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CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (RQF) (600/5104/8)
Times: 13:00 - 16:00
Overview
The main topics are:
- Use counselling skills ethically and safely
- Establish and sustain the boundaries of the helping role
- Work empathically as a helper
- Focus on the helpee’s needs and concerns
- Use self- awareness in helping work
- Use a range of counselling skills to facilitate the helping interaction
- Use feedback and reflection to enhance counselling skills
To apply for the Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies you must be aged 19 or over.
In addition, due to the nature of this course it is not suitable for those who are currently in a state of severe emotional difficulty or psychological confusion.
The following are identified by CPCAB as criteria considered important for selecting candidates:
- Ability to translate intra-personal experience into language
- Able to benefit from self-development
- Emotional stability
- Evidence personal insight
- Ability to form a counselling relationship
- Awareness of difference and diversity
- Able to cope with course content
- Identify reasons for training beyond just personal development
- Be motivated towards developing as a counselling practitioner
Attendance:
30 weeks, part-time, three hours per week.
You will be required to have a conversation with a member of the course team prior to enrolment to ensure eligibility.
You must have undertaken counselling skills training, e.g. CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling or related prior recognised learning.
You must have a level of spoken and written English that allows you to complete the assessment requirements of the course, such as a GCSE or Essentials skills qualification.
Fees:
Academic period 2025:
FE Tuition Fee = £230.00 (Concessionary = £138.00)
Examination / Registration Fee = £189.00
Fees are payable annually.
To achieve the qualification, candidates must:
- be internally assessed (through weekly course work and observation of skills) as Proficient in all 7 learning units.
- present a range of evidence types, through portfolio development, skills observation and learning records.
Show competency in skills observations
Careers
Employment / Further Study
This qualification leads to employment and increases employability for those whose role is to support others in sectors such as health and social care work, teaching and learning, advocacy and mediation, support and project work, and other helping roles. It provides additional skills for those already in employment and is likely to lead to increased opportunities for promotion and advancement towards practitioner-level qualifications (TC-L4).
This course won’t teach you how to be a counsellor but may help you decide whether or not to continue with counselling training and will help you to prepare for CPCAB Level 4.
On completion, progression to the CPCAB Level 4 diploma in Therapeutic Counselling is possible, following which registration as a counsellor is possible.
Further information about the Certificate may be found on the CPCAB website.
Contact us
Department Secretary, tel: 028 9026 5415 or email: hcslinfo@belfastmet.ac.uk
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