You might be drawn to the work but unsure where a person even begins. This bundle stacks psychology and counselling, child and youth development, and mental health into one path. Made for a first, low-risk look.
Adult psychology, child and youth development, and mental health. Support roles draw on all three, not one.
Two years of access and no exams. Cheap and slow enough to work out whether this is your line of work.
Risk factors, stress, workplace mental health and how to respond. That lands in a lot of roles already.
Youth, community and wellbeing services are short of steady people who can sit with someone having a hard week. Most start in support roles and study further alongside. The day is routine, conversation and paperwork, with the occasional moment that matters a great deal.
Structured support for young people in a service.
Group sessions run alongside experienced staff.
Practical help under a clinical team.
Helping run programmes inside an organisation.
First contact, then pointing people to the right service.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. The college states these courses are for personal growth and practical understanding, do not qualify you to practise as a counsellor or psychologist, and that most listed roles need further study, supervised training or role-specific requirements.
Three things worth knowing about the bundle.
Child and adolescent development are taught separately rather than squeezed into one chapter.
Suicide risk and intervention, domestic violence and ethical responsibility are all on the list.
Twelve months with the International Association for Counselling, with journals and webinars.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Awarded by the college on completion.
Twelve months, with journals and webinars.
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An advisor explains the three parts and what each covers.
Any day. Weekly plan, or pay upfront in full.
Psychology first for most people, then youth, then mental health.
Finish clearer on which support work suits you, and study on from there.
No. No prior experience and no job in the industry are needed. It is written for beginners.
From only $29 a week on a plan, with no deposit and no credit check. Enquire for current pricing.
About 500 hours across the three parts, with twenty four months of access.
Yes. Suicide risk and intervention, domestic violence, and treatments are all included, alongside ethics.
Often, yes. Workplace mental health, stress and risk factors are useful in teaching, care, retail management and plenty else.
No, and there is no point dressing that up. What you get is a wide, structured understanding of psychology, young people and mental health, at a fraction of a degree in time and cost. There is no supervised clinical training and it does not lead to registration or approval by the New Zealand Association of Counsellors. Most people use it to find their direction, then study the accredited route for the part they picked.
It carries a Certificate of Achievement, and the college is recognised by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, with IARC registration. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are different things, and support employers usually care most about how you handle people.
Yes. A 10-day money back guarantee runs from enrolment.
You enrol through The Career Academy, an online college in New Zealand, and the college delivers this bundle itself.
The Career Academy has run for over 15 years and helps more than 25,000 students a year. The tutors on this subject hold psychology and counselling backgrounds, and a portion of course proceeds goes to Youthline.
Picture the shift where a teenager talks to you rather than shutting the door, because you knew what not to say.