Level 2 CPCAB Counselling Skills Certificate

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Level 2 CPCAB Counselling Skills Certificate

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Level 2 CPCAB Counselling Skills Certificate

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Level 2 CPCAB Counselling Skills Certificate

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Course Introduction

This CPCAB qualification is for people who want to work in helping interactions or enhance their skills base for their current workplace, or for those to pursue further study as a counsellor. It will help to develop self-awareness and provide knowledge and understanding of the necessary counselling skills leading to additional theory and practice.

By the end of the course, learners will have gained an understanding of the beginnings, middle stages and endings of a helping interaction. They will also learn how to apply a repertoire of skills and how to work with silence, have a basic knowledge of the counselling models and develop confidence that their newfound skills can be applied effectively.

This is an 18-week daytime course. The course is shorter than the 30-week evening course to account for the longer daytime lessons, i.e. 5 hours in the daytime compared to 3 hours in the evening. The content and number of guided learning hours of each course are, however, the same.

Course Content

In the course, you will learn about a range of counselling skills and how to safely and ethically use them. We adhere to the principles of the BACP, and you will learn about these and how to apply them to your helping work. You will learn about the different stages of a helping session and how to manage these, sustaining healthy boundaries that keep you and your helpee safe.

By the end of the course, you will understand empathy and how to focus on keeping to your helpee’s agenda and how to use your awareness of your own experiences and feelings to enhance this work rather than detract from it. This course, and all the other counselling courses at BCoT, demand an ability to look at your own process and reflect on what you bring to each interaction in order to improve your practice.

Entry Requirement

No previous training or experience is required to undertake this course. Although it is suitable for anyone over the age of 18, you will be expected to:? Be able to cope with course content*

Have the ability to translate intra-personal experience into language and written work
Be able to benefit from self-development
Be able to give and process feedback received in a constructive way
Be able to form successful working relationships with peers
Be motivated towards developing as a helper
Have current emotional stability*
Identify reasons for training beyond just personal development
Work with differences and diversity within the learning group

*Disclaimer – Please note that if an applicant has experienced a significant life event in the last 6 months (for instance, a close bereavement or recovery from a mental health issue), the college has the right to refuse the application and will recommend deferring due to the demands of the course.

Assessment

A learning review (500-750 words) must be completed after each session.
Longer assignments on this course include an essay, a taped assessment, a group presentation and a summary self-review
All students will have the opportunity to discuss assessments with their tutor during scheduled tutorials

Where does this course lead to

This course will provide you with insight and competence in a wide range of counselling skills that are useful in a variety of roles, e.g. care assistant, keyworker, support worker.

This course itself will not teach you to be a counsellor, but it will help you to decide whether or not you want to continue training toward becoming a counsellor and applying for the CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies.

How to Enrol

To enrol on this course, please email counselling@bcot.ac.uk with the course you are interested in, quoting PPL019 in the subject line.

Following a successful asynchronous interview, you will receive an enrolment code to complete your enrolment online.