CHCCS521B Assess and respond to individuals at risk of suicide

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for CHCCS521B ended on 4 August 2015 — 11 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 6 August 2016 — one year from the date the replacement was included on the National Register (s 14(1)(a)(i) of the National VET Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR RTOs and Fit and Proper Person Requirements) Instrument 2025 (F2025L00355, in force 1 July 2025)), or from a later date if ASQA has approved otherwise for your organisation.

Learners already enrolled have no fixed deadline: they complete the product and are issued their AQF certification, or transfer to the replacement, in a timely manner (ASQA guidance, read live 25 August 2026).

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
CHC08 — Community Services Training Package
Currency period ends
4 August 2015
Latest release
Release 1 · 7 May 2012
Supersedes
CHCCS521A
Superseded by
CHCCCS003 not equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. CHCCS521BSuperseded — not equivalentAssess and respond to individuals at risk of suicide
  2. not equivalent
  3. CHCCCS003CurrentIncrease the safety of individuals at risk of suicide

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • CHCCS521ACHCCS521Bequivalent6 May 2012

    Unit updated in V4 ISC upgrade changes to remove references to old OHS legislation and replace with references to new WHS legislation. No change to competency outcome.

  • CHCCS521BCHCCCS003not equivalent5 August 2015

    Significant change to the elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment including volume and frequency requirements. Significant changes to knowledge evidence.

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Where CHCCS521B is used

training.gov.au lists CHCCS521B inside 28 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for CHCCS521B in that product.

Products no longer current 28 listed

The register still records CHCCS521B inside these, but it no longer recommends them as current. They are here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at them.

CodeTraining productTypeCHCCS521B is
CHC40412Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other DrugsQualificationelective
CHC40413Certificate IV in Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC40512Certificate IV in Mental HealthQualificationelective
CHC40513Certificate IV in Youth JusticeQualificationelective
CHC40708Certificate IV in Community Services WorkQualificationelective
CHC41112Certificate IV in Pastoral CareQualificationelective
CHC41308Certificate IV in Children's Contact Services WorkQualificationelective
CHC41812Certificate IV in Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC41912Certificate IV in Youth JusticeQualificationelective
CHC42212Certificate IV in Telephone Counselling SkillsQualificationelective
Show the remaining 18 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeCHCCS521B is
CHC42912Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer WorkQualificationelective
CHC50513Diploma of Youth JusticeQualificationelective
CHC50612Diploma of Community Services WorkQualificationelective
CHC51408Diploma of Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC51512Diploma of Youth JusticeQualificationelective
CHC51712Diploma of CounsellingQualificationelective
CHC51812Diploma of Family Intake and Support WorkQualificationelective
CHC52008Diploma of Community Services (Case management)Qualificationelective
CHC80208Graduate Diploma of Relationship CounsellingQualificationelective
CHC80308Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute ResolutionQualificationelective
CHCSS00038Mental health skill set - including respond to risk of suicideSkill setelective
CHCSS00055Suicide bereavement support skill setSkill setelective
CSC50112Diploma of Correctional AdministrationQualificationelective
CSC50115Diploma of Correctional AdministrationQualificationelective
HLT40113Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health CareQualificationelective
HLT40213Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care PracticeQualificationelective
HLT50113Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health CareQualificationelective
HLT50213Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care PracticeQualificationelective

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