Overview
Qualification Grading Type
Graded
Unit Learning Outcomes
1.
Be able to practise counselling skills ethically and safely.
Assessment Criteria
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1.1.
Facilitate an appropriate physical and psychological environment in which to practise counselling skills.
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1.2.
Use counselling skills within an ethical framework.
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1.3.
Work within limits of own ability.
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1.4.
Suggest relevant sources of support when own limits are exceeded.
2.
Be able to maintain appropriate boundaries when using counselling skills.
Assessment Criteria
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2.1.
Establish appropriate personal and time boundaries.
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2.2.
Establish the nature and limits of confidentiality.
3.
Know how to communication skills when helping others.
Assessment Criteria
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3.1.
Use a wide range of active listening skills in a counselling situation.
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3.2.
Identify a range of question styles to encourage the person being helped to explore key issues.
4.
Be able to demonstrate core qualities required in counselling.
Assessment Criteria
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4.1.
Demonstrate the core qualities of empathy, acceptance and congruence within a counselling situation.
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4.2.
Enable the person being helped to focus on their own needs and concerns, without leading them.
5.
Be able to manage own feelings.
Assessment Criteria
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5.1.
Manage own feelings in order to ensure they do not have a negative impact on the person being helped.