A pathway into Diploma of Counselling  CHC42512

Redman Institute

This highly regarded, well established Nationally Approved training is starting soon. 

The Certificate IV in Community Services (Information, advice and referral) gives a solid foundation of counselling skills and is an excellent starting point.

It provides an easy transition leading into the Diploma of Counselling and underpins the skills and knowledge necessary for students to be workplace ready.

If you are interested and want more information call Jan on 0438 225 488 or contact me here.

A comprehensive course for anyone who works or wants to work as a health professional and gain counselling skills or add personal counselling to their existing skills. It is suitable for anyone who works in the helping professions or anyone who has to work with and wants to work with people.

This Certificate will:

• Provide practical tools and skills for Personal Counselling 

• Encourage the discussion and practice of fundamental counselling skills

• Examine various philosophies and theories of counselling and ways of using this as a health professional

Course Details

A Comprehensive course for anyone who works or wants to work as a health professional and gain Counselling skills. This is a long running, highly respected Nationally approved training course with Practical Skills. The Community Services Certificate lV is aimed at those wishing to start or add counselling skills to their existing professional skills.

It is suitable for anyone who works in the helping professions or anyone who has to work with and wants to work with people.

Transactional Analysis (TA) underpins this course. It is a theory of personality that gives a ready understanding of human behaviour and offers a simple framework to improve interpersonal communication. It can help us understand why we do what we do. It provides excellent “tools” to gain good counselling and people skills. 

This Certificate will:

• Provide practical tools and skills for Personal Counselling and working with people

• Encourage the discussion and practice of fundamental counselling skills

• Examine various philosophies and theories of counselling

Community Awareness and Basics of Counselling Skills

The first part of the course will provide trainees with an understanding of:

• Agency awareness and working in the community sector

• Basic concepts of Transactional Analysis

• Behaviour and personality – why people behave the way they do

• Health and Emotional Wellbeing

• Communication - How relationships can be improved

 
Practical Counselling Skills

The second part will provide trainees with basic practical counselling skills in the management of personal or workplace issues.

• Practical application of the basic concepts of Transactional Analysis in all areas

• Supervision of your application of Personal or Workplace Counselling Skills

On completion of all of the required units, participants will gain:

A Nationally Accredited Certificate IV in Community Services (Information, Advice and Referral) CHC42512

Some of the topics include:

• Apply Transactional Analysis

• Effective communication techniques

• Building strong relationships

• Facilitating co-operative behaviour

• Responding holistically to client issues

This Certificate Creates Pathways to:

• Diploma of Counselling

• Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling

• Advanced Transactional Analysis training

Transactional Analysis provides simple yet powerful ways to:

• Increase understanding in communication with others.

• Deal with stress and change healthily.

• Handle and resolve conflict.

• Understand human behaviour.

• Gain autonomy and build self esteem

 
Transactional Analysis can be used as:

• A theory of personality

• A theory of communication and

• Is a powerful tool for analysing systems and organisations

Completion of the course allows a person to apply for Regular Membership status in the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA) and the Australian Transactional Analysis Association (ATAA).