Thinking about care work, or already doing it and wanting to handle the hard conversations better? This diploma was built for both. Aged care and community support, plus three certificates in counselling skills.
You need nothing behind you to begin. Health and wellness, community resources, chronic conditions and the ethics of care all start from the beginning here.
Already in a care role? Three counselling certificates sit in this diploma. Listening, questioning, crisis, and sitting with someone through grief.
It is online and self paced, with no exams, ever. You get 12 months of access and unlimited tutor support in business hours, so shifts do not cost you the course.
More people are getting older, and most of them want to stay in their own lives as long as they can. The work is easy to picture: helping someone through a morning, noticing what has changed, sitting down when they want to talk, and knowing who to call when it is more than you.
The daily work of helping someone live well: personal care, company and watching for change.
The same care in someone's own house, where independence is the whole point.
Connecting people to what is around them, and helping them use it.
Where memory and mobility need patience, and knowing what helps matters most.
Care inside a facility, working alongside nurses and a wider team.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. The college recommends further hands on training or an internship after this course. Nursing titles are registered roles with their own study and registration, and counsellor is a separate regulated path again.
Here is what stands out in this course.
From listening and questioning, through crisis and grief, into the therapy models themselves. The full arc sits inside one diploma.
Chronic disease management, supporting people through transitions, community resources, and the ethics a carer works inside.
Around 200 hours of study with 12 months to do it in. Enough room to study around shift work.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Awarded by the college when you finish the diploma.
Your certificate comes with a SEEK Pass link. Put it on SEEK, where employers look.
Yours from the day you enrol, with CV help and interview prep.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Start anytime. Pay on a flexible weekly plan, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the four courses online at your own pace, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the diploma and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus a SEEK Pass link you can share on SEEK.
None needed. You do not need care work or study behind you. The diploma starts with health and wellness basics and builds from there.
The payment plan is $29 a week, with no deposit and no credit check. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront in one payment. Enquire for the full options.
Around 200 hours at your own pace, with 12 months of access. That leaves room to study around shifts.
It gives you the understanding employers want to see: health and wellness, ethics, chronic conditions, and how to talk with someone who is struggling. The college also recommends further hands on training or an internship for the practical side, and most employers train you in their own way of working. What you bring is someone who already knows the ground.
It is the affordable way to find out whether this work suits you before committing years to it. Registered counsellor is a separate path with its own study and registration, and this diploma is not that. What you do get is real skill in listening, questioning, and supporting people through crisis and grief, which care roles use every day.
The course is online and self paced. There are no fixed class times. You fit it around work and family, then pick it back up when things settle down.
There are none, ever. You are assessed on what you understand, with tutor support behind you.
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 work it is no barrier: employers hire on whether you can look after someone well and know when to ask for help.
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.
The college has been running for over 15 years and works with more than 25,000 students a year. Courses are online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching opens as soon as you enrol, including CV help and a LinkedIn profile review.
Picture the afternoon you sit with someone who is frightened, and you know what to say, what to ask, and when to say nothing at all.