Counselling Skills Introduction Level 2 Award

This course provides you with the opportunity to learn some basic counselling skills and experience counselling skills training.

Entry requirements

This exciting course is suitable for vocational students and returners to education, and provides a foundation for progressive counselling courses. No previous qualifications are required to start. Students between the ages of 16-18 years of age cannot enrol on this course.

Course content

During the course you will cover topics including:

Why people come to counselling
What counselling is
Theories of counselling
Counselling skills
Active listening
Role play involving counsellor, client and observer

Assessment methods

Tutor delivery of course material, tutor role modelling, peer feedback and self reflection. You will be assessed throughout the course through a written learning record and skills observation. This will include an internal assessment and an external self-review assessment.

Further study and career options

On successful completion of the Introduction to Counselling Course you may progress onto the CPCAB Level 2 Counselling Skills Course. The Introductory course enhances your' listening ability and thus lays a firm foundation for the following course.

Additional information

This is a part-time course delivered over 10 weeks. There is an additional cost of £20 for a textbook. From week three, you will be expected to do role-play every week.

Prospective students must be aware that they need to:

Have good English and literacy skills
Have access to a laptop or computer
Be able to upload documents on to an electronic system
Produce a 500 word journal each week on a Word document
Carry out role play scenarios each week
Sufficient hand writing skills to make notes in class/role play work
Be prepared to share aspects of yourself in groups
Sign on to a College computer after enrollment and before the course starts.

Pay by instalments

The College offers an instalment plan for Further Education and Higher Education courses to students where the total amount payable at the point of enrolment is £200 or more. Within the scheme there is an ability to pay up to 7 instalments, depending on the length of the courses and the final payment must be paid at least a month before the end of the course.

Funding information

This course could be FREE! You could be eligible for free study if you are unemployed and on a qualifying benefit. Find out more at www.bedford.ac.uk/concessions

Course Information & How to Apply

We are currently reviewing our courses to determine how we can adapt them during the pandemic to ensure we provide an outstanding student experience. Our course information is coming soon; register you interest to be the first to apply for this course in July!