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Rehabilitation Counselling

Postgraduate | TAS-KHA602 | 2024

Study method
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Assessments
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Enrol by
14 July 2024
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks
Start dates
22 July 2024

Price from

$2,324

Upfront cost

$0

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Rehabilitation Counselling

About this subject

  • Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

    1. Practice the skills necessary to function as a vocational rehabilitation counsellor, and in relation to medical rehabilitation and health counselling
    2. Demonstrate understanding of vocational rehabilitation from a workers compensation, motor vehicle and life insurance perspective
    3. Practice skills in assessing clients for return to work and redeployment activities (assessments including initial needs, workplace safety, and vocational and transferable skills)
    4. Demonstrate an understanding of treatment and assessment issues related to illness and disability
    5. Demonstrate an understanding of the issues related to rehabilitation and recovery from physical and psychiatric illness
    6. Demonstrate an understanding of the consequences of reduction of functioning following disability and illness
    7. Demonstrate an understanding of the skills required when working in a health care setting

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

  • TAS-COU-GDI-2024 - Graduate Diploma in Counselling

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.

Related degrees

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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PostgraduateTAS-COU-GDI

Graduate Diploma in Counselling

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