Organisational Counselling

This unit provides knowledge and skills specifically for those working in human resources. Through this unit, students will gain an understanding of the issues and skills required for counselling within the human resource department or section of an organisation, as well as acquire those skills for general Organisational Counselling in the workplace. In particular, students will focus on counselling skills for performance appraisal, OHS issues, EEO issues, career planning and outplacement.

Learning Outcomes

Use the concepts and terminology of organisational counselling
Identify key issues and skills in performance appraisal counselling
Discuss the role of mentoring, modeling and coaching in the workplace
Identify key issues and skills for organisational counselling in relation to OHS, EEO, outplacement and discipline
Identify key issues for general organisational counselling in the workplace

Content Areas

Introduction to Organisational Counselling
The Role of Organisational Counselling
Performance Appraisal
Performance Appraisal Counselling
Disciplinary Counselling
Training and Development Counselling
Career Planning and Development Counselling
Equal Planning and Affirmative Action Counselling
Occupational Health and Safety Counselling
Counselling for Termination of Employment
General Workplace Counselling
Ethics

Unit Duration and Workload

This unit involves a total of 36 hours of face to face delivery of self directed study including educator contact in flexible delivery modes, generating a further 54 hours of self-study per unit including research and related study activities, including assessment. This translates to 7.5 hours per week for the unit.