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Essentials of Private Practice

Unit Code: HAYD420

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

1 Semester

Online

Admission to the Graduate Diploma in Career Development, or equivalent as assessed by the program convenor.

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Graduate Diploma in Career Development.

Aims & Objectives:

This unit of study equips students who intend to establish a private practice to explore, identify and establish their core business focus.

Teaching Methods:

Off campus / e-learning

Assessment:

Business Identity Report 50%, Business Structure Proposal 50%.

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Define comprehensively your purpose for creating your own business in the career support services sector.

Evaluate different choices in small business structures for your self-employment / consultancy purpose and your work environment preferences.

Content:

Topics cover the foundation elements for why a person would want to establish their own private practice with detailed areas to reflect upon and think about.

The unit also explores the issues surrounding the desire to help with the realities of financial sustainability with core activities examining the elements required to develop a profitable career and personal development business.