Counselling Children and Adolescents QLS Level 4

Open Study College

Assessment

Included in course price

Course Content

Unit 1 - History of counselling
History of counselling
Theories and theorists
Jung
Rogers
Skinner
Ellis
Maslow

Unit 2 - Defining childhood
Historical perspective of childhood
Child development related to counselling
Language
Cognitive structure and input
Vision
Hearing
Socialisation
Attachment
Bowlby's theory

Unit 3 - The cognitive approach
Approaches within cognitive behavioural therapy
The ABC Model
The triadic structure of CBT
The Socratic method
Counselling techniques
Further cognitive strategies
Organising sessions and programmes
Reading emotional feelings in behaviour
Behaviour and beliefs

Unit 4 - The person-centred approach
Background
The inner self
PCT process
PCT application
PCT and transference

Unit 5 - The therapeutic relationship and ethics
The child-counsellor relationship
Ethics for counselling
BACP ethical framework
CPCAB model of service levels
Legislation and consent

Unit 6 - The therapeutic environment
The play therapy room
Selecting media
Imagination
Setting up a practice

Assessment

The Counselling Children and Adolescents Level 4 course is assessed by a series of written assignments, which are submitted to and marked by your tutor. There is no external examination required.

Course Duration

You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies. We suggest that the course will take approximately 140 hours to complete. This is more than enough time to give you flexibility and work at your own pace without the pressure of deadlines.

Study Method

You will study this course through distance learning, which will enable you to learn when and where you want. You can study from home or at work; it is completely up to you. All your materials will be posted or emailed to you. You will also receive tutor support by email, so help is only a click away!

Course Outcomes

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and Certa Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

Awarding Body

This course has been endorsed by the Quality License Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provisions and training programmes.

This course and/or training programme 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.

The Quality License Scheme’s endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

No previous knowledge or skills are required to enrol onto this course. However, some students may prefer to complete the Level 3 Counselling course before enrolling onto this course.

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.

There are several avenues you can go down once you have completed this course. You could take a look at our other counselling courses, or you could further your education by studying a counselling degree at university. If you want to work in counselling using your qualification, potential jobs include:

School counsellor

Social worker

Family therapist

Recreation therapist

Rehabilitation therapist