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CHCCSL003 - Facilitate the counselling relationship and process

Unit code: CHCCSL003 | Study level: TAFE
Credit points
N/A
Location
Footscray Nicholson
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge to support clients to identify and work though concerns, and to manage the overall counselling process to its conclusion.  This unit applies to individuals whose job role involves working with clients on personal and psychological issues within established policies, procedures and guidelines.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • facilitated the counselling process for at least 3 different clients with varying presenting issues, in at least 3 sessions per client;
  • facilitated client sessions using all aspects of the counselling process;
  • identifying concerns;
  • working through concerns;
  • monitoring the counselling relationship, and;
  • followed processes to bring the counselling process to an end on at least 2 occasions.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • legal and ethical considerations for the counselling relationship, and how these are applied in individual practice;
  • different agency and organisation models of counselling and intervention;
  • the counselling process;
  • obstacles to the counselling process;
  • indicators of needs requiring referral, and referral options;
  • structure of key stages of a counselling session, and techniques for managing each stage, and;
  • self-awareness.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Polytechnic and/or via the Polytechnic e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs
CHC43215
Diploma of Community Development
CHC52115
Diploma of Community Services
CHC52015

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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