This course aims to help learners and Health & Social Care professionals develop their skills and knowledge. This Level 1 Award in Counselling Skills is to give learners an introduction to Counselling Skills in preparation for further learning or training. The development of listening skills will also support learners to develop skills needed in daily life and at work for example in the field of health and social care.
This is a 1-day course, 09:30-15:30, face-to-face with an online assessment to be completed remotely.
Completion of this course comes with an accredited qualification and certificate recognised in industry.
Course content/units
- Be able to demonstrate empathy when using counselling skills
- Be able to observe boundaries when using counselling skills
- Be able to apply counselling skills when helping others
- Know the issues for which people seek counselling
- Know how counselling can help people
- Understand the skills used by counsellors
- Know about empathy in a counselling context
- Understand how self-knowledge enables counsellors to demonstrate acceptance
Assessment will include components of practicals in our state-of-the-art Health Science campus, as well as an online suite of assessments to which you will have access.