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Course summary

This is a two-year course and is designed to meet the evolving markets and increasing uptake of the listening therapies across a breadth of employment areas. As well as areas typically anticipated within the province of Health and Social Care, the programme may interest those within management and human resources. In essence the programme provides the opportunity for individuals from a wide range of background to develop their counselling knowledge and skills to establish the basic foundations for entering the counselling profession or to augment their existing professional practice. It leads to a professional counselling qualification and can be included towards BACP Accreditation.

Modules

Counselling Theory Developing Counselling Skills Personal Development in Counselling 1 Preparation for Counselling in Placement Study Skills for Counsellors Counselling Skills in Practice Theories of Human Development Research methods in Counselling Personal Development in Counselling 2 Working with Loss and Grief


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
CB90
Institution code:
S72
Campus name:
Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology
Campus code:
R

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

This is an advanced programme for those people who have intermediate counselling qualifications of approximately 150 hours at level 3 or equivalent. 100 hours of supervised counselling practice An Enhanced DBS

Additional entry requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)


Unistats information

Operated by the Office for Students
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Student satisfaction
78%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
96%
Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £7425 Year 1
Northern Ireland £7425 Year 1
Scotland £7425 Year 1
Wales £7425 Year 1
Channel Islands £7425 Year 1

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Counselling Theory and Practice at Staffordshire University - UCAS