Course overview

This 4-year part-time course is designed to provide you with the skills and theory required to enable you to work as a counsellor with children, adolescents and young people in a professional capacity. The Diploma HE provides comprehensive, professional clinical training in counselling children, adolescents and young people and aims to produce reflective practitioners who can understand and demonstrate the ethical and professional requirements of an effective counsellor.

The course will develop your knowledge and understanding using a range of contemporary literature covering areas such as child development, creative techniques, research and counselling skills. You will have the opportunity to integrate theory to practice in both your skills work and written assignments and develop the ability to critically evaluate contemporary practices in relation to working with children, adolescents and young people. A placement is required from year three, which enables you to gain experience and demonstrate your ability to work in a clinical setting.

Assessment

As well as conventional forms of assessment, counselling courses make great use of personal journals, which are read weekly by tutors.

Facilities

The training is carried out at WHCM Training in Chelmsford, which is an established provider of counselling within both the Essex and East London area. We are a collaborative partner with Anglia Ruskin University and therefore students on this programme of study have access to all the facilities at the university campus and the benefit of training delivery by an experienced counselling provider. Our students benefit from access to placement opportunities within WHCM Counselling and other local counselling providers.

Entry Requirements:

All candidates must include in their written applications, commentaries about relevant experience of working with children and/or young people and their rationale for wanting to undertake the course. GCSE(s) Required: 3 GCSEs at grade C or above including English

Entry requirements listed are for September 2013 entry. Entry requirements for other intakes may differ.