PDA in Telephone and Online Counselling (Level 8)
- Location
- Anniesland Campus
- SCQF Level
- 8
- Start Date & time
- 16 Jan 2025 @ 6pm to 9pm (Thursday)
- Qualification Type
- PDA
- Course Type
- Evening
- Duration
- 20 weeks
£625.00
Payment plans available, please enquire.
The Professional Development Award (PDA) in Telephone and Online Counselling is a robust training course for counselling practitioners who wish to offer their services via blended formats – online, telephone and in-room. It has been mapped to research-informed competency frameworks.
What will I learn?
This PDA in Online and Telephone Counselling covers the following units:
- Telephone and Online Counselling: Ethics and Professional Standards
- Telephone and Online Counselling: Safe and Competent Practice.
Once you have successfully completed this course, you will have developed knowledge and skills in the following:
- The nature, purpose and scope of blended therapy
- Ethical, professional and legal factors relevant to safe and competent practice
- Facilitation of OPT training sessions in different client-centred environment
- Demonstration of readiness to practice with clients
- Participation in supervised practice utilising learned online and telephone competences
- Ongoing evaluation of own learning and professional development.
This course is delivered both online and on campus.
Entry requirements (minimum)
- HND Counselling
- HNC Counselling
- Entry to the course is at the discretion of the college, and evidence of suitability for the course may be obtained either at interview and or written assignment.