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Developing Helping Skills

Unit Code: HAYD403

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

1 Semester / Teaching Period

Online

Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Career Development or the Graduate Diploma in Career Development, or equivalent as assessed by the program convenor.

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Graduate Certificate in Career Development and the Graduate Diploma in Career Development.

Aims & Objectives:

This unit of study canvasses the major theories and skill sets for effective career counselling to equip students with the knowledge and competencies required to perform as an effective career counsellor.

Teaching Methods:

Off campus / e-learning

Assessment:

Two online elluminate tutorial, plus discussion board (hurdle requirement)
Discussion Board Contributions (10%)

Assignment 1 (40%)

Assignment 2 (recorded counselling session, plus personal reflection and review) (50%)

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Distinguish between four theories of counselling as a skilled helper

Identify the key counselling skills dealing with education transition, employment transition, career-life transition, enhancing employability or career enrichment.

Build the career coach-employee relationship in structured stages.

Develop questioning and active listening skills to facilitate employees’ self-search and maintain momentum through the new career-life exploration process.

Content:

Topics cover a detailed exploration of four major approaches to structuring the helping process (Rogers, Ellis, Bandura, Holland are some of the major approaches explored) with clients with the view to identify the basic components required for successful interventions.

The unit also explores the conditions that must exist and the counselling skill sets required to facilitate successful career development intervention.