Careers Counselling - Online Course

Would you like to help people start or change their career?

Careers Counselling considers how you support clients, who are looking to find a job, plan their future or change their career.

Not only does it contain starting a new job, it also includes the training and study the client will need to take on to get to their desired career position.

The Careers Counselling course is a valuable addition to teaching, counselling, management, life-coaching or community services qualifications you may have.

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Course Outline
Course Code: 
BPS202
Duration: 
100 hours - Access for 12 months
Delivery: 
Online & Correspondence
Certificate: 
Statement of achievement
Lesson Structure: 
  1. Introduction
  2. Nature of Careers
  3. Careers Advice Resources
  4. Services
  5. Developing Counselling Skills
  6. Conducting a Counselling Session
  7. Counselling Students and School Leavers
  8. Counselling Adults (inexperienced or facing career change)
  9. Job Prospecting
  10. Nurturing and growing a career once it has started
Aims - the learning objectives of the course: 
  • Identify people and organisations that offer career advice or support, and the services they offer.
  • Distinguish successful from unsuccessful careers, and prepare for anticipated changes in the workplace.
  • Develop skills that will enhance your ability to guide others in the establishment or development of a career.
  • Plan and execute an effective counselling session
  • Explain strategies for dealing with the needs of inexperienced young people.
  • Identify and meet the needs of inexperienced adults or those facing career changes.
  • Explain how and where to find employment in the job market.
  • Describe the need to nurture and grow a career and plan for change.