Certificate of Higher Education in Pastoral Counselling

This Bristol-based course is suitable not only for students wishing to train as counsellors, but also for those wishing to develop their listening and counselling skills for use in other roles and settings such as pastoral care, nursing or teaching.

 

Key facts

 

Award Certificate of Higher Education 120 credits at Level 1 Validating body: University of Gloucestershire Duration Two years part time – one day per week (9.00am - 2.30pm) Class-contact hours 320 Core theoretical model/ethos Christian person-centred Counselling skills practice 40 hours over two years Course fees £1500 per year (payable in monthly instalments)

 

N.B. The course contact hours may, at BACP's discretion, be counted towards meeting part of Criterion 4 of the BACP Counsellor/Psychotherapist Accreditation scheme and may also be counted towards meeting the training requirements for ACC and Counselling Society accreditation. 

Find out more about the Christian person-centred approach.

 

Entrance requirements

Applicants will be expected to provide evidence of: 

• a minimum of 50 hours of prior training in basic listening/counselling skills at introductory level.
  N.B. under some circumstances, this requirement may be waived. 
• the ability to meet the academic demands of the course
• previous or current experience of being in counselling and/or the willingness to undertake counselling for themselves during the course 

N.B. Network Training offers a 12 week part time introductory course, Being There, which provides 70 hours of training in basic listening and counselling skills.

 

AP(E)L application

Applicants who have completed some previous certificate level training with another training organization may apply for entry to the second year of the Certificate course on the basis of AP(E)L - Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning. For further details of AP(E)L, please see the course prospectus or contact Kate Steele, Head of the Training Department.

 

APEL Application Form

 

Applying to the course

The next intake for this course will be September 2010.

 

Please contact us to request a prospectus and application form. Alternatively, you can download them in pdf format below. To save a file, right-click on the link and select 'Save Target As'.

 

Certificate Prospectus

Certificate Application Form

 

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