PI400 Drugs Awareness and Counselling

Drugs Awareness and Counselling

Take advantage of this fantastic bundle offer of our bestselling courses.  Save over £70 by purchasing these courses as a bundle offer.

Course Description

The Drugs Awareness programme is designed to be an introduction to drug use and misuse, and aims to provide the student with basic knowledge of drugs and other related substances and the health issues surrounding them.

The Drugs Awareness course covers both legal and illegal substances and looks at their effects, consequences and legislation. It also offers an introduction to drug use in society and the relevant responses and interventions.

The Level 3 Counselling Diploma is a practical and stimulating course, ideal for individuals with no prior counselling knowledge. The course will help you develop the skills you need in order to work on a one to one basis with people in need of help, guidance and support.

This distance learning counselling course is highly rewarding, exciting and challenging and is the perfect home study course to provide an excellent foundation of information and deeper understanding of counselling, paving the way for further study and a future career within the varying fields. The Counselling Diploma offers deep exploration and a step by step guide to work through the whole process of counselling from the initial meeting through to the end of the counselling relationship.

Our bundle offer of both the Drugs Awareness and Counselling courses will provide an all-round knowledge of these subjects that compliment eachother so well.

Previous Knowledge Required

The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course. This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about drugs awareness and counselling and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. You have the freedom to start the course at any time and continue your studies at your own pace for a period of up to 12 months from initial registration with full tutor support.

Support

You will receive full personal tutor support by mail and email. Our student support team are also available for any other queries that you may have whilst completing your course. You can be assured that unlimited support is available for your home study course, so there is no need to struggle or feel isolated during your studies.

Assessment

Drugs Awareness

Completing a series of tutor marked assignments together with a multiple-choice questionnaire will lead you to the highly acclaimed Level 2 Certificate in Drugs Awareness.

Counselling

The Counselling Diploma Level 3 is assessed by completion of a series of tutor marked assignments. When your assignments have been successfully completed, you will be awarded with the highly acclaimed Counselling Level 3 Diploma certificate.

Modules

• Drugs Awareness: Module 1: Introduction to Drug Use; Depressants
• Module 2: Stimulants, Hallucinogens, Tranquillisers
• Module 3: More Substances
• Module 4: Drug Use - various interventions
• Counselling: Module 1: Introduction
• What counselling is and isn’t
• Why counselling might be needed
• Module 2: Counselling theory
• Counselling approaches
• Beginning a counselling session
• Verbal and non-verbal language
• Active listening skills
• Using effective questioning
• Paraphrasing & reflecting feelings
• Giving and receiving feedback
• Module 3: Working with feelings
• Modes of thinking
• Beliefs
• Motivating others
• Challenging
• Responding to negativity in others
• Managing change
• Module 4: Goal Setting and moving on
• Facilitating problem solving
• Generating creative solutions
• Negotiating tasks
• Referrals
• Ending the helping process
• Counselling and self awareness
• Counselling as a career