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Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design

This online recreation and leisure program will equip you with the theoretical and practical skills to be able to assist with the creation, implementation and evaluation of leisure and activity programs.
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Study Hours
75 hours
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Course Access
12 Months

A career in the leisure and recreation sector offers genuine employment opportunities plus the opportunity to make real difference in the lives of others. It’s a feel-good career choice as your job is to enrich the quality of life of those with barriers to their health and wellbeing.

The Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design is an online professional development program that will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to design and coordinate recreation and leisure activity programs.

This online recreation and leisure program will equip you with the theoretical and practical skills to be able to assist with the creation, implementation and evaluation of leisure and activity programs.

This is an ideal course of study for those currently working in the aged sector or for those interested in pursuing entry-level roles such as Activities Officer, Diversional Therapy Assistant, Community Leisure Officer or Recreation Activities Officer.

Printed learning materials are available for purchase for this course and can be ordered during enrolment.  

 

Course Structure
Unit - Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design

Unit 1 – Contribute to leisure and health programming

  • Develop activity / program plans
  • Consultation with health professional
  • Client needs and interests
  • Program criteria
  • Risk assessment
  • Prepare activity / program plan
  • Operational arrangements
  • Implementation and evaluation strategies
  • Develop goals and outcomes
  • Organisation procedures and protocols
  • Program reflects accepted good practice
  • Program equipment and resources
  • Choose location
  • Encourage client participation
  • Promote activity / program
  • Identify program users
  • Design and distribute information
  • Motivational strategies
  • Deliver program
  • Health and safety
  • Contingency plans
  • Evaluate program effectiveness

Unit 2 – Participate in the planning, implementation and monitoring of individual leisure and health programs

  • Record client information
  • Assess client needs
  • Team involvement
  • Organisation patient records
  • Holistic approaches
  • Individual strengths, needs and interests
  • Benefits of recreational activities
  • Confidentiality
  • Consultative approaches
  • Ideas and experiences
  • Accommodating individual experiences
  • Holistic considerations
  • Promoting effective strategies and partnerships
  • Cross-cultural interactions
  • Enhancing health and well being
  • Life stages / developments
  • Ability /capability / capacity of clients
  • Philosophy and goals
  • Implement plans
  • Settings and environments
  • Flexible timetables
  • Clear staff communications
  • Program extensions
  • Program concerns
  • Feedback
  • Individual program reviews
  • Program assessment

Unit 3 – Apply concepts of human psychology to facilitate involvement in leisure programs

  • Social psychology of leisure
  • Analyse concepts
  • Motivation and freedom
  • Key behaviour aspects
  • Activity preferences
  • Environment
  • Enjoyment
  • Psychological benefits
  • Aspects of wellbeing
  • Individual satisfaction
  • Lifespan development
  • Developing strategies
  • Music and movement
  • Assist pain management
  • Catastrophism
  • Relaxation training
  • Visual imagery and distraction
  • Communication
  • Developing plans
  • Behaviour management
  • Performance indicators

Unit 4 – Participate in planning leisure and health programs for clients with complex needs

  • Client issues
  • Characteristics and symptoms
  • Impact on participation
  • Determine client readiness
  • Special needs
  • Maximise participation
  • Complex needs
  • Equipment and resources
  • Holistic practice
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Good Lives Model
  • Strength-based practice
  • Positive behaviour support
  • Integration of leisure activities
  • Client rights
  • Access and equity
  • Disadvantages of segregation
  • Empowering clients
  • Client interests and concerns
  • Determine recreational needs
  • Benefits of participation
  • Designing programs
  • Reasons / benefits
  • Barriers to participation
  • Modifying equipment
  • Client capabilities and competence
  • Risk and safety
  • Client age
  • Venues and facilities
  • Issues impacting on health and leisure
  • Therapy
  • Appropriate language
  • Cross-cultural interactions
  • Facilitating service delivery
  • Optimise client involvement
  • Equity
  • Individual program plans
  • Suitable environments

Unit 5 – Incorporate lifespan development and sociological concepts into leisure and health programming

  • Lifespan development stages
  • Human physical, social and intellectual development
  • Theories of development
  • Development psychology
  • Leisure and recreation
  • Retirement
  • Client behaviours
  • Behavioural change
  • Cognitive style
  • Knowledge
  • Memory
  • Dysfunction
  • Dementia
  • Muscle memory
  • Judgement and decision-making
  • Health provisions in Australia
  • Human rights
  • Demographics impacts
  • Indigenous health services
  • Life expectancy
  • Women’s health
  • Social contexts
  • Life span issues
  • Development psychology
  • Workplace cultural
  • Passive leisure
  • Goals and objectives
  • Recreational therapists
  • Trust and friendship networks
  • Client perceptions and attitudes
  • Attitudes
  • Motivational strategies
  • Age and cultural strategies
  • Refugees and asylum seekers
  • Health, wellness, illness and disability
  • Western medicine
  • Humoral pathology
  • Ayurveda
  • Acupuncture
  • Naturopathy
  • Diet
  • Gender responses
  • Cultural responses to illness
  • Illness and stress
  • Psychological and psychiatric illness
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Estimated Duration
75 hours
Course Delivery and Start
Start anytime, self-paced and 100% online
Assessment

Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.

Career Outcomes
  • Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator
  • Social Support Group Coordinator
  • Recreation Assistant
  • Aged Care Life Style Coordinator
The course was detailed and I felt well supported. The resources were beneficial to read and refer to. I feel confident I could gain a position in this field.
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Mary
Batemans Bay, NSW
Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design
November 2025
Easy to use and navigate through the portal.
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Una
Constitution Hill, NSW
Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design
January 2025
I like the fact that I could study on my own time.
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I. Fourtouni
Eagle Vale, NSW
Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design
January 2023
The course was very helpful especially on my work. I gain more information to apply on my work as a recreational activity officer.
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R. Frondozo
Burwood, NSW
Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design
November 2022
Very good course. The learning material is excellent
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D. Bridgford
Tuncurry, NSW
Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design
September 2022
It was a very good course and I have learnt a lot of things that I can use in my work. Thank you and thanks to tutor Ava who was most helpful.
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E. Booysen
Tura Beach, NSW
Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design
October 2020
Studying with Australian Online Courses gave me the chance to complete my course amidst this difficult times of Pandemic. Thank you for the opportunity. More power to your team!
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M. Parrera
St Marys, NSW
Certificate of Leisure and Recreation Program Design
August 2020
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