Inherent Requirements

INHERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR DIPLOMA OF COUNSELLING SKILLS

The statements below specify the course requirements of the Diploma of Counselling Skills for student admission and progression. The statements are clustered under seven domains consisting of ethical behaviour, behavioural stability, communication, cognition, relational skills, reflective skills and sustainable performance. Many of the activities associated with professional practice in the helping professions are time sensitive, where the capacity to perform certain activities within specified time limits is required to reduce or avoid risks to client safety and wellbeing. The safety and wellbeing of you and others is always of paramount importance. The inherent requirements below should be read in conjunction with other course information.

What is it like to do this course?

It may be helpful for you to understand a little about what it is like to complete the Diploma of Counselling Skills. Further information about the course is available in the course guides and we recommend you familiarise yourself with the information there.

WHAT ABOUT WHEN I FINISH MY COURSE?

If you are undertaking the Diploma of Counselling Skills in order to complete subsequent higher education, it is important that you are familiar with the inherent requirements of those courses also.

 

Inherent requirement domains

There are seven domains of inherent requirements in the Diploma of Counselling Skills.  Some domains have a number of sub-domains.

  • Ethical behaviour
  • Behavioural stability
  • Communication
  • Cognition
  • Relational skills
  • Reflective skills
  • Sustainable performance

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