About Australian Institute of Social Relations

Are you curious about why we think and behave as we do? Do you have a passion for helping people? Do you want to make a difference?

Our Diploma of Counselling is your path to a rewarding and worthwhile career as a counsellor. Your knowledge and skills will enable you to work effectively with people of all backgrounds to improve their personal and psychological wellbeing. You will have the practical and theoretical skills to establish and maintain positive and constructive client relationships. Your specialist expertise will enable you to recognise and respond appropriately to the full range of issues that present in a counselling environment.

he Certificate III in Community Services qualification reflects the role of entry level community services workers, who support individuals through the provision of person-centred services under the direction of others.

The CHC43315 Certificate IV in Mental Health is suitable for those who are seeking to develop specialist skills to work with clients who face challenges with their mental health, including those who have some work or volunteer experience in community services or health and want to branch out into mental health work.

A structured workplace learning component is included to deliver practical skills.

120 hours of practicum / work placement is required for the completion of this qualification.

Do you enjoy working with young people? Do you have a passion for helping others? Do you want to make a difference?

Our Certificate IV in Youth Work is your path to a rewarding career working with young people. Your knowledge and skills will equip you to design and deliver person-centred services for young people with diverse and complex needs. You will be able to build effective and respectful relationships with clients from all backgrounds, and advocate for their interests and rights.

You will learn from experienced practitioners, in a course based on over 60 years of frontline youth and family services work by Relationships Australia. Our helpful and expert staff will support you at every stage of your learning.

Are you interested in the link between money management and personal wellbeing? Do you have a passion for helping people in need? Do you want to make a difference?

Our Diploma of Financial Counselling is your path to a fulfilling career working with and advocating for individuals and families struggling with finances. Your knowledge and skills will enable you to provide advice and support on legal remedies and options to manage debt and financial difficulty. Your specialist expertise will extend to consumer credit law, bankruptcy, industry hardship policies, government concession frameworks and debt enforcement practices. Your advocacy will empower your clients to take the steps they need to secure their financial wellbeing.

You will learn from experienced frontline counsellors who will support you at every stage of your learning.

The CHC43515 Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work is for people who have lived experience of mental illness as either a consumer or carer and who work in mental health services that support consumer peers or carer peers. Workers are employed in the mental health sector in government, public, private or community managed services.

Our Graduate Diploma in Family Dispute Resolution is your path to a rewarding and worthwhile career as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP). Your knowledge and skills will qualify you to register as an FDRP with the Federal Attorney General, and equip you to provide specialist advice and support to families struggling to manage disputes. Your specialist expertise will include asset and debt identification, property settlements, parenting agreements, and child wellbeing.

If you already work in law, psychology, social work, mediation or related areas, this qualification will allow you to extend your professional practice and specialise in family dispute resolution.

You will learn from some of Australia’s leading practitioners, in a course based on over 60 years of frontline family services work by Relationships Australia.

Do you care about community services? Do you have a passion for helping others? Do you want to make a difference?

Our Certificate IV in Community Services is your path to a rewarding and worthwhile career in community services. Your knowledge and skills will equip you to design and deliver person-centred services for individuals and community groups with diverse and complex needs. You will be able to build effective relationships with clients from all backgrounds, and advocate for their interests and rights.

Do you want to make a real impact on the lives of vulnerable people? Do you have a passion for helping others? Do you want to make a difference?

Our Diploma of Community Services is your path to a rewarding and fulfilling career in community services. Your knowledge and skills will equip you to support, empower, inspire and advocate for individuals and communities to improve their wellbeing. Your specialist expertise will enable you to design, manage and deliver community support programs addressing diverse and complex needs in family welfare, community health, employment services, disability services and more.

You will learn from experienced practitioners who will support you at every stage of your learning.

The CHCSS00103 Mental Health Peer Work Skill Set is designed for lived experience peer workers entering the mental health workforce. Participants receive training and support to develop personal awareness as well as professional and community skills and knowledge, associated with the unique role of the mental health peer worker.