Level 3/4 Certificate & Diploma in Counselling 

Our Level 3/4 Certificate & Diploma in Counselling course is essential for anyone wishing to become a qualified counsellor. This is a two year course which will ensure you are a fully qualified counsellor upon completion. During the first year of this course you will develop a range of counselling skills within the three main theoretical models to begin, maintain, and end a counselling process. Learn to understand the key features of a range of approaches within the 3 main theoretical models of counselling, whilst developing an increased awareness of self in relation to working as a counsellor. The second year will see you develop a core Humanistic model, complete a unit on working with children and young people, prepare you to work safely and ethically with clients, explore working within a counselling organisation, continuing to develop your self-awareness and provide you with supervision. 
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  • Level
    Intermediate/ advanced
  • Total course time
    390 hours over two years
  • Entry requirements
    19+
  • Units
    9
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Year 1 Course content
Year 2 Course content
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Why learn with JHD?

"JHD are once again commended for maintaining their outstanding standards and quality of teaching and assessment. Reaching standards of excellence requires commitment, strong management and experienced tutors who can use their skills of teaching and assessment to prepare students and trainees for practice within the counselling arena. It requires more of the same to retain those standards - this Report can confirm that JHD have been successful in furthering their reputation as a centre of excellence in the delivery of its suite of counselling training programmes, which are now recognised by the NCC Education Ltd. 
JHD is once again commended for its outstanding performance as a Counselling Training Provider."

- EXTERNAL VERIFIER’S/EXAMINER’S
REPORT FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR
2021-22
 Our training centre has been awarded outstanding with commendation for the last five years running

 We are partnered with NCC Education Ltd, an Ofqual regulated and internationally recognised awarding organisation

 NCC Education endorse, validate and certificate all JHD courses 

 Our tutors are experienced training practitioners and current practising counsellors

 Our tutors mirror the client-counsellor relationship

 Our courses currently meet BACP and NCS recommended training guidelines and current membership criteria

  Following our courses through to Level 4 Diploma will ensure you are able to practice as a fully qualified counsellor 
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Course Details

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Course details:

Start date: September 2022 (date TBC)

Time: 9:30am - 4:30pm

End date: June 2024 (date TBC)

Duration: 2 years. Our courses are term time only

Study method:
Year 1 - Weekly live online sessions with fellow students and one of our highly experienced tutors. Monthly face to face sessions at our stunning venue in Cambridge.
Year 2 - Split between online and face to face weekly sessions. 70% of the sessions will be delivered face to face, whilst the remaining 30% will be live online sessions.

Venue: Madingley Hall, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ 

Course requirements: A computer with internet access

Age requirement: 19+

Fees:

Deposit: £250.00 upon booking (non-refundable)

Total course cost: £6000.00 (over 2 years)

Finance options:
Option 1 - course paid in full
Option 2 - monthly instalments of £250.00 starting in September 2022 until completion in July 2024. 

No hidden costs. The above cost is inclusive of all tutoring, course materials, marking, help and support for accessing our online sessions and a NCC endorsed certificate. 




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Progression

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Level 4 Diploma

Level: Advanced
Dates: Evening course Sept - June, over 2 years
Total course hours: 240 hours
Cost: £4000.00

Overview:
Our level 4 course will give you the skills, knowledge and competence to work as a fully qualified counsellor. There are 6 core units which cover:
  • Developing a core Humanistic model
  • Working with children and young people
  • Preparing for working with clients safely and ethically
  • Working within a counselling organisation
  • Supervision
  • Self-awareness

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Level 4 Diploma - Fast track

Level: Advanced
Dates: Full day course Sept - June, over 1 year
Total course hours: 240 hours
Cost: £4000
The difference:
Our level 4 fast track course covers all of the above elements but takes place over one full day a week spanning over 1 year. 



Contact us

Thank you for reading about our Level 3/4 Certificate & Diploma in Counselling course. 

