Level 2 Certificate

CPACAB Level 2 in Counselling Studies (CSK-L2)

Level 2 course (17 weeks plus 4 Full day workshops): 17.30 - 21.00.
Fast track Level 2 and 3 courses (can be completed within one year).

Is this course for you?

This course focuses on personal development, and how to helpfully interact with people who are seeking assistance or guidance. This course focuses on personal development, and how to helpfully interact with people who are seeking assistance or guidance.
The Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills is centred on the development of practical knowledge and development of self-awareness. Your study sessions will be very hands-on, and will focus on nurturing the core counselling skills that support work of all levels requires, including such roles as mentoring, key working, care planning, teaching, and pastoral work.
You will engage in practical exercises and role play, developing self-awareness and empathy, learning to read body language, understanding ethics and boundaries, working without prejudice or stereotypes, giving and receiving feedback, and taking part in group work and discussions.

Course Description
This course provides an opportunity to develop intermediate Counselling Skills and a framework for helping applicable to different types of helping support work; such as mentoring, key working, care planning, teaching, and pastoral work.
Counselling theory and approach - Person Centred approach and Gerard Egan skilled helper model.
This qualification is for candidates who:

Want to become competent in the use of counselling skills to help others either in a voluntary or an employed situation,
Want to take the first step in training to be a counsellor.
This course will not teach you to be a counsellor but it will give you counselling skills, which will be useful in a variety of roles and may help you decide whether or not you want to train as a counsellor. Roles might include key working, care assistant, support worker or teaching assistant. Areas of work could include mental health, the homeless, substance misuse, education and health and social care.

Entry Criteria
Our minimum entry criteria may be altered at any stage up to and including enrolment. All offers are subject to a successful interview and completion of an initial and diagnostic assessment.
For some of the programmes we offer you will require:
4 GCSE qualifications at or above grade D or 3, or equivalent level 1 vocational qualification.

Other requirements:
English Level 1 or above,
Completion of an introductory course in counselling (30 hours) or relevant occupational experience (in either an employed or voluntary role),
Recommended that you are at least 21 with sufficient independent adult life and work experience,
To be open to work on own self-awareness in relation to others in a group and be emotionally mature and stable, Places are subject to interview. Please enquire for more information on 020 3488 1927 or email us at support@evetherapy.com

Timings:
Our Level 2 courses usually run in the evening between the hours of 6pm-9pm. The session is divided into two parts. In the first part of the session you will be learning about counselling theory and the second part you will be practising your helping skills.

Tutorial Support:
All students will have access to their tutor via the online student portal and through tutorials. Your tutor will advise you of when tutorials will take place.

Courses:
Our next enrolment intake is scheduled for September 2019. Our course will run on Thursday evening between 6pm-9pm.

Full Fee

£799

Payable by a non-refundable deposit of £299, followed by 2 payments of £250.

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