Higher Education Courses
* Fees are chargeable each year and the fees quoted will be for the current year only, if the course is more than 1 year further fees will be due next year.
Pearson BTEC Higher National qualifications take a student-centred approach to the curriculum. There is a flexible, unit-based structure that focuses on developing the practical, interpersonal and thinking skills the student will need to succeed in employment and higher education. They represent the latest in professional standards and provide opportunities for students to develop skills and behaviours for work. The course will provide an opportunity for learners to top up to a degree, and progress within or to employment.
Following the Humanistic approach, you will develop the skills and personal awareness needed to foster a lasting therapeutic relationship. You’ll learn through experience and communicating the core conditions of the Person-Centred Approach: empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard.
This course will equip you with everything you need to practice as a counsellor in a number of settings. This course is an ideal opportunity for those who would like to enhance their current role with qualified counsellor status. On completion, students would be guaranteed an interview for the Applied Health and Social Care top-up degree at the University of Worcester.
Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Counselling & Applied Psychology.
HLNSC students who successfully complete this course can apply to the University of Worcester for a one-year top-up to a full degree. Applicants will receive a guaranteed conditional offer for the following courses: Applied Health & Social Care top-up.
The course will place you in an excellent position to meet possible training requirements for counsellor registration. This course can help you obtain employment in a variety of settings such as schools and colleges, the NHS, different counselling agencies (e.g. bereavement, alcohol) and private practice. The qualification may also enhance possibilities for development in an existing role.
· Personal and Professional Development Through Inclusive Practice.
· Developing Empathic Communication for Effective Therapeutic Relationships.
· Preparing for Research.
· Ethical Frameworks in Counselling
· Self-awareness and Reflective Practice in Counselling.
· Individual Differences
· Digital Approaches in Caring Professions.
Level:
· 4 & 5
Attendance:
· Full-Time: (one day per week, plus a day per week for work based placement)
Duration:
· Two years
Extra Expenses:
BACP student membership while studying £92 per year.
Personal Counselling 20h per year £30-60 per session (student discount is available).
Clinical Supervision when in placement £40-60 per session.
The course provides opportunities to test understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or ‘formative’ assignments. Each module has one or more formal or ‘summative’ assessments which are graded and count towards the overall module grade.
Assessment methods comprise a range of coursework assessments such as journals, personal-development plans, reflective reports, leaflet design, portfolios, case studies and presentations, as well as counselling skills assessments. In the first year there is an independent work-based learning project and in the second year an independent research project.
The precise assessment requirements for an individual student in an academic year will vary according to the year of study.
A Level 3 qualification in Counselling Skills (minimum of 120 hours tuition, which includes both theory and skills) such as the NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills.
Students will need to show evidence of capability in English, certified achievement at CEFR B2 or above, including (but not limited to):
IELTS (Academic or General Training): overall score 5.5 or above
Pearson PTE Academic: overall score 51 or above
TOEFL iBT: overall score 72 or above
Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First (FCE) – Pass (Cambridge English Scale 160+)
GCSE English Language Grade 3+
or another externally assessed recognised English Language qualification explicitly benchmarked to CEFR B2.
All offers are subject to satisfactory Health and Enhanced DBS Disclosure Clearances.
