CH81 - Graduate Certificate in Facilitating Men’s Behaviour Change

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Overview

Course Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Facilitating Men’s Behaviour Change will enable you to develop specialised knowledge and skills to respond to domestic and family violence through working with perpetrators. You will learn about frameworks and theories which support good practice, and strategies to work with men who have used violence within their families. The course will explore the impact of culture and concepts of masculinity and how these influence behaviour. You will gain an understanding of the broader service system which responds to families affected by domestic violence, ethics to guide practice, and how policy and legislation apply to this field.

Career Information

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Facilitating Men's Behaviour Change would typically be employed in or seeking employment in:
• Correctional services
• Non-government organisations

Course Details
Duration 0.5 years full-time or 1 years part-time
Credit Points that Must be Earned 24
Number of Units Required CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in postgraduate courses normally consist of 6 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 12, 18, 24).
Expected Hours of Study One point of credit is equivalent to an expectation of approximately two hours of student work per week in a term.
Course Type Postgraduate Award
Qualification (post nominal) GradCert
AQF Level Level 8: Graduate Certificate
Course Fees
Indicative Year - 2025
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,808
Indicative Year - 2024
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,418
Indicative Year - 2023
  • International Indicative First Term Fee - $8,400
  • International Indicative First Year Fee - $8,400
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $7,794
Indicative Year - 2022
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $12,708

Admission Codes

Domestic Students
Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes 		Not Applicable
International Students
CRICOS Codes 		Not Applicable
Where and when can I start?

Domestic Availability

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2026

Online

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2025

Online

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2024

Online

Overseas Availabilities

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2026

Sorry, no overseas availabilities found.

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2025

Sorry, no overseas availabilities found.

Hyperflexible Annual Term - 2024

Sorry, no overseas availabilities found.
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Entry Requirements - What do I need to start?
Entry Scores
Entry scores are not available, please contact the Student Advice Team for more information
Academic Requirements

To be eligible for entry into this course, students must hold one of the following:

  • A completed Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent Bachelor degree, or higher AQF equivalent qualification; or

  • A completed AQF Diploma qualification with at least 5 years relevant* employment experience; or

  • Alternative admission criteria^.

* Relevant work experience must include employment in the domestic and family violence field, or a related field (such as child safety, health, correctional services), where associated written tasks, such as report writing, are demonstrated.

^Applicants who do not meet the above requirements however hold significant relevant work experience and/or qualifications will be referred to the Head of Course to confirm eligibility.

Employment experience must be outlined on a company letterhead, be signed and dated by a delegated authority from within the organisation.


English Language Proficiency Requirements:

If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University.

Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of:

  • A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or

  • An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) diploma level qualification, or

  • Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0

completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.


If you do not satisfy any of the above, you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores as below:

  • An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or

  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Requires 550 or better overall & minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test); or

  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or

  • An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.


English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study and must appear on a single result certificate.


Each student will be assessed individually.

Assumed Knowledge

Not applicable.

Security Requirements

Not applicable.

Health Requirements

Not applicable.

Fees and Charges
Be Different
  • Indicative Year - 2025
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,808
  • Indicative Year - 2024
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,418
  • Indicative Year - 2023
    • International Indicative First Term Fee - $8,400
    • International Indicative First Year Fee - $8,400
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $7,794
  • Indicative Year - 2022
    • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $12,708
Higher Education
Course Features

Awards and Accreditation

Interim Awards Not applicable
Exit Awards Not applicable
Accreditation

  • Core

Residential School Requirements

No Residential School for this course.

Practicum/Work Placement

Not applicable

Previous and Current Enrolments

Year Number of Students
2024 25
2023 18
2022 22
2021 20
2020 14
Inherent Requirements
There are Inherent Requirements (IRs) that you need to be aware of, and fulfil, to achieve the core learning outcomes of the units and course. IRs are the essential capabilities, knowledge, behaviours and skills that are needed to complete a unit or course.

Please note that in some instances there may be similarities between course, entry and inherent requirements.

If you experience difficulties meeting these requirements, reasonable adjustments may be made upon contacting accessibility@cqu.edu.au. Adjustment must not compromise the academic integrity of the degree or course chosen at CQUniversity or the legal requirements of field education.

