CPCAB Counselling Skills Level 2 Award (Introduction)

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This course aims to provide you with self awareness and developed listening skills which may enhance your current job roles. It may also be beneficial as a stepping stone to the next level in a career in Counselling The awarding body for this course is the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB). This is a UK awarding body that is managed by professional counselling practitioners, trainers and supervisors. It is the only awarding body in Europe to specialise in the field of counselling. The course is for people aged 16 and over who are interested in finding out what counseling is all about, and for those who want to gain basic listening/counselling skills to help others either in a voluntary or an employed situation.Qualification units and elements. All of the units are compulsory. Unit 1: Develop an understanding of the difference between the roles of helper, user of counselling skills, counsellor or friendUnit 2: Establish the helping interactionUnit 3: Communicate understanding of the other person's concernsUnit 4: Focus on the other person's agenda Unit 5: Use initial counselling skills with self-awarenessUnit 6: Use initial counselling skills within the helping interactionUnit 7: Use review and feedback within the learning processYou will be introduced to the procedures involved in Introductory Counselling Practice Skills, Introductory Personal Development Skills and Person Centered Counselling as developed by Carl Rogers and Associates. Over a period of 10 weeks you will concentrate on developing your own skills of listening, responding and clarifying, and are given opportunities to understand and practise these basic skills through discussion and exercises.

Course information

Name: CPCAB Counselling Skills Level 2 Award (Introduction) Qualification title: Award in Introduction to Counselling Skills (QCF) Qualification type: Assessment Continuous skills and personal development assessment together with a Learning Review (a written record of your learning experiences and feelings on the course) and a Self Review showing your understanding of what you have learned on the course and how it relates to you. These are externally verified by the CPCAB. Awarding Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body Created 20151218 10:34:10 Updated 20151218 10:34:10

Entry requirements

You will need to provide an A4 file, plastic wallets, paper & pen. Equipment required You will need to provide an A4 file, plastic wallets, paper & pen.

Provider

Wirral Met College
Further Education
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