CAREERS COUNSELLING - BPS202
Careers Counselling involves more than just finding work for people.
Among other things, Careers Counselling may involve helping people:
- identify the best job for their skills and interests
- find any job to meet their personal and financial needs
- find a better or more appropriate job for their situation
- achieve job satisfaction through appropriate choices
- plan and cope with career changes
- better adapt to the workplace
- improve their potential for advancement in the workplace
- identify new career possibilities when circumstances change.
To be able to assist a client in each or any of these processes, a Careers Counsellor must be aware of :
- the diverse nature of employment opportunities
- the requirements for success in different types of jobs
- reasons that people hire and fire employees
- workplace conditions including contract law, industrial relations systems, health and safety issues, ethics
- useful contacts among employers, government departments, funding bodies, professional associations, industry experts, etc
- factors that hinder or promote a person’s job-seeking effectiveness
- trends in the local job market.
Being a Careers Counsellor is extremely rewarding. Employment consultants help change people's vocational prospects everyday of their lives, as well as assist young people to start off on the right pathway toward a career that utilises their unique talents and abilities. Learn how to become a career counsellor and start your own rewarding career today!
Duration: 100 Hours (you study at your own pace)
COURSE AIMS
The learning outcomes of this course include:
· Identification of people and organisations which offer career advice or support and the services they offer.
· Improved ability to distinguish successful from unsuccessful careers, and to prepare for anticipated changes in the workplace.
· Skills that will enhance your ability to guide others in the establishment or development of a career.
· Ability to plan and execute an effective Counselling Session
· Understanding and strategies for dealing with the needs of inexperienced young people.
· Identifying and meeting the needs of inexperienced adults or those facing career change.
- Understanding of how and where to find employment in the job market.
· Appreciation of the need to nurture and grow a career and plan for change.
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COURSE STRUCTURE
The course is divided into ten lessons as follows:
1. Introduction –Scope & Nature of the Industry
2. Nature of Careers –What is a career, what makes it successful
3. Careers Advice Resources –Brochures, Publications, Web Sites
4. Services –Where can people get help (Social Services,
Work Experience, Education)
5. Developing Counselling Skills
6. Conducting a Counselling Session (& referring people on)
7. Counselling Students and School Leavers (with little work exp.)
8. Counselling Adults (inexperienced or facing career change)
9. Job Prospecting – How to find work…resumes, etc
10. Nurturing and Growing a career once it has started
WHAT YOU WILL DO IN THIS COURSE
· Undertake research into the scope and nature of employment services and service providers in your region or locality;
· Research a career area to identify the kind of work involved, requirements, who offers it, trends etc.;
· Role play a counselling session to practise and evaluate your skills in helping a client with an issue;
· Conduct research to improve your understanding of what careers counselling entails.
· Plan a careers counselling session, including the session goal, timeframe, and anticipated issues;
· Discuss career concerns with young people who are leaving or have recently left secondary school;
· Discuss with adults their experiences of career change;
· Plan strategies to assist young and adult clients deal with common and important identified issues.
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