ADULT

Get into Counselling

Course Length

June 2022 -> June 2022

Amount Payable

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £123.00
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £0.00

Fees can be waived?

Course Requirements

In order to attend the course, learners should be able to follow verbal and written instructions in English at Entry Level 3 and above. Learners will also need a basic level of IT skills to be able to access extra resources and keep in contact with their personal tutor.

Start Date

08/06/2022

End Date

22/06/2022

Start Date

08/06/2022

End Date

22/06/2022

Day / Time (If Applicable)

Wednesday - 08/06/2022 at 09:30 AM till 12:30 PM

Fee Type

Course Ref

BHSN1031 (2021/2022E)

Remaining Places

Course Location

Online Provision

Fees (before fee reduction/waivers)

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £123.00
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £0.00

Fee eligible to be waived?

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Please note that the College is only able to offer this course at the rates publicised on this website to those individuals aged 19+ or over on 31st August 2024 whose home address is in areas of England outside of the devolved authority areas of: Cambridge and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England. Where an individual resides outside of England or in one of the devolved areas then the College reserves the right to charge you for the delivery of the course at a rate of £11.25 per hour. This is in line with the College’s Fees Policy which is published on our websites.

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Overview of Course

The aim of this qualification is to develop the learner’s awareness and knowledge of basic skills to get into counselling.

These may be learners who wish to access this training with a view to progressing to further qualifications or employment within health and social care, to complement other qualifications within health or health and social care, or to develop in their current job role within health and social care.

What you will learn

Topics covered within the sessions include:

Role and responsibilities of the adult social care worker

Communication skills needed in adult social care

How adult social care workers can meet the communication and language needs of individuals

The importance of record keeping in adult social care settings

Entry Requirements

How Your Course Will Be Assessed

Learners attend weekly sessions and engage in learning activities to support the learning outcomes. Progressing each week, learning will be structured towards completing both individual and group activities to increase knowledge and understanding which will be assessed using a range of methods. 

Further support and learning can be accessed through the Moodle page, which will support the length of the course with activities, resources and further reading links. 

How will I know if I'm making progress?

Regular submission of work that will be assessed and reviewed weekly. 

Learners will receive feedback in order to further develop their knowledge   

Learners will assess their knowledge at the start of the course and again at the end against the learning outcomes. This allows them to identify how much they have learnt and where they might need to do further study or research.  

Learners will also be supported to set an individual target(s) for the course based on starting points, personal goals and career aspirations. 

What coursework will I be expected to complete?

A workbook will be supplied at the start of the course which will be used by the learner to record their knowledge through activities and open questions, which will be submitted at regular points throughout the course. 

Additional information

The Additional Learning Support Team work across college supporting students with a variety of learning needs in different ways.  Support can be requested at enrolment or at any point throughout your course. For more information about ALS or for support booking onto a course telephone 0333 0031717

Careers progression

Following completion of this course the following progression option(s) are available:

Counselling Skills Level 2 Certificate

Health and Social Care Level 1 Certificate

Mental Health Awareness Level 1

For general information about other courses, contact us on the same number or check out the website www.lal.ac.uk

We are very sorry but it appears that it is not currently possible to apply onto this course online, we are very sorry about this. If you wish to discuss this course with us please do get in touch and we will see how we can help. Or alternatively if you go to the main college website you can browse for other courses to apply for

The online application and enrolment process is really simple, once you have clicked the “APPLY" or "ENROL” button you will be redirected to the portal where you either log in or create an account (if you haven’t done so previously). We will then ask you to give us a couple of bits of information like address, mobile phone number ect and that’s it.

Once your applications has been made the next step will be for you to book yourself onto one of our interview evenings, depending on availability you might be able to do this straight away but otherwise we will get in contact to arrange when you come in for an interview.

At any point you can log back into the portal throughout the year, update information like your predicted GCSE grades, update contact and consent information and keep a live track of your application.

If you have any questions or run into any problems when using the portal please get in contact with us and we will help