COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills (SCQF Level 8)
- Location
- Langside Campus
- SCQF Level
- 8
- Start Date
- 25 Jan 2025
- Qualification Type
- Other
- Course Type
- Evening
- Duration
- 30 weeks
£1275.00
This accredited course is designed for anyone interested in developing their Counselling Skills, either for career or work enhancement, or for personal growth, development, and understanding, or as a starting point for a career change. Please note that this qualification will not qualify you as a counselor, but it could be the starting point on that journey.
This course will provide you with opportunities to become familiar with and practice with a wide range of counselling skills and approaches while gaining an understanding of the theories of counselling.
What will I learn?
The course would be beneficial to those looking to improve their own communication, listening, and engagement skills. It is aimed at those working in people centred roles such as Guidance, Personnel, Human Resources, Management, Social Services, Health Services and Welfare Services. In addition, this course is suited to anyone wishing to pursue a future career in counselling or psychotherapy.
The course consists of 4 interdependent modules of 30 hours
- Modules 1 and 2 will focus on listening and responding skills and seek to develop the participant’s self-awareness. The modules are practice based and introduce the core conditions which underpin the major counselling approaches.
- Modules 3 and 4 will introduce the main counselling approaches and present ethical issues and dilemmas within counselling. Learning is still practice based and Module 4 integrates all the learning of skills, knowledge and self-awareness.
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You must complete modules 1 to 4 to receive the certificate.
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Each module requires approximately 30 hours of study.
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The course involves practical exercises, including skills practice, skills observation, and reflective feedback.
All course materials will be available on the college’s VLE ( Virtual Learning Environment) CANVAS.
The COSCA Certificate in Counselling runs for
· 30 weeks
· Saturdays 9.30am to 4pm
Course Dates (Draft, pending College calendar confirmation)
· 25 January – 14 June (15 weeks - NOT including holiday weekends)
· 30 Aug – 13 Dec (15 weeks - NOT including holiday weekends)
Entry requirements (minimum)
- Higher English at Grade C or above (or equivalent)
- Intro to Counselling award/qualification at SCQF level 5 or 6
- Group Interview with successful outcome (you may also be asked to complete a short written piece of work, as a part of this process)
- Reference supporting your application (not from family or friends)
Jobs and further study
As the course is awarded, validated, and accredited in association with Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA), successful students will be Awarded a COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills, with 40 SCQF credits at SCQF Level 8.
The course is also recognised as an entry award for the MSc in Counselling & Psychotherapy at the University of Strathclyde.
For those wishing to qualify as a registerable Counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), this COSCA Award would meet the academic entry requirement for the two-year full-time Diploma (HNC/HND) in Counselling (at SCQF level 8) with Glasgow Clyde College.
Making an application
For courses starting in August, you can make up to two applications.
Applications are made to a course and a first choice of campus. If the course is oversubscribed at your first choice you will be automatically considered for alternative sites and may be made an offer without a further application.