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Master of Custodial Health
This degree is part of the programs offering government subsidised places
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Duration1 year full-time or part-time equivalent up to 4 years maximum.1 year full-time.
Mode of deliveryOnline
Start datesTrimester 1 (29 Jan 2024), Semester 1 (26 Feb 2024), Trimester 2 (13 May 2024), Semester 2 (22 Jul 2024), Trimester 3 (26 Aug 2024),
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FeesCommonwealth supported places are available.
Find information about indicative course and program fees.AUD 41,090 (indicative annual fee, 2024)
Indicative annual fees are based on a full year full time load (80 units). Find out more about fees
Find information about indicative course and program fees.AUD 41,090 (indicative annual fee, 2024)
Indicative annual fees are based on a full year full time load (80 units). Find out more about fees
Program Code40301
Study Custodial Health
Gain advanced specialist knowledge and skills, advanced research skills training, and education about contemporary issues and interventions. Extending your secure and custodial healthcare education will place you in the optimum position to improve the delivery of clinical care for patients at an advanced practice level, delivering clinical practice based on new paradigms and recent evidence in contemporary health care.
This program offers you the opportunity to tailor your studies to your specialist area of custodial health while underpinning your knowledge with a strong social justice philosophy.
On graduating, you will have the knowledge and skills to become a leader in custodial and secure setting healthcare, improving clinical care and health outcomes for people in your chosen clinical specialty. You will be equipped with the skills to be responsive to contemporary issues in health care, and multidisciplinary collaboration in health education and research.
Why study with us?
- Be amongst the first cohort of custodial health graduates in Australia – the Master of Custodial Health at the University of Newcastle is a unique and one-of-a-kind program offering in Australia.
- Strong industry partnerships – we have excellent collaborative partnerships with the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network and non-government organisations within the correctional services industry.
- Learn from some of the best in the field – our clinical experts are senior leaders and managers who deliver the most current practical and evidence-based models of care.
- Study online at your own pace – the University of Newcastle’s advanced online learning system will allow you to achieve your Master of Custodial Health at a time that suits you.
- Graduate Certificate option – we offer a Graduate Certificate in Custodial Health as an alternate option to the Master program.
- $1937 median weekly income - for Registered Nurses before tax (Labourmarketinsights.gov.au).
- Be in demand - 40,400 new Registered Nurses needed with 13.9% projected employment growth by 2026 (Labourmarketinsights.gov.au).
- Save up to 75% with a commonwealth-supported place.
Study a Master of Custodial Health 2:08
Discover more about the Master of Custodial Health from student, Lara Marshall, and program convenor, Jo Burton. Hear where the degree can take you from Lara's role in Cessnock Correctional Centre, Health precinct.
Study a Graduate Certificate in Custodial Health
$87,800
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median starting salary for postgraduate Health Services & Support graduates - above the national average
93.2%
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of our graduates found employment four months after graduating
Webinar: Master of Custodial Health
What you will study
The Master of Custodial Health will provide you with an advanced knowledge base to build your career in Custodial Health. You will have the opportunity to tailor your education to best suit your career objectives.
Key areas of study include:
- Primary Health Care
- Forensic Mental Health
- Health and Substance Misuse
- Chronic Disease and Injury Control
Career
Career opportunities
A Master of Custodial Health will open your career pathway to include roles such as:
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Clinical Nurse Consultant
- Custodial Allied Health Professional
- Custodial Health Nurse
- Chronic Care Nurse
- Health Services Manager
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Application info
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Both students and education agents can submit applications online. This is our preferred way of application. You can save your application after you have started, and come back to it later.
Before you get started
To ensure that the process goes smoothly for you, you should complete the following steps before applying:
- Review the program that you wish to apply for. Note the admission criteria, admission instructions, requirements & structure and any additional information listed.
- Review the program fees and costs.
- Check whether your postgraduate program has a Semester or a Trimester closing date. Please view the application closing date.
- If you are from a non-English-speaking background, you need to satisfy the University's English language requirements and ensure that you can provide evidence of your English proficiency if required.
You will be considered for entry based on criteria such as your undergraduate studies and/or equivalent prior learning and/or relevant work experience.
Other things to consider
Make sure you double check the special entry requirements, assumed knowledge or recommended studies for the degree:
Admission to the program will be available for applicants who are registered health professionals, with:
- Honours; or
- A postgraduate qualification; AND
- A minimum of one year's nursing or health professional experience as documented in a professional curriculum vitae.
Work experience can be identified through a detailed Curriculum Vitae, and a statement of service or signed letters from employers confirming your role, duties and period of employment.
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The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.