This qualification is suitable if you wish to learn initial counselling skills to help and support others, either in a voluntary or employed capacity.
This qualification is suitable if you wish to learn initial counselling skills to help and support others, either in a voluntary or employed capacity.
Basic counselling skills will be gradually introduced as part of forming a helping relationship. It is a practical course with an emphasis on learning through doing.
The student will develop their ability to communicate with people more effectively and develop an understanding of their impact on others in a helping relationship.
South Eastern Regional College, as an FE College, is a primary delivery arm for government to ensure that the NI workforce has the skills to build a successful economy. Find out more about SERC and our story so far.
In 2012 SERC published ‘Our Story’, our strategy for delivering change to support the NI economy and our aspiration to become a world class college by 2020.
SERC has achieved that aspiration. We have built a College that is the most successful in NI as evidenced by Department for the Economy published success rates 2017/18. We have built a strong, professional, skilled team in SERC; we have built international relationships across the globe; we have built skills centres; we have built a workforce that is skilled as well as qualified.
Our Story is still your story, and it is one which continues to support you and meet your needs.
Whilst the economy faces an uncertain future one thing remains clear, skills are the main driver for economic success, and the Further Education (FE) Colleges of Northern Ireland, as the main skills providers, are instrumental to the solution.
In an environment where public spending is under pressure the focus must be on investing in the areas which are fundamental to the growth of our economy, and for the social cohesion of our communities.
South Eastern Regional College, as an FE College, is a primary delivery arm for government to ensure that the NI workforce has the skills to build a successful economy.
Our qualification courses are designed to give learners the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies to use counselling and coaching skills ethically and safely in a variety of contexts and supportive roles.
This course equips you with the basic counselling skills of listening and responding in helping roles.
This course explores the use of counselling skills and the underlying theory and is designed for people who are considering a career as a counsellor. At the end of the course you will be able to apply to do the full level 2 qualification course.
This qualification aims to introduce learners to the use of counselling skills in everyday life and work, and some of the approaches that underpin the use of these skills.
This course follows on from the introduction course and will help you understand how counselling can help with relationships and communication. If you have already completed the introduction course, this course is the natural next step and will lead you towards accredited courses in counselling.
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