Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer Peer Work)

Orygen as an RTO

Orygen is a licensed Registered Training Organisation (RTO). An RTO accreditation means Orygen is a recognised and approved provider and assessor of vocational training by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). ASQA is the Australian regulator of the vocational education and training sector.

RTO accreditation allows Orygen to use our world-leading research, clinical and non-clinical expertise and resources to create and deliver high quality education in the field of mental health.

Our team of dedicated trainers and assessors are equipped to provide students with quality education, guidance and support to help them achieve rewarding and fulfilling careers in mental health.

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CHC43515 Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer peer work)

Who should apply?

The Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer Peer Work) is designed for people with personal lived or living experience of mental-ill health to obtain a nationally recognised qualification in mental health peer work.

What you WIll learn

Students will learn and gain skills in:

providing consumer mental health peer work,
applying evidence-based mental health frameworks, standards and practices,
working with people from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations people, and
work health and safety in the mental health sector.

The course includes interactive virtual workshops, online self-paced learning and an 80-hour placement. Supervised placement is a key part of the course as it provides an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and skills in the real world.

Graduates will receive a nationally-accredited qualification in mental health consumer peer work.

The course outline for the March 2025 intake, which includes details regarding entry requirements, can be found here.

Orygen's RTO student handbook, linked here, provides more information about enrolment, training and assessment, the student code of conduct and student policies.

The next intake

The Orygen RTO is seeking expressions of interest for its September 2025 intake.

To express interest in studying with the Orygen RTO, please click here.

For organisations or services seeking to enrol staff, please contact Student Services on [email protected] to arrange enrolment/s.

REGISTER FOR OUR NEXT INFORMATION SESSION

Hosted online by our peer work trainers, this session is an opportunity to connect with the team, hear more about the course, and answer any questions you have about studying with Orygen.

Click here to be notified when the next information session is run.

scholarships and student payments

Student payments by Services Australia

This course meets the requirements of an approved course of education and study from an approved education provider for the purpose of qualifying for student payments.

Information about student payments can be found on the Australian Government Services Australia website under Education.

MENTAL HEALTH PEER WORK SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Orygen is offering scholarships to people with lived experience of mental ill-health who are interested in undertaking Orygen's Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work.

The scholarships have been made available through the Victorian Government's Lived Experience Branch, Mental Health and Wellbeing Division as part of an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care and via the Sir Wilfred & C H (Roger) Brookes Charitable Foundation.

Scholarship applications for March 2025 have now closed. To express interest in studying with Orygen RTO for future intakes, please click here.

Meet our peer worker trainers

ASH

Ash (they/them) is a Peer Work Trainer at Orygen who has experience as a peer worker across various fields including mental health, youth, LGBTQIA+ and disability. They are particularly interested in making sure peer work is valued as its own important mode of support, and that the power of lived experience is appreciated as its own form of expertise.

BETTY
Betty (she/her) is a Peer Worker with a Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work. She has worked as part of a multidisciplinary team, where she delivered intentional peer support (IPS), strengths-based and person-centred care to consumers. As a Peer Work trainer at Orygen, she hopes to empower students to be confident Peer Workers who can make a lasting impact in their communities.

LOGAN
Logan (they/he) is an experienced and passionate Peer Worker. They have worked across community-based psychosocial support programs, multi-disciplinary therapeutic settings, and specialised LGBTQIA+ mental health services. As a Peer Work Trainer, he hopes to share his passion for lived experience knowledges, and support students to develop their own Peer Work identities.

If you have any questions contact Student Services on 0460 432 745 or email [email protected].

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