Child and Adolescent Counselling

Interested in counselling children and adolescents? Currently working with children? Then this may be the course for you. It covers child counselling skills, child development, behavioural psychology, abuse, bullying, grief and bereavement. This course will be invaluable for those currently working with children or looking to pursue a career in counselling, providing unique insight into the behaviour and psychology of children.

If you wish to pursue a career as a Counsellor, Therapist, Social Worker or Child Minder or if you simply have a desire to learn about Counselling Children and Adolescents this could be the course for you. It covers a wide range of topics, from fears and phobias to bullying and grief.

At UK Open Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course to ensure you are ready for your examinations.

This programme is designed for people who wish to gain an understanding of the role of a Child and Adolescent Counsellor. Previous counselling experience is an advantage but not essential.

We recommend you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the NCFE Level 3 Child and Adolescent Counselling Award. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Unit 1 - Understanding the Relationship between Counsellor and Client. Unit 2 - Child Counselling Skills. Unit 3: An Insight into Child Development . Unit 4: Behavioural Psychology and Fears and Phobias. Unit 5 - Child Abuse. Unit 6 – Bullying. Unit 7 - Grief and Bereavement. Unit 8 - Dysfunctional Families. Unit 9 - Play Therapy.

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.

Students are assessed through a series of tutor marked assignments based on their application of the course content there is no final exam.  The assignments take the form of a series of structured questions. There is no word count for these assignments, however you have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.