Care Counselling for Children Level 2

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  • As I am close to the end of course, I reached Grant(I consequently get put through to Grant now. This aides as its consistent as he probably is aware where I'm up to with my considering and my new focus) to request counsel on the following course to do. He again completely prompted me and ideally one week from now I will select on my next course.
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Vocational qualification

Online

£ 25/month VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Vocational qualification

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    6 Months

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Do you want to make a lifetime of difference to children? Do you have a passion for caring? A talent for listening?

If so, Care Counselling for Children Level 2 is the course for you, put these skills to use. This highly rewarding course is available to fit around your current lifestyle, flexible, convenient and beneficial. It is Ideal for those looking to undertake and form of caring role that involves children and provides counselling skills for those in their care.

Counselling is a way of helping people with personal problems. Counsellors work with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, bereavement, loneliness, self-esteem, difficulties in relationships, self-injury and eating problems. Counselling is based on building a trusting relationship between counsellor and client. It can help people talk about their experiences and make sense of them. Counselling can allow people to express difficult feelings and to learn how to manage them in a helpful way.

This Level 2 Award will equip you with counselling skills for working with or caring for children and young people as well as preparing you to go on to higher level counselling training.

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Start date

Online

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

On this course you will:

Be introduced to core counselling skills
Develop an understanding of the value of counselling in childcare roles
Provide skills and techniques to help you improve your communication and increase your self-awareness when working with children
Develop your understanding of relationship building
Understand a range of ethical and cultural issues relating to counselling
Develop the skills to offer counselling for those affected by substance misuses, child abuse, HIV/AIDS and grief
Develop a range of skills to be able to offer career and vocational guidance to children

You don't need any prior skills in the subject area to start this course.

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement by ABC Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the details all of the units you have completed as part of your course).

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5.0
  • As I am close to the end of course, I reached Grant(I consequently get put through to Grant now. This aides as its consistent as he probably is aware where I'm up to with my considering and my new focus) to request counsel on the following course to do. He again completely prompted me and ideally one week from now I will select on my next course.
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4.6
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Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Louise Spink

5.0
07/03/2016
What I would highlight: As I am close to the end of course, I reached Grant(I consequently get put through to Grant now. This aides as its consistent as he probably is aware where I'm up to with my considering and my new focus) to request counsel on the following course to do. He again completely prompted me and ideally one week from now I will select on my next course.
What could be improved: Nothing bad.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2017

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Subjects

  • Child Protection
  • Child Psychology
  • Self-esteem
  • Child Behaviour
  • Substance Abuse
  • Depression
  • Communication Training
  • Skills and Training
  • Counselling
  • Cultural Issues
  • Stereotypes
  • Substance
  • Intervention Programmes
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Care counselling
  • Behavioural counselling
  • Bereavement
  • Vocational Counselling
  • Positive environment

Course programme

This course consists of eight units of study:Unit 1: Introduction to care counselling
  • Explain the importance of counselling
  • Explain communication and its role in counselling
  • Demonstrate understanding of the different forms of counselling.
  • Conduct a counselling session.
Unit 2: Ethical and cultural issues in counselling
  • Explain why children hold a special position in society and discuss their rights and needs.
  • List ethical values associated with counselling children.
  • Discuss the impact of culture and gender in counselling.
  • Explain the role of the carers values and attitudes in counselling.
  • Identify some of your own deeply held beliefs and values and describe how they might influence a counselling decision
Unit 3: Behavioural counselling
  • Define behavioural counselling.
  • Describe factors involved in effective behavioural counselling and guidance; understanding self,
  • understanding and learning about children, creating a positive environment.
  • Recognise types of problem behaviour and identify strategies to deal with them.
  • Explain the importance of referrals and collaboration with relevant individuals and agencies.
Unit 4: Dealing with child abuse issues
  • Identify and describe various forms of child abuse.
  • Identify signs and characteristics of an abused child.
  • Explain the various coping strategies employed by survivors of abuse.
  • Develop effective intervention programmes for abused children.
  • Outline the referral system available for abused children in your community
Unit 5: Dealing with substance abuse
  • Describe substance abuse and identify substances that are abused
  • Describe signs/symptoms in children who abuse substances
  • Explain the consequences of substance abuse
  • Identify strategies that assist children who abuse substances
  • Organise a programme for the prevention of substance abuse Identify available referral networks for substance abuse
Unit 6: Counselling for the effects of HIV/AIDS
  • Explain what the HIV/AIDS virus is, how a person can be infected by it, and what symptoms
  • he/she may experience.
  • Explain cultural beliefs and practices that contribute to HIV/AIDS.
  • Identify children who are infected by HIV/AIDS and provide help to them through counselling.
  • Design activities which will help you to communicate when counselling children and youths
  • infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
  • Identify available networks and resources for referral of children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS
Unit 7: Grief Counselling
  • Define loss, bereavement, grieving and mourning
  • Outline the process of grieving
  • Explain the role of culture in bereavement
  • Identify strategies that you can use to help children and youths who have suffered the loss of a loved one
Unit 8: Career and Vocational Counselling
  • Differentiate between a career, a vocation, and life skills.
  • Identify sources of information and disseminate information on careers and life skills.
  • Discuss gender biases and stereotypes in vocational and career choices and suggest ways of eliminating them.
  • Recognise the talents of children and youth.
  • Advise youth on career programmes and help them to plan for these
Assessment

Each unit is followed by a written tutor marked assignment (TMA), which is submitted and then marked by your tutor. You will not be required to take an external exam.

Care Counselling for Children Level 2

£ 25/month VAT inc.