Course in Supporting People with a Psychosocial Disability

Academic Requirements:

There are no prerequisites for this nationally recognized qualification.

Admission Requirements:

There are no barriers to entry based on age (other than post-school students over 16), gender, social or educational background. Students need to be able-bodied and have the physical capacity to undertake the practical application of the program.

The student should have foundation skills at the ACSF levels listed below.  This is tested during our Pre-training review.  Each student is required to complete the Language, Literacy & Numeracy assessment to determine what level they are currently working at & if they are suitable to proceed with this qualification.  Where students do not have skills, they may be provided with additional support to develop their literacy and numeracy skills to this level if appropriate, or alternatively, they will be provided information on other more appropriate courses.

USI Requirements:

Learners are required to comply with Evidence of enrolments at the time of enrolment with ONCALL Training College. Students are required to provide appropriate forms of IDs to confirm their eligibility to enrol in this course. Students are required to apply for unique student identification (USI) number while their study period in Australia and this information will be handed to the students at the time of orientation.

IT Requirements:

This qualification requires a basic understanding and use of computers and the internet. Support will be provided as required to develop the student’s skills.

To successfully achieve the 22532VIC Course in Supporting People with Psychosocial Disability, five (5) core units must be succesfully completed.

In this employment-based program, it is expected that students will be working as a Support Worker.

Workshops, 9:00 am – 4.30 pm 1 day per week.

This course will be delivered using a blended delivery methodology. The blended methodology employed by ONCALL Training College will include an intensive face-to-face classroom training session including a theoretical and practical component along with online and self-study, where the student is required to undertake activities on our online platform Moodle.

The practical component is conducted at ONCALL Training Colleges at Surrey Hills/Nunawading or a location suitable to your home or place of business in Victoria.

Psychosocial disability (a disability resulting from a mental health issue) is funded under the NDIS. Whilst services may be available, Support Workers are not always trained and experienced in working with this cohort, and may not understand the support needs of people with psychosocial disability.

It is therefore crucial that staff have psychosocial disability-specific skills, knowledge and experience and that they bring to the task of working with people experiencing psychosocial disability a high degree of sensitivity and empathy.

ONCALL Training College offers you a Payment Plan, which enables you to pay for the course over its duration. Your first instalment is required as part of the enrolment process. Following commencement, you will be debited electronically each week until the completion of your payment plan.

Payment Plan:

Course in Supporting People with a Psychosocial Disability (3 equal payments, total payments $900)
Fee for service paid over $300 weekly instalments

1^st Payment $300 at enrolment
2^nd Payment $300 one week after first workshop
^3rd Payment $300 two weeks after first workshop