SH152  Counselling Diploma

Course Description 

The OCN (North West) 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 Diploma in Counselling 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.

Upon completion of the OCN (North West) Level 3 Diploma in Counselling, you will also have the ability to join 'Counselling', a rapidly expanding professional membership organisation for counsellors and psychotherapists in the British Isles. Counselling has almost 2,500 affiliated CCC Registered Counsellors. After obtaining your certificate you can register free at http://www.counselling.ltd.uk/ and use the letters ‘CCC Reg’ after your name.

Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore registration fee, certification fee and full tutor support is included in the course price for you.

Previous Knowledge Required

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 with full tutor support from initial registration. The guided learning hours (glh) for this course is 120 hours, but actual duration will depend on the amount of time you can personally commit to your studies.

Career Progression?

The foundation knowledge and qualities that you will gain from the Diploma in Counselling are highly sought after in an endless list of careers. Personal skills that will be brought to the forefront are the ability to listen, communicate and be approachable and sympathetic to highlight just a few. With advanced study, potential careers include counsellor, police officer, therapists and social workers.

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

The Counselling Diploma OCN (North West) 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 Diploma in Counselling OCN (North West) Level 3.

Course Content

Awarding Body

The Counselling Diploma is fully accredited by the National Awarding Body OCN (North West), who is recognised by the department for Education and Skills and by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in Britain. Higher Education Credits are available upon completion of this course.

What our students say:

"At 45 I have recently completed a Diploma in Counselling with NCC Home Learning. I researched all the providers fairly exhaustively and concluded that NCC Home Learning offered the optimum value without any hidden extras. I quickly received the course and followed the instructions to the letter as I felt apprehensive to say the least. Perhaps the best thing about the NCC Home Learning Programme, apart from value for money, is that it dealt squarely with real life practical applications and constantly tested for understanding of general principles."

Richard - Dorset

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