CHC53415 – Diploma of Leisure and Health

About the Course

The Diploma of Leisure and Health has been designed specifically for students who are wishing to gain employment in the Support Services, providing support to individuals by the design, implementation and evaluation of leisure, health activities and programs for clients in various Support services sectors.

Holders of the training product may work in residential facilities and/or in community agencies and days centres, in which they complete specialised tasks and functions in relation to the leisure and health of clients. Workers work under supervision or as sole practitioners and may be required to plan, coordinate and evaluate other workers and work teams within broad but generally well-defined guidelines and organisational requirements.

Reasons for Studying?

• Gives broad career prospects – prepares you for managerial positions
• Good course to do if pursuing social work at University afterwards
• Students wanting to do case management or become a team leader/youth work can do this course

Delivery Methods:

This course is expected to take students around 12-18 months to complete, plus an additional 100 hours of work placement. Resources are accessed online, and students may be called to have simulated work activities on campus.

Entry Requirements:

National Program,

Student’s pathway may include but not necessarily include;

• Completion of grade 12 or 10 or equivalent
• Completion of previous courses unrelated to the training product
• Completion of related courses such as;
  • Certificate III in Individual Support
  • Certificate IV in Leisure and Health
• Demonstrate a satisfactory level of Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) abilities.

RPL,

Did you start working in the industry without getting nationally accredited with this qualification? Potentially RPL is the way to go.