Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills

This skills qualification forms the foundation of professional counselling practice. It provides the essential listening and communications skills used by helping professionals.

How long will it take?

This course takes 22 weeks and a commitment of 4 hours of learning per week either online or face to face. You'll receive a minimum of 90 hours in the classroom or in an appropriate online space.

How will this qualification help my employability?

This qualification won't make you a qualified counsellor but the transferrable communications skills you'll learn will be an asset in most job roles, including: Teaching Assistant, Advocate, Support Worker, Wellbeing Support and Befriending.

Purpose

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 could lead to employment or increase employability for those whose role is to support others in e.g. health and social care work, teaching and learning, advocacy and mediation, support and project work, other helping roles.

It provides additional skills for those already in employment likely to lead to increased opportunities for promotion and advancement.

Entry requirements

No previous training or experience is required to undertake this qualification

Fees

Course costs are £600 £495 inclusive of course registration, assessment and exam fees.

£50 deposit is required to book your place, you then have the option to pay in full of paying in 6 installments of £75 over 6 months from the course start date

Dates of upcoming Training