Overview

The aim of this unit is for students to develop advanced competencies in working with clients in a human services counselling or couple counselling context. A further aim is for students to be able to use supervision effectively and to apply evidence-based strategies in their work with clients.

Requisites

Prerequisites
PSC70024 Clinical Supervision and Work Place Experience
PSC70008 Advanced Counselling
PSC60004 Ethics and Cultural Diversity for Counsellors
PSC60001 Foundations of Counselling

Rules

Pre-requisite
PSC70010 Supervised Placement
OR
PSC70024 Clinical Supervision and Work Place Experience
AND
PSC70008 Advanced Counselling
AND
PSC60004 Ethics and Cultural Diversity for Counsellors
AND
PSC60001 Foundations of Counselling

Equivalent
HAYC511 - Advanced Placement

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Implement and evaluate evