Unit 4

Level 2 certificate in counselling skills Unit 4 Counselling skills and personal development accredited by &

Aims and Objectives • Understand your own beliefs and values and how that impacts on the counselling relationship • Using personal skills and CPD for future development. • Be able to know when to access supervision and to recognise training needs • Be able to reflect on feelings when using counselling skills lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

Online Learners please note! All activities completed from this PowerPoint Should be submitted to add to your Portfolio as evidence to add further knowledge of your understanding of unit 4. Please make a copy of the blank sheets provided to record your answers. lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

1.1 Our Values We all have values and beliefs, the next few slides will help you explore how you are affected by your values beliefs and attitudes in a helping relationship lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

The following video explores Values, Beliefs and Attitude Glide your pointer over the image then click to watch the video. lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

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1.1, 1.2 Our Values On the next two slides do the exercises to identify your own values and beliefs and explore how your values and beliefs could have an effect on the helping relationship. (use the blank sheet provided to submit your answers) lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

1.1 Make a list of what is important to you? 1.1, 1.2 Work to be Submitted: VALUES Make a list of ideas that you hold to be true? BELIEFS lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

1.1, 1.2 Work to be Submitted: 1.2 Mind map what you value and ask yourself why you value it? Mind map how our values affect relationships? lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

\"We have people who have worked for years in the City of London and in financial professions who are re-evaluating their life,\" says Julia Yates, careers consultant at the University of London Careers Service. \"They decide they want to make a real difference rather than just do a job, and they enrol on a course to retrain as counsellors”. \"The great thing about counselling is that the older you get and the more varied your background, the better you are and the more life experiences you can bring to the job,\" she says. “Indeed, many courses will only accept applicants who are over 25”. lifecharity.org.uk Excerpt from the guardian - [email protected] level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

This work is to be Submitted: 1.3 In a sentence identify your own motivation for helping others lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

1.3 In a Triad/Triangle: (Use an observation sheet to record core skills used) If you are classroom based take it in turn to talk about your motivation to help others? lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

Common barriers to learning Self-Worth Feeling not good enough or having low levels of self-esteem and a lack of belief in your own potential may prevent you from reaching goals. Fear A major psychological barrier is fear. For example, people are afraid to leave their current job because they fear they don’t know what to expect and fear they won’t be accepted by staff in the new job. The Past You might want a job that involves speaking to groups of people. For example, you remember a time when you had to do a class presentation and it did not go well. The past often creeps into perceptions about the future. lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

The following video explore the Blocks to Listening Glide your pointer over the image then click to watch the video. lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

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1.4 Learning Blocks Work to be Submitted: Identify own blocks to listening and learning in the next slide? Explore . . . lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

1.4 Blocks to listening (use the blank sheet provided to submit your answers) Working in Pairs or individually: look at the following list of factors which might affect listeners and consider their possible side effects on their ability to listen: - • Tiredness and stress • Personal problems • Minor illness or pain • Similar experiences to those described by the client • Total dis-similarity of experience to that described by the client • Cultural difference • Religious difference • Social difference From Counselling skills and Theory - Margaret Hough lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

1.5 Feedback level 2 counselling skills Work to be submitted (use the blank sheet provided to submit your answers) Do a mind map or a list of: - Benefits of giving and receiving feedback for personal development. lifecharity.org.uk chat | sms | email | web

2.1 Make a list of your own personal skills and qualities which are strengths in relation to a helping relationship (use the blank sheet provided to submit your answers) lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

Personal development: level 2 counselling skills • Begins with your own self-awareness • It confirms your values, beliefs and attitudes • You will become more aware of your strengths and weaknesses • Self development is a continuous journey • Builds resilience lifecharity.org.uk chat | sms | email | web

Personal development Work to be submitted (Download and use the blank sheet provided to submit your answers) • 2.2 Identify areas for your own development in personal skills and qualities in relation to helping relationships • 2.3 Describe how to develop yours skills and qualities in the future lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

2.2, 2.3 Reasons for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) • Undertaking regular CPD helps you keep your skills and knowledge up to date and contributes to client safety • You become better at your job and it builds confidence • Keep up-to-date with current legislation • It develops and enhance your abilities • It keeps your qualifications or registrations up-to-date • Keeps your working practice competent to deliver safe care to clients • Keeping a record of your learning formally and informally lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

3.1 Why we have supervision • Regular and ongoing supervision is a distinctive requirement of the counselling professions • Supervision is essential to help you sustain good practice throughout your working life • It protects clients reducing the risk of oversight and lack of knowledge • Supervision identifies areas for improvement • Gives time for further reflection or direction to improve work with clients lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Support needs This work is to be submitted (use the blank sheet provided to submit your answers) 3.1 Identify own support needs in order to contribute to a helping relationship 3.2 Describe how to access own support 3.3 Outline how personal and/or professional support can be used to highlight issues arising from the use of counselling skills lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

Counselling skills This work is to be submitted Working in a group or individually explore the benefits of Personal Development either in a mind map or detailed list or a sentence 4.1 Make a list of observations, thoughts, feelings and concerns when using counselling skills 4.2 List the benefits of self-reflection for personal development in the use of counselling skills lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

Write a sentence of how you feel you are developing in your role as a ‘listener’? use the blank form provided to submit your answers lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

Further reading • BACP website explore further about supervision and CPD. • Check the requirement for student membership. • BACP – student membership lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

Level 2 certificate in counselling skills accredited by &

Produce a written account describing how you feel you are developing in your role as a ‘listener’? use the activity workbook to submit your answers lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

Further reading • BACP website explore further about supervision and CPD. • Check the requirement for student membership. • BACP – student membership lifecharity.org.uk level 2 counselling skills chat | sms | email | web

Level 2 certificate in counselling skills accredited by &