If you have ever wondered what turns a person into an offender, this course is built for that question. You look at trauma, mental illness, profiling and what happens after prison.
Support work in youth justice, corrections and victim support turns on understanding people. You cover trauma, mental illness and reoffending, which is what those days are made of.
Already in youth work or community support? This fills in the why. Risk factors, profiling and the effects of prison give you a steadier read on the person in front of you.
Psychology study takes years and money. Spend a few months here first and find out if the subject holds you. If it does, you go in knowing.
These skills are wanted across justice, corrections and community support. The work is easy to picture: sitting with someone after court, keeping a caseload moving, helping a young person stay out of trouble.
Working alongside young people in the justice system. Trauma and reoffending are the topics you lean on daily.
Supporting people through the court process. What you learn about offending helps you answer their questions.
Day to day work in prisons and community corrections. The topics on imprisonment and reoffending apply straight away.
Keeping a caseload moving and the notes straight. Mental illness and criminal justice is the topic that carries it.
Prevention work in neighbourhoods, where the causes of offending matter more than the response.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Forensic psychology and registration as a psychologist or counsellor run through accredited university study and supervised practice.
Ten topics, worked through online at your own pace.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Crime moved online and got political. You study the psychology behind cybercrime, and how terrorism and radicalisation take hold.
The psychological effects of imprisonment, and the factors behind reoffending. Two topics that decide whether someone comes back.
Criminal profiling gets a topic of its own. You cover what it is for, and where it stops being useful.
You compare the two and weigh the psychological impact of each. It is the argument sitting under every justice debate.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the course and the college awards you its Certificate of Achievement.
On completion you get a SEEK Pass link for your certificate, so you can share it on SEEK.
A 12-month student membership to the International Association for Counselling, included when you finish.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly with no deposit and no credit check, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the topics online whenever suits you, with unlimited tutor support in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus your SEEK Pass link.
None needed. The course starts from the ground up, and no psychology study is required to begin.
The payment plan is $29 a week, with no deposit and no credit check. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront. Enquire for the full options.
Around 100 hours at your own pace, with 6 months of access. There are no set class times, so it fits around work and family.
Some of them are. You take them at your own pace, and you are never asked to share personal experiences to finish the course.
It is a good place to find out whether you want to be one. Registration needs university study and supervised practice, so this course is not that path. What it gives you is the subject itself, for a fraction of the time and cost, so you can decide before committing years to it.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. For support roles in justice and community work, what counts is what you understand about people, and this course is built for that.
Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee. If it is not right, you get your money back.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand.
Courses run fully online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching comes with your enrolment, including CV help and access to the Career Centre.
Picture the afternoon a young person on your caseload tells you the thing they have told nobody else, and you know what to do with it.