NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills: Classroom

This qualification is designed for learners interested in using counselling skills as part of their functional role in a wide range of sector areas, or looking to progress towards accredited counsellor status with one of the counselling professional accrediting bodies*.

This qualification does not qualify learners to practise as a counsellor or guarentee entry onto higher education courses.

This qualification aims to:

· provide learners with more in-depth knowledge of the use of counselling skills in everyday life and work, and the approaches that underpin the use of these skills.

Unit 1 Developing counselling skills

Unit 2 Theoretical approaches in the use of counselling skills

Unit 3 Working ethically with counselling skills

Unit 4 Counselling skills and diversity

Unit 5 Counselling skills and personal development

Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to:
• Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
• Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Advice and Guidance
• Foundation degrees in counselling


*Contact the Higher Education instutiture for more guidance on their entry requirements

It can support your progression within employment in a number of roles including:
• support worker (supported living)
• healthcare support service worker
• clinical healthcare support worker
• mental health support worker
• information, advice and guidance worker
• health education/health promotion worker

Day: Tuesday
Time: 18:00pm - 21:00pm