Course Duration and Structure Students can enter the course at the beginning of each term – January/February, April, July and September. The course takes 12 months to complete in total and meets the requirements of a full-time program. Students undertake the course through self-paced online learning across 10-week block periods. Each week includes one 90-minute live interactive session. This session is scheduled every Tuesday from 4.30pm until 6pm and can be attended online or face-to-face at our Hawthorn East Campus, 391-393 Tooronga Road. 2023 Academic Calendar Term Weeks Dates 1 10 30th January – 9th April 2023 Break 1 10th April – 16th April 2023 2 10 17th April – 25th June 2023 Break 2 26th June – 9th July 2023 3 10 10th July – 17th September 2023 Break 1 18th September – 24th September 2023 4 10 25th September – 3rd December 2023 Units of Competency Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Recognise and respond to crisis situations Apply specialist interpersonal and counselling interview skills Support counselling clients in decision-making processes Support counselling clients in decision-making processes Facilitate the counselling relationship and process Facilitate the counselling relationship and process Develop, facilitate and review all aspects of case management Support people to improve relationships Establish and confirm the counselling relationship Establish and confirm the counselling relationship Reflect on and improve own professional practice Reflect on and improve own professional practice Apply learning theories in counselling Research and apply personality and development theories Provide loss and grief support Facilitate the empowerment of older people Work with diverse people Select and use counselling therapies Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety Work legally and ethically