Basic Counselling Skills and Practice for Job Coaches (Synchronous e-learning)
About This Course
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding of the goals, principles and overview of counselling
2. Describe the roles of a job coach counsellor
3. Propose ways to address barriers and prevent communication breakdown in the counselling process
4. Apply basic counselling skills and techniques when working with clients with disabilities
5. Demonstrate understanding of The Skilled Helper model to manage problems when working with clients with disabilities
What You'll Learn
This module on “Basic Counselling Skills and Practice for Job Coaches” will equip job coaches with basic counselling skills to help them work effectively with their clients. It will provide an overview of the counselling process, the different roles performed by the job coach-counsellor, basic counselling skills, goals of counselling, values and ethics in counselling and approaches in problem management. The module will also cover barriers of communication in the counselling process and the ways job coaches can prevent communication breakdown when working with clients.
Entry Requirements
Target audience includes job coaches and other professionals working with persons with disabilities in supported employment. This programme is also useful for those considering entry into this area of work.
The skills and knowledge for this course, which the learner is assumed to possess, are as follows:
• A minimum of three GCE ‘O’ Level credits and a minimum English Language (speaking, reading, writing and listening) proficiency level equivalent to C6 GCE ‘O’ level or Employability Skills System Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 6.