Course description
Counselling Skills Level 2 Certificate
This qualification is designed to give you the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies to use counselling skills ethically and safely.
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Training Course Content
What you'll learn
During the course you will learn:
- How to work safely and ethically in a helping session
- How to arrange and manage a helping session
- The role of difference and diversity and how these can influence a helping session
- The importance of self-awareness in counselling
- A variety of listening, responding and attending skills
- How to give and receive constructive feedback
Course delivery details
This course is 30 weeks in duration and each session is 3.5 hours. The classes are structured with a tutor led element followed by a skills element, where you will put into practice what you’ve learned.
You will receive one-to-one feedback from your tutor at key points during the course to help you develop your skills and assess areas for development.
Time commitment and independent study
Homework will take approximately two hours per week, however this will increase at key points during the course, such as before the exam and when producing the two assignments.
The course has two formal assessment elements and candidates need to be proficient in both to pass the course:
- External exam
- Portfolio of evidence, which will involve a variety of documents including two assignments, reviews of your learning and feedback
Continuing Studies
After qualifying at Level 3, you can apply for the CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling which qualifies you as a Counselling Practitioner.
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