Quality Licence Scheme Level 3 Child + Adolescent Counselling Diploma Entry Requirements
All students must be 16 years of age and above to enrol onto our Level 3 Child + Adolescent Counselling Diploma course.
Quality Licence Scheme Level 3 Diploma courses require a minimum prior learning to GCSE standard in order that students can manage their studies and the assumed knowledge within course content.
Course Hours
Approximately 20 hours per unit.
Assessment
Optional coursework and final examination.
Enrolment
Please note that you can enrol on this course at anytime.
Course Length
1 Year.
Endorsed By
Quality Licence Scheme https://qualitylicencescheme.co.uk/
This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.
Quality Licence Scheme Level 3 Child + Adolescent Counselling Diploma Course Content
Module 1: Introduction, discussion and reappraisal of counselling skills
This module looks at how we define children and adolescents in the modern society. It also looks in detail at the five theories which have been adopted as approaches in counselling. In this module the work of Freud, Rogers, Skinner, Ellis, Jung and Eagan will be looked at in brief, and the corresponding counselling approaches examined.
Module 2: The psychodynamic approach relevant to child and adolescent counselling
This module will look at how they work and are applied to the counselling situation. Specific examples and activities will give the student indications as to which particular set of client circumstances benefits most from this approach.
Module 3: The cognitive behavioural approach relevant to child and adolescent counselling
This module will look at how they work and are applied to the counselling situation. Specific examples and activities will give the student indications as to which particular set of client circumstances benefits most from this approach.
Module 4: The person-centred approach relevant to child and adolescent counselling
This module will look at how they work and are applied to the counselling situation. Specific examples and activities will give the student indications as to which particular set of client circumstances benefits most from this approach.
Module 5: Ethics, issues of consent, and the child/adolescent – counsellor relationship
This module will discuss boundaries or limitations and will look at how to recognise and deal with these. It will also look at what types of consent and responsibilities the counsellor has to seek when working with children. It also looks at how the counsellor builds up a trusting and communicative relationship with children and adolescents.
Module 6: Main concepts and counselling skills of child counselling
This module looks at how the process of child counselling works and how the counsellor applies the working models and techniques to facilitate change.
Module 7: The role of play and specific activities in child counselling
This module looks at how the use of story telling, games and play using various toys and creative mediums can enhance exploration and facilitation in child counselling.
Module 8: Using worksheets for goal setting, exploration and expression in child counselling
This module examines the use of worksheets and gives some examples of how they might be used effectively in different situations.
Module 9: Adolescent counselling: understanding
This module looks at how the counsellor builds the relationship through understanding the adolescent’s environmental influences, stresses and attachments.
Module 10: Adolescent counselling: proactive practice and specific strategies
This module explores how the counsellor implements a proactive approach, effectively communicates and facilitates behaviour changes in the adolescent. It also discusses some creative and psychosocial strategies which are specific to this field of counselling.
Progression
This Quality Licence Scheme Level 3 Child + Adolescent Counselling Diploma course can be used to gain entry to a Level 4 Diploma or higher.
Further information on our Level 4 Diplomas can be found here: https://www.oxfordcollege.ac/courses/accredited-level-4-diplomas/
