Diploma of Problem Gambling Counselling (91439NSW)
Description: This accredited course is designed to equip workers to provide services to clients in relation to problem gambling issues. It includes counselling, referral, advocacy and education/health promotion serivces. It offers high level specialist knowledge, skills and competencies especially in regard to laws affecting clients, the range of services available to them, models of work and interrelationship of issues affecting clients with problem gambling issues.
Duration: 18 months
Entry Requirements: Work within a structured counselling process (CHCCSL601A) -Counselling Skills I or equivalent.
Subjects:
- Theories of Counselling
- Counselling Skills II
- Orientation to Problem Gambling Sector
- Assessment - Problem Gambling Issues
- Counselling Clients with Problem Gambling Issues
- Ethics and Adminstration
- Working Across Cultures and Diverse Backgrounds
- Suicide Assessment and Intervention
- Counselling Skills II
- Professional Development
- Workplace Project
- OH & S
Electives:
- Effective Group Leadership
- Introduction to Family Therapy
- Mental Health Issues
- Orientation to Alcohol and Other Drugs Sector
- Advocating for Clients
- Community Development: Theory and Practice
- Supporting Children and Families
- Case Management in the Wider System
2010 Course Calendar for Diploma of Problem Gambling Counselling
Please contact Kim Wilcox on 02 8830 0755 or kwilcox@ifp.nsw.edu.au for more information and to discuss your individual situation.