| Semester 2, 2022 External | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
Examiner:
Requisites
Pre-requisite: CDS3004
Overview
Counselling practitioners operate within professional, ethical, and legal frameworks. They are required to maintain a range of practices to maintain professional competency, integrity, and personal resilience. This course prepares the counsellor to operate professionally within the values of the profession and will provide skills and knowledge to support ongoing professional development.
The student will understand the current place of counselling as a profession within the Australian context, will learn the functions and roles of receiving and providing clinical supervision, develop strategies for maintaining counselling effectiveness and personal resilience, and develop advanced awareness of ethical and legal guidelines and decision-making processes relevant to the counselling and supervisory roles.
This course contains a recommended residential school and online tutorials.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- develop awareness of the history and current context of counselling within Australia, including its professional associations;
- develop an understanding of theory and practice associated with the reception and provision of clinical counselling supervision;
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of relevant ethical codes, laws, and the Australian counselling profession standards. Students will also apply methodological processes for resolving challenging ethical dilemmas;
- demonstrate a capacity to develop individually and professionally through self-exploration, supervision, and through the development of strategies to enhance performance and build resilience.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The counselling profession in Australia | 10.00 |
| 2. | The person of the counsellor | 10.00 |
| 3. | Theory and practices of clinical supervision | 50.00 |
| 4. | Counselling, the law, ethics and applications | 10.00 |
| 5. | Ethical and professional decision making | 10.00 |
| 6. | Professional development of the counsellor | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning document 1 | No | 30 | 1,4 |
| Essay | No | 35 | 2 |
| Planning document 2 | No | 35 | 3 |