You might be working with young people already, or thinking about moving into it. This diploma was built for that. How children develop, what changes in adolescence, and the counselling skills to sit with either.
You need nothing behind you to start. The diploma builds from how a child develops, through adolescence, into the skills for sitting down with one of them.
If you already work around young people, in a school, a club or a care role, this explains the behaviour. What belongs to the age, and what does not.
Counselling and psychology registration take a long time and a lot of money. This is the affordable way to find out whether the work suits you first.
Schools, clubs and community services all need adults who can tell what is going on with a young person. The work is easy to picture: sitting with a kid who will not talk, working out whether it is the age or something more, and knowing who to bring in when it is.
Alongside young people day to day, in services, programmes and residential care.
Supporting the counselling side of a school, under someone qualified.
Working with the whole household, because a child's problem rarely sits alone.
Helping a young person and the adults around them change how a pattern runs.
Keeping the notes, the plan and the referrals straight behind a caseload.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different. The college recommends further training or an internship for the hands-on practice employers look for. Registered counselling and psychology run through their own accredited study and supervised practice, and most roles working with young people involve employer vetting and supervision.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Two full development certificates rather than one overview. Working with a seven year old and a fifteen year old are not the same job.
Listening, reflection, questioning, finding solutions, and how to close a conversation well. Theory on its own does not help you in the room.
Around 300 hours of study with 12 months of access. Enough room to do it around shift work or a full time job.
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 three certificates 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 study or work with young people behind you. The diploma starts with child psychology from the beginning 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 300 hours at your own pace, with 12 months of access. That leaves room to study around a job.
It is the affordable way to find out whether this work is worth years of your life before you spend them. Registered counselling and psychology are separate paths, with accredited study and supervised hours behind them, and this diploma is not that. What you get is a real grounding in how young people develop, and the skills to talk with one, which support roles use every day.
The certificate covers childhood on its own. This diploma adds the adolescent years, which behave differently, and the counselling skills certificate on top.
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 youth and family support work it is no barrier: employers hire on whether a young person will talk to you.
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 a kid who never talks tells you something real, because you knew how to wait for it.