About This Course
Qualification summary
Title NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Qualification number 600/0728/X
Aims and objectives: The qualification would be useful for anyone who would like to develop their use of counselling skills for use in either work or in a personal capacity. These may be learners who wish to progress towards further qualifications, or learners who wish to study this programme in order to complement other programmes (eg health and social care; children’s care, learning and development; voluntary and community work).
This qualification aims to:
- introduce learners to the use of counselling skills in everyday life and work and some of the approaches that underpin the use of these skills.
- The objectives of this qualification are to help learners to:
- develop counselling skills
- understand the different approaches involved in the use of counselling skills
- appreciate the importance of self-development.
Total Qualification Time (hours):160
Guided Learning (hours) 120
Credit value: 16
Grading system: Achieved/Not Yet Achieved
Minimum age of learner 16
Real work environment (RWE) requirement/ recommendation: No real work environment placement is required for this qualification.
Rule of combination: To be awarded the Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills, learners are required to successfully complete all 4 mandatory units.
Entry requirements/ recommendations: There aren’t any specific recommended prior learning requirements for this qualification. Entry is at the discretion of the College; however, learners should be 16 to undertake the qualification.
Progression: Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to:
- Level 3 Award in Counselling Skills and Theory
- Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills.
Resource requirements There are no specific resources for this qualification.
Assessment methods: Portfolio of evidence.
Additional assessment requirements: This qualification is internally assessed and externally quality assured.
Unless stated otherwise in this qualification specification, all learners taking this qualification must be assessed in English and all assessment evidence presented for external quality assurance must be in English.
About this qualification: This is a regulated qualification. The regulated number for this qualification is 600/0728/X.
