No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2017
WEL423 Core counselling skills for human service roles (8)
AbstractThis subject provides the theoretical and practice skills necessary for students who will specialise in health based counselling. It covers ethics, skills and strategies compatible with major theoretical counselling frameworks. It deals with counselling techniques relevant to working with children, couples and families, people with disabilities, or from diverse cultural and ethnic groups. It also identifies the special requirements for working with people at different stages of the life cycle. |
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Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: WEL423
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject informationDuration | Grading System | School: |
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One session | HD/FL | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Enrolment restrictions
Not for students who have completed PSY402
The subject is at fourth year level, which requires familiarity with academic writing and learning requirements |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to outline and critically discuss key aspects of the underpinnings of counselling skills models
- demonstrate an appropriate level of self-awareness and capacity to reflect on their own practice skills
- demonstrate core communication and counselling skills and basic steps towards contextually appropriate relationship development
- demonstrate an understanding of how to appropriately apply core communication and counselling skills in different phases of human service relationships
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Key aspects of background counselling theory
- The skill of communicating
- Setting up the helping relationship
- Developing the helping relationship
- Working with the relationship
- The established relationship and its maintenance
- Deepening your knowledge base and understanding
- Becoming a reflexive practitioner
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Residential SchoolThis subject contains a compulsory 3 day residential school.
Case -based learning methods to strengthen basic counselling skills and application.
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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.