This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work with clients to motivate and empower them to set and achieve their health and wellbeing goals. It requires the ability to establish an effective coach-client relationship, to apply micro-counselling and coaching techniques and to take a collaborative and supportive approach to goal setting and monitoring progress.
It also requires the ability to work within professional boundaries, as well as to identify when it is appropriate to refer clients to other health and/or allied health professionals either to achieve their health and wellbeing goals or in response to clients displaying at-risk behaviours during the coaching period.
This unit applies to individuals operating within the role and limitations of a health coach. Such individuals may operate in a range of settings, including, but not limited to, community centres, clinical environments, gyms, schools or in their own, autonomous practice.
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:
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.
This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.