GCCOS Graduate Certificate in Counselling - Offshore

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Overview

This course provides students with training in the theory and practice of counselling. Providing opportunities for skill acquisition and application, it is tailored to support the development and awareness of self and obtain a well-articulated understanding of counselling approaches. The course is suited to those who are looking to develop and integrate counselling skills into their existing roles or seeking to change careers (e.g., nursing, social work, pastoral care, and teaching).

The Graduate Certificate in Counselling articulates with the 36 unit Graduate Diploma in Counselling and the 72 unit Master of Counselling, and the sequentially developed topics enable progression through the three awards.

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Program of study overview

Program of study
18 Units

Year 118 Units

Admission requirements

Admission requirements

Applicants must hold one of the following:

Degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution
Minimum of five years full-time relevant working experience AND evidence of continuous professional development (PD) in management / leadership programs, skills development, counselling courses, tertiary courses related to psychology, social work or nursing

However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

English Language requirements

Aims

This course aims to

Prepare graduates with evidence-based knowledge of health behaviours that improve physical and mental health outcomes for individuals and communities
Provide opportunities for both emerging and existing professionals to learn skills and applications that support health and wellbeing

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course you will be able to:

Analyse the evidence that informs practice and explains the interaction between mind, body and environment in the health and wellbeing of individuals

Demonstrate the relationships between behaviours and physical and mental health, and the factors influencing health behaviours through application of theory to practice (knowledge translation)

Integrate self-management, counselling and person-centric care to promote and support self-efficacy and increase health literacy

Student progression rules

Failure to complete the course within 1 year, may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University’s Student Progress Policy.

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