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OCCT13007 Enabling Mental Health
Enabling Mental Health
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General Information

Overview

In this unit, you will develop a set of mental health practice capabilities (knowledge, skills and attitudes) for application across a range of service settings, recognising that mental health practice is within the scope of all registered occupational therapists. The knowledge and skills gained in this unit will enhance your understanding of inclusivity and diversity in mental health practice across the lifespan, acknowledging that practice may include non-family carers, support persons and significant others of the client/individual/person. This unit will support you to understand assessment and treatment within the context of overarching practice frameworks, mental health policies, legislation, standards, recovery principles, trauma-informed practice, and ethical issues.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 3
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

The pre-requisites for this unit are as follows: OCCT12006 Understanding the Environment OCCT12002 Occupational Justice: Local and Global OCCT12004 Occupational Performance Across the Lifespan 2   

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 1 - 2026

Bundaberg
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from SUTE comments

Feedback

Some students found the volume of work in the self-paced activities to be challenging.

Recommendation

It is recommended that self-paced content is reviewed with consideration to structure it in a way that breaks it up into smaller components.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 16 February 2026
Academic Integrity Statement

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