HPY732 - Professional Counselling Roles

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Online

Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in H558 Graduate Certificate of Counselling, H658 Graduate Diploma of Counselling or H758 Master of Counselling.

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - online

1 x 1 hour self-paced interactive module
1 x 2 hour online seminar per week

Note:

Online self-paced interactive learning each week will provide students with the theoretical background for practical counselling skills taught in online seminars. Online seminars each week will support students to develop applied counselling skills. These seminars will focus on demonstrating and practising counselling activities in dyads and triads.

Content

This unit will provide students with foundational knowledge of contemporary counselling roles and the professional standards that underlie them. Students will learn about the various roles and settings where counselling skills are utilized and counsellors are employed. The unit will also teach the application of counselling skills in supervisory, leadership, and management positions. Students will be introduced to the fundamental codes of conduct and laws that apply across a range of common counselling environments, providing essential preparation for counselling practice.

Hurdle requirement

  • Students must attend a minimum of eight (8) out of eleven (11) online synchronous seminars.

Unit Fee Information

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