Dates and times for 2022/2023 Further Steps in Counselling Skills courses have still to be decided.
Please add your name to our alert list if you wish to receive updates on available dates, by contacting cll-counselling@strath.ac.uk
The Further Steps in Counselling Skills course has been developed by COSCA (Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland) and follows on from the COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills. It provides students with many opportunities to further develop their skills, knowledge and self-awareness and will reconnect with their previous learning and extend their practice and understanding of counselling skills through active participation and regular practice sessions. The core learning in this course comes from students participating in groupwork, enhancing their counselling skills in practice sessions, exploring their own life experiences when in Speaker role, and deepening their knowledge through additional study and reflection.
Is this course for you?
This class will benefit a wide variety of people working in business, industry and the public sector, including:
- personnel & welfare officers
- nurses & NHS support staff
- social care & social workers
- mental health workers
- teachers
- workplace & employee counsellors
It is also suitable for people looking for personal or career development.
The Further Steps course is delivered by experienced tutors who are also highly experienced as practitioners. You will be supported by your tutor during the course to ensure that your experience makes the most of your particular skills-set.
This 30-hour course consists of 12 sessions of 2.5 hours duration, usually held weekly i.e. 2 sessions over each full day (10.00-16.00) and over 7 weeks (week 6 has no class attendance and is set aside for assignment completion and submission). In addition to the time spent in class, students should allow themselves an additional 3 hours per week for private study and reflection.
There is a strict attendance requirement of 85% on the course in order to fulfil the commitment to skills practice and individual contribution to groupwork. It is your responsibility to ensure that you can meet this requirement and attend classes regularly; particularly sessions where recording, skills practice or presentation is taking place, as it will not be possible to rearrange these.
Students will be using their own life experiences for listening practice therefore applicants should consider if this is the appropriate time for them to undertake the course if they have recently experienced a serious emotional issue or traumatic event.
Non-UK Applications
We regret that international applicants (Non-UK nationals) cannot be considered for the Further Steps courses as these are part-time and do not meet the minimum qualification level for a Student Visa at RQF level 7 (England, Wales and N. Ireland), or SCQF level 11 (Scotland).
Exceptionally, if you are an EU, EEA or Swiss Citizen and have indefinite leave to remain in the UK, or have been approved settlement, or pre-settlement status in the UK through the EU Settlement Scheme then you can apply.