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to get in touch here
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Email:
secretary@jhdcounselling.co.uk

Telephone:
07871671428

Training venue:
Madingley Hall,
Madingley,
Cambridge
CB23 8QA

Year 1 Course Content

Unit One: To develop a range of counselling skills within the three main theoretical models to begin, maintain and end a counselling process
  • Understand how to establish a counselling relationship within the 3 theoretical models
  • Demonstrate the skills required to establish a relationship within the 3 main theoretical models
  • Understand how to develop a counselling relationship within the 3 main theoretical models
  • Demonstrate the skills required to develop a relationship within the 3 main theoretical models
  • Respond effectively to different clients’ individual needs
  • Understand how to end a counselling relationship within the 3 main theoretical models
  • Demonstrate the skills required to end a relationship within the 3 main theoretical models
  • Demonstrate a 30 minute counselling session (beginning, middle and end) within one approach of a main theoretical model
Unit Two: Understand the key features of a range of approaches within the 3 main theoretical models of counselling:
  • Explain the key features if the approaches within the 3 theoretical models
  • Explore the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches within the 3 theoretical models
  • Explain and critically evaluate one model of integration
  • Apply the theoretical approaches within the Humanistic model to a counselling process
  • Demonstrate the theoretical approaches within the Humanistic model to a counselling process
  • Apply the theoretical approaches within the Psychodynamic model to a counselling process
  • Demonstrate the theoretical approaches within the Psychodynamic model to a counselling process
  • Apply the theoretical approaches within the CBT model to a counselling process

Unit Three: To increase an awareness of self in relation to working as a Counsellor:
  • To evaluate the outcome of the counselling interaction within one approach of each of the 3 models
  • To evaluate the use of counselling skills within one approach of each of the 3 models
  • To reflect on role within and impact of self on the group and the impact the group has on the self
  • To reflect on how the approaches within each of the 3 models resonate with the self
  • To review how own issues can influence the client and counselling process
  • To reflect on how receiving feedback has impacted on counselling skills practice
  • To evaluate how counselling skills practice has impacted on own self development
Assessment methods:
  • Reflective weekly journals

  • Presentations

  • Peer observations
  • Tutor observations
  • Skills assessment
  • 1-2-1 tutorial
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Course requirements 
  • Students need to commit to at least 10 sessions of personal therapy whilst studying at Levels 3 or 4. It is recommended that this is done at Level 3 prior to commencing a placement
  • Students must attend 2 compulsory residentials as part of the Level 3 course. This is a crucial part of the Self-Development work
  • Students will be asked to attend an informal interview

Year 2 Course Content

Unit one: Develop a core Humanistic model

Trainees will learn to use a number of approaches and counselling skills within the Humanistic model. Trainees will demonstrate, evaluate and analyse the counselling relationship, the key Humanistic concepts and the strengths and weaknesses of these. 


Unit two: Working with children and young people 

Trainees will learn to use a number of approaches and counselling skills when working with children and young people in a therapeutic relationship. They will evaluate, demonstrate, review and reflect on the development of young people and the effectiveness of counselling, whilst looking at the ethical challenges and risks to counsellors. 
Unit 3: Preparing for working with clients safely and ethically

Trainees will understand and adhere to the National Counselling Society (NCS) code of ethical practice. Trainees will compare, describe and reflect on the key features, constraints and chanllenges to ethical practice 



Unit four: Working within a counselling organisation

Trainees will work within the ethical and legal framework of a counselling organisation as a trainee counsellor adhering to procedures and policies. They will demonstrate and reflect on the ethical and leal framework of the organisation, understand contracting, reviews, breaks and endings, whilst understanding the policies and procedures.
Unit five: Supervision

Trainees will use supervision for support, guidance and advice for their 100 client hours. Trainees will monitor and identify  their own limits, abilities and personal issues, whilst reflecting and evaluating  the supervisor/supervisee relationship.




Unit six: Self-awareness
Trainees will learn to increase awareness of self, whilst working as a trainee counsellor. They will reflect and explore on differences between self and client during the therapeutic relationship, challenge own beliefs and values, whilst understanding the importance of self-development. 


Benefits of choosing JHD Counselling for your Level 4 Diploma:

  • Two away weekends where the trainee will expand their awareness of self
     
  • Hands on play therapy where trainees will learn to work with stones, buttons, clay, postcards, collages, worksheets, drawing/ painting, puppets, toys/ figures and sand
  • Monthly group supervision at no extra costs 


Assessment methods:
  • Reflective weekly journals

  • Presentations

  • Peer and tutor observationsjk
  • Skills assessment
  • 1-2-1 tutorial
  • Case study of 7,500 words
  • Research project of 2,500 words
  • 100 supervised client hours
  • Supervisor reports at 50 and 100 hours and Placement Manager report at 100 hours
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Meet our training team

Brenda Soar

TRaining Lead


Sara Stevens

Senior Tutor

Thomas Marty

Senior tutor

Isha Mehta

Level 3/4 Tutor
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