Honours Degree Level 3 Top Up
Building on the knowledge and skills developed in your practitioner training enabling you to integrate new understandings into your practice.
If you have a Diploma or Foundation Degree in Counselling this course gives you the skills you need to respond to the government agenda for greater professionalism in the industry.
You’ll have the opportunity to develop your own professionalism within a challenging yet supportive environment.
Throughout the programme there will be opportunities to consider the impact of a wide range of contemporary issues such as domestic abuse, mental health, substance abuse and self-harm on clients. The consideration of professional issues is central to the course, taking a reflective approach to your counselling relationships, and relying on using material from your own practice, in either paid or voluntary work.
A variety of learning and teaching methods such as role play, group work and presentations make our programme varied and interactive, helping you make the most of your studies.
Some of our modules
- Social, Professional and Organisational Context for Counselling
- Professional Roles and Responsibilities of the Therapist
- Evaluating Counselling Practice
Benefits
- delivered by both academics and practitioners
- acknowledges prior learning
- study mode compatible with both employment and practice
Career paths
- counselling independently
- counselling within an agency setting
- counselling within an organisational setting such as the NHS or education
Are there any placements for this course?
Students are expected to be in practice in either a voluntary or paid capacity throughout the duration of the course.
How will the course be assessed?
Essays, presentations and case studies.
Entry requirements
Diploma at level 5 or Foundation Degree in Counselling, 240 CAT points. Those who have a diploma at level 4 will need to meet additional criteria.
Location
Francis Close Hall