Overview

Relational communication skills are fundamental in supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing in any professional context. In this unit you will augment your understanding of how to build person-centred connections which foster safety for yourself and others. Through experiential learning about key interpersonal skills you will recognise their … For more content click the Read More button below.

Offerings

MO-TP1-01-ONLINE-MO
MO-TP5-01-ONLINE-MO

Requisites

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Kim Johnston

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Kim Johnston
Dr Melinda Jackson

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

Demonstrate person-centred and recovery-oriented approaches to working with people across different professional contexts.

2.

Apply relationship communication skills to foster culturally and trauma aware interpersonal connections across professional contexts.

3.

Critically reflect on how personal and professional values influence interpersonal connections.

4.

Apply knowledge of ethical practice to support safe connections in different professional scenarios.

5.

Demonstrate and critically reflect on core interpersonal skills used to advocate for behaviour change.

6.

Recognize how interpersonal skills are applied in different contexts and theoretical approaches to counselling.

Assessment summary

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment

1 - Case study analysis (1,500 words)
2 - Skills demonstration (8-10 mins pre-recorded video)
3 - Structured personal reflection (1,000 words)

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Availability in areas of study

M6041 - Master of Applied Mental Health; M5034 - Graduate Diploma of Applied Mental Health; M4039 - Graduate Certificate of Applied Mental Health