CSK-L2 – Level 2 Certificate In Counselling Skills

COUNSELLING COURSE - CPCAB

CSK-L2 – Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills

Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body

Course Description

This training is designed to give learners the underpinning knowledge, skills and competence to use counselling skills ethically and safely in a variety of contexts and roles.

The qualification is for:

Those starting the first level of training as a professional counsellor
Those who want to learn counselling skills in other professional or helping roles
Those who want to improve their professional and personal relationships as part of personal development

Course Duration: 3hrs x 30 weeks
Guided Learning Hours (GLH): 90hrs (minimum)
Total Qualification Time: 170hrs

Teaching Schedule: 30 weeks. 3hrs Tuesday evening. In addition to the scheduled teaching times, students will be asked to do some reading and reflection as part of their learning hours.

Credit value: 17
Minimum Age: 18

Entry Requirements: None. No previous training or experience required.

Delivery Method

Online

Assessment Method

Internal Assessment

Documents – 1 written assignment, 1 self-review and a learning review ( a learning journal).
Tutor observation – 2 tutor-observed counselling skills practice sessions (1 via audio/ video recording)
Testimony – Peer feedback

External Assessment

For this external assessment candidates complete a Reflective Review Paper. This is completed independently by the candidate at home, over a set 1-week period. Candidates are asked to answer a set of questions based on the Learning Outcomes of the qualification and to reflect on their understanding of counselling skills at this level. The purpose of this is to measure a candidate’s knowledge and reflective skills.
Please note:
The qualification is not suitable for those who are currently in a state of severe emotional difficulty and/or severe psychological confusion, for example those:
- Currently experiencing – without ongoing and appropriate professional support – a recent, major life crisis such as marital breakdown or a close bereavement.
- Currently experiencing moderate to severe mental health problems including, for example, clinical depression, severe anxiety disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders or any form of psychosis.
- Currently involved in substance misuse.
Please also be aware that the course involves experiential elements that will involve some personal disclosure and associated personal development activities.

Objectives

Help students to identify core counselling skills
Acquire knowledge about diversity and ethics and the competence to use them safely in a variety of counselling contexts
Have knowledge of common mental health and other psychological problems
Reflection on personal development and identify the potential need for support.
Understand and have the competence to use the seven helping and Counselling processes
Learn the difference between character and personality and how this drives behaviour

Learning Outcomes

Use counselling skills ethically and safely
Establish and sustain the boundaries of the helping role
Work empathically as a helper
Focus on the helpee’s needs and concerns
Use self-awareness in helping work
Use a range of counselling skills to facilitate the helping interaction
Use feedback and reflection to enhance counselling skills.

Learners will be able to

Use counselling skills within an ethical framework
Work within personal limit
Enable the helpee to find additional sources of support where appropriate
Establish boundaries as a helper in a particular setting and within the limits of time available
Establish the nature and limits of confidentiality for helping work
Maintain the boundaries of the helping role throughout the session
Identify and explore differences between self and others
Identify ones own feelings in order to set them aside and focus on the helpee
Work with the helpee to meet their objectives
Describe how reflecting on own pattern of relating increases self-awareness
Demonstrate appropriate use of range of listening and responding skills to facilitate the helping interaction
Demonstrate appropriate use of questions
Use feedback skills to provide constructive feedback to other learners

How to Apply

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