FSCO612 – Counselling Theory & Practice
Module code
FSCO612
Module title
Counselling Theory & Practice
Prescription
Programmes
- FA0802
NZQA Level
Level 6
NZQA Credits
30
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 300
Resources required
- Content
- - Reflection on practice and experience
- Peer feedback
- Ethical considerations and reflections
- Themes and issues in practice settings
- Application of theory to practice
- Analysis of client work
- Reflection/analysis/exploration of self-development - Learning Outcomes
- By the end of this module students will be able to:
2.1 Demonstrate professional and ethical development in counselling work in the agency
environment
2.2 Demonstrate a developing professional identity as a counsellor
2.3 Use supervision to enhance counselling practice
2.4 Demonstrate a developing ability to integrate theory and practice
2.5 Demonstrate an ability to work with clients including justification of interventions and
ethical concerns that arise
2.6 Demonstrate developing competence as a beginning professional counsellor. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- - Reading of texts and recommended readings
- Class discussion
- Self-reflection
- Self-analysis
- Observation of counsellors at work
- Practice of counselling in a professional setting
- Supervision experiences and reflection
- Other training opportunities or workshops
- Casework discussion with other workers in the agency - Basic of Assessment
- Assessment in this module is mixed mode. The application and assessment of transferable skills are integrated into the assessment tasks. To pass this module all assessments must be submitted and an overall pass mark of 50 is required. Students must also meet all the requirements of the competency based assessment tasks (placement, class attendance and submission requirements) to be eligible for a final grade for this module. The final grade will be based on the marks from the achievement based tasks.
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- NZAC (2002) Code of Ethics (2002). A framework for ethical practice Hamilton. Author.
www.nzac.org.nz/ethics
Recommended Texts on Ebrary (Wintec library)
Bor, Robert Ebner-Landy, Jo Gill, Sheila (2011) Counseling in Schools, London, GBR
SAGE Publications Ltd.
Dryden, Windy (2006) Counselling in a Nutshell London, GBR
SAGE Publications Inc.
McLeod, John (2009) Introduction to Counselling (3rd Edition) Buckingham, GBR Open University Press
McLeod, John (2011) Counselling Skill Buckingham, GBR Open University Press
