Course Title: Support counselling clients in decision-making processes
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5360 Diploma of Financial Counselling
Course Title: Support counselling clients in decision-making processes
Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office
Nominal Hours: 120
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
HWSS6121C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face | Term1 2018, Term1 2019 |
HWSS6121C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
375T Vocational Design and Social Context |
Face-to-Face or Internet | Term1 2020, Term2 2020, Term1 2021 |
Course Contact: Jo Wallwork
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 3983
Course Contact Email: mary-josephine.wallwork@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required to support clients to clarify their goals, explore options, and develop a course of action.
The counselling skills developed within this course will be considered in a financial counselling context.
This course is clustered with one other course:
- Facilitate the counselling relationship and process CHCCSL003
These two courses are delivered and assessed together.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCCSL007 Support counselling clients in decision-making processes |
Elements: |
E1. Assist clients to clarify goals and requirements E2. Explore options with clients E3. Support client to reach decisions |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements. By applying these skills and this knowledge, you will be able to use specialised communication skills within a counselling process. You will be able to use a structured approach to establish the counselling process; work with clients to clarify goals, options, and courses of action; and manage the counselling process to its conclusion.
Overview of Assessment
Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through:
- Practical demonstration of skills responding to a work place scenario
- Knowledge questions