You are undertaking a course that to a nationally regulated qualification awarded by the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB) the only Ofqual-approved awarding body to – specialise in the field of counselling and supervision. This qualification is designed to give learners the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies to use counselling skills ethically and safely in a variety of contexts and roles. This qualification is for: Those starting the first level of training as a professional counsellor Those who want to learn counselling skills in other professional or helping roles Those who want to improve their professional and personal relationships as part of personal development. This qualification will not teach candidates how to be counsellors but it will help them decide whether or not they want to train as a counsellor and it will give them counselling skills that are useful in a variety of roles e.g. care assistant, key worker, support worker. Tip: Know your limits: this course won’t train you to be a counsellor. Helping work is different from counselling (which is a formally contracted relationship between a counsellor and a client). To make this difference between counselling and helping work clear, CPCAB calls the person using counselling skills the and the person being helped the “helper” “helpee”. An example of helping work be a care assistant (the helper) listening to someone they are looking after (the helpee) who is very worried about the health of a family member. The helper will help them to express their feelings and concerns. They may also guide them to a specific professional who may be able to provide them with the more specialised or in-depth help which they may need. 2. Qualification structure The qualification is made up of seven learning outcomes and associated assessment criteria. This structure is based on the seven processes of the CPCAB model. For details of this model see the . Tip: Think of the assessment criteria as tasks’ which you have to complete and then record so that ‘learning your tutor can see you have achieved the task.
You are undertaking a course that to a nationally regulated qualification awarded by the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB) – the only Ofqual-approved awarding body to specialise in the field of counselling and supervision. This qualification is designed to give learners the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies to use counselling skills ethically and safely in a variety of contexts and roles. This qualification is for: Those starting the first level of training as a professional counsellor Those who want to learn counselling skills in other professional or helping roles Those who want to improve their professional and personal relationships as part of personal development. This qualification will not teach candidates how to be counsellors but it will help them decide whether or not they want to train as a counsellor and it will give them counselling skills that are useful in a variety of roles e.g. care assistant, key worker, support worker. Tip: Know your limits: this course won’t train you to be a counsellor. Helping work is different from counselling (which is a formally contracted relationship between a counsellor and a client). To make this difference between counselling and helping work clear, CPCAB calls the person using counselling skills the “helper” and the person being helped the “helpee”. An example of helping work be a care assistant (the helper) listening to someone they are looking after (the helpee) who is very worried about the health of a family member. The helper will help them to express their feelings and concerns. They may also guide them to a specific professional who may be able to provide them with the more specialised or in-depth help which they may need. 2. Qualification structure The qualification is made up of seven learning outcomes and associated assessment criteria. This structure is based on the seven processes of the CPCAB model. For details of this model see the . Tip: Think of the assessment criteria as ‘learning tasks’ which you have to complete and then record so that your tutor can see you have achieved the task.
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