Introducing Counselling Skills

Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Level 1
Unit No:
D/506/4761
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
27 hours

Assessment Guidance

Portfolio of Evidence

Unit Learning Outcomes

1

Know the issues for which people seek counselling.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1
    Outline different issues for which people seek counselling.
2

Know how counselling can help people.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1
    Describe ways in which counselling can help people deal with the issues they want to address.
3

Understand the skills used by counsellors.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1
    Describe the key skills counsellors use in their practice.
  • 3.2
    Explain the importance of active listening skills for counsellors.
4

Know about empathy in a counselling context.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1
    Describe ways in which a counsellor can demonstrate empathy.
  • 4.2
    Give reasons why it is important for counsellors to show empathy.
5

Understand how self-knowledge enables counsellors to demonstrate acceptance.

Assessment Criteria

  • 5.1
    Outline why it is important for a counsellor to be aware of their own prejudices and their response to distress.
  • 5.2
    State how a counsellor's prejudices can affect those being helped.
  • 5.3
    State how a counsellor's response to distress can affect those being helped.
  • 5.4
    Identify ways a counsellor can manage their own prejudices and response to distress in order to show acceptance to clients.