Applying Counselling Skills

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
6
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

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Unit Learning Outcomes

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1. — Be able to practise counselling skills ethically and safely.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Facilitate an appropriate physical and psychological environment in which to practise counselling skills.

  • 1.2.

    Use counselling skills within an ethical framework.

  • 1.3.

    Work within limits of own ability.

  • 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

  • 2.1.

    Establish appropriate personal and time boundaries.

  • 2.2.

    Establish the nature and limits of confidentiality.

3. — Know how to communication skills when helping others.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Use a wide range of active listening skills in a counselling situation.

  • 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

  • 4.1.

    Demonstrate the core qualities of empathy, acceptance and congruence within a counselling situation.

  • 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

  • 5.1.

    Manage own feelings in order to ensure they do not have a negative impact on the person being helped.