD006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to confirm, conduct and monitor intervention strategies to address alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues. This unit applies to workers who provide support to people with AOD issues within the scope of an established individual treatment plan. Interventions would be ongoing and be conducted under the guidance of a supervisor.
Develop strategies for alcohol and other drugs relapse prevention and management
CHCAOD007
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work collaboratively with clients to develop strategies for preventing and managing relapse, should it occur, as well as ways to deal effectively with potentially harmful behaviour. This unit applies to workers who develop strategies with, and for, clients with alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues within established organisation guidelines.
Collaborate in professional practice
CHCPRP002
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish, implement and evaluate collaborative practice. This unit applies to health and community service practitioners who may collaborate on the delivery of services to individual clients, groups of clients, communities or sub-populations. They may work individually with shared clients, together with individual clients or work on projects or programs that address the needs of groups or sub-populations. Work is self-directed.
Establish and manage client relationships
CHCCOM006
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to establish and manage professional one-to-one relationships with clients in the context of providing an ongoing health service or intervention. This unit applies to community services or health workers who have defined responsibilities to work independently with clients within broad but established guidelines.
Provide first aid **
HLTAID003
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to a casualty. The unit applies to all workers who may be required to provide a first aid response in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
** Please note. This Unit: ‘HLTAID003 Provide first aid’ is trained and assessed externally. Learners are expected to arrange and complete this unit themselves at their own cost with another RTO or Training Organisation eg St John Ambulance, and then apply for Mutual Recognition with TSA.
** Please note. This Unit: ‘HLTAID003 Provide first aid’ is trained and assessed externally. Learners are expected to arrange and complete this unit themselves at their own cost with another RTO or Training Organisation eg St John Ambulance, and then apply for Mutual Recognition with TSA.
Provide advanced interventions to meet the needs of clients with alcohol and other drug issues
CHCAOD008
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to design, implement and monitor ongoing therapeutic interventions drawing on evidence informed models and techniques. It involves holistic consideration of all client needs, and collaboration with other services. This unit applies to individuals who work with significant autonomy in the provision of interventions and support to clients with alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues. While work is carried out in the context of an existing treatment plan, the worker may also design and adapt specific strategies.
Develop and review individual alcohol and other drugs treatment plans
CHCAOD009
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work collaboratively with clients to establish treatment goals, and to develop and evaluate individual treatment plans to meet those goals. This unit applies to workers who develop treatment plans with, and for, clients with alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues on the basis of an existing assessment and within established organisation guidelines. Depending on the context, development of the plan may be autonomous or collaborative. Workers may or may not be the person conducting the assessment.
Job Outcomes
Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs Career Opportunities
The CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs qualification can lead to a number of career opportunities with job titles such as;
- Drugs and Alcohol Counsellor
- Service Coordinator
- Youth Liaison Officer
- Alcohol and Other Drugs Case Manager
- Support Worker
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Payment Options
Standard Rate
$15,750
The maximum tuition fee for this course is $15,750. Your fee payment options are:
- Upfront payment
- VET Student Loans – Australian government income contingent loan which allows you to study now and pay later †.
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- Interest Free Payment Plan – No deposit, no interest payment plans.
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CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs
This qualification is made up of the following units of competency. All units of competency must be completed in order to successfully attain the CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs.
The CHC53215 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs is broken up into the following Modules;
Module 1: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 1
HLTWHS006 Manage personal stressors in the work environment
CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice
CHCCCS019 Recognise and respond to crisis situations
CHCCCS004 Assess co-existing needs
CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
CHCMHS005 Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
Module 2: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 2
CHCAOD001 Work in alcohol and other drugs context
CHCCSL001 Establish and confirm the counselling relationship
CHCCSL003 Facilitate the counselling relationship and process
CHCCSL007 Support counselling clients in decision making processes
CHCPOL003 Research and apply evidence to practice
CHCADV005 Provide systems advocacy services
CHCMHS007 Work effectively in trauma informed care
Module 3: Alcohol and Other Drugs Essentials Part 3
CHCAOD004 Assess needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
CHCAOD006 Provide interventions for people with alcohol and other drugs issues
CHCAOD007 Develop strategies for alcohol and other drugs relapse prevention and management
CHCPRP002 Collaborate in professional practice
CHCCOM006 Establish and manage client relationships
HLTAID003 Provide first aid **
CHCAOD008 Provide advanced interventions to meet the needs of clients with alcohol and other drug issues
CHCAOD009 Develop and review individual alcohol and other drugs treatment plans
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* Please note, course Units of Competency are subject to change. These units are valid only on the date of printing.
