Collaboration • Knowledge • Leadership

Collaboration • Knowledge • Leadership

Peer workforce development

Certificate IV of Mental Health Peer Work

In partnership with Wodonga TAFE (RTO 3097) MHV is offering a national qualification developed in conjunction with a steering committee of peers and organisations in the mental health field. This is the must-have qualification for peer workers.

Delivered over 18 months via Zoom, one day per month with weekly learning support sessions, the course features a combination of skills and frameworks to implement in the workplace and inform professional development.

Information and Expression of Interest form link below: 

Click Me - Cert IV Mental Health Peer Work EOI

 

Foundations of Peer Work

This five-day training program is delivered from content taken directly from the Certificate IV of Mental Health Peer Work and is an essential course for anyone wanting to understand the fundamentals of peer work. With content including:

  • Approaches and frameworks of peer work practice
  • Understanding the role of the peer worker
  • Legal and ethical considerations
  • Using lived experience effectively
  • Developing and facilitating groups

This course will provide you with the fundamental components to allow you to be an effective peer worker in any organisation.

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Professional Development

All of Mental Health Victoria’s professional development and short courses are suitable for peer workers. With a Senior Trainer (Peer Specialist) on staff, Mental Health Victoria ensures that all content is appropriate to the entire mental health workforce and in most instances is delivered by trainers with a lived experience and a variety of other qualifications.

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Mental Health Victoria

Level 6, 136 Exhibition Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000

Contact us

+61 (3) 9519 7000
ABN: 79 174 342 927

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Mental Health Victoria acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as traditional custodians of the land on which it operates. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging, and value the rich history, unbroken culture and ongoing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to country.

Mental Health Victoria acknowledge those people touched directly and indirectly by mental health vulnerabilities, trauma, suicide and neurodiversity, and their families, kin, friends and carers. We acknowledge the ongoing contribution of those people in the mental health sector.

Mental Health Victoria values diversity. We advocate for a safe and inclusive society for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity, and uphold these values in all we do.

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