Ethical Behaviour

Examples are:

  • Complying with academic and non-academic misconduct policies and procedures such as CQUniversity’s Student Charter, Student Misconduct Policy and Student Behavioural Misconduct Procedures and Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
  • Complying with the relevant codes, guidelines and policies to facilitate safe, competent interactions and relationships with stakeholders.
Behavioural Stability

Examples are:

  • Responding ethically, with accountability, consistency and professionalism.
  • Working individually and in teams in sometimes volatile and challenging environments.



Legal Compliance

Examples are:

  • Complying with Australian and State laws and professional regulatory requirements.
  • Maintaining applicable professional accreditation.
  • Understanding the legislation pertaining to domestic and family violence, child abuse, stalking, strangulation and sexual assault.




Communication Skills (Verbal, Non-verbal, Written and Technology)

Examples are:

  • Information sharing via professional communication for safety and accountability.
  • Having highly developed verbal, writing and computer skills.
  • Providing timely, accurate and effective delivery of professional instruction and practice.


Cognitive Abilities (Knowledge and Cognitive Skills, Literacy and Numeracy)

Examples are:

  • Having highly developed verbal and non-verbal skills.
  • Having highly developed writing and computer skills.


Sensory Abilities (Visual, Auditory, Tactile)

Examples are:

  • Having visual, auditory and tactile capacity and/or acuity to obtain, process, interpret and translate information.
  • Having competent sensory abilities for the safe and effective delivery of professional intervention practice.



Relational Skills

Examples are:

  • Having empathy, respect and sensitivity.
  • Successfully building rapport with staff and other students.



Reflective Skills

Examples are:

  • Having the capacity for personal and interpersonal understanding.
  • Separating your own personal performance, values and emotions when reflecting on professional matters.
  • Remaining objective and personally separated.
  • Having the capacity to become reflective practitioners.


Sustainable Performance

Examples are:

  • Having sustained physical and mental endurance.
  • Consistently performing multiple tasks over a set period of time.
  • Having resilience and self-care resources to work with challenging clients with serious issues.


Interpersonal Engagement

Examples are:

  • Engaging with clients (victims/survivors and perpetrators), Courts, police, corrective services, child safety services, health services, women's services, men's domestic violence intervention programs and other community organisations.


Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Abilities

Examples are:

  • Understanding and competently using computers and associated technologies.



Core Learning Outcomes
  • 1. Apply specialised knowledge of theory, policy, and trends in the domestic and family violence field, with a focus on working with men who perpetrate violence
  • 2. Evaluate the role and structure of service systems in the domestic and family violence field, particularly as they impact on men who perpetrate violence
  • 3. Analyse Australian and international domestic and family violence research and interpret implications for men’s behaviour change practice
  • 4. Critique the impact of discrimination and structural inequalities in society, and their relationship to domestic and family violence, particularly as they affect priority populations.
  • 5. Apply specialised skills to men's behaviour change practice in domestic violence response contexts.
  Course Learning Outcomes
Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors 1 2 3 4 5
1. KNOWLEDGE Have specialised knowledge within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge that may include the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills in a new or existing discipline or professional area
2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review,analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex problems
3. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas
4. SKILLS Have specialised technical and creative skills in a field of highly skilled and/or professional practice
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concepts
6. SKILLS Have communication skills to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to make high level, independent judgements in a range of technical or management functions in varied specialised contexts
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate broad functions within varied specialised technical and/or creative contexts
9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for personal outputs and all aspects of the work or function of others within broad parameters
10. FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE sufficient to undertake qualifications
11. ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION of knowledge in new or existing disciplines or professional areas drawn from higher education units
12. FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS sufficient to undertake qualifications
13. ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION of skills in new or existing disciplines or professional areas drawn from higher education units
14. Course content drawn from higher education units
Course Structure

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure

Core Structure

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Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
DFVP20001 Domestic and Family Violence Practice: Key Concepts and Perspectives
DFVP20005 Men's Behaviour Change Interventions and Practice
DFVP29002 Advanced Skills for Men's Behaviour Change
DFVP29003 Integrated Services and Systems for Men's Behaviour Change

More Details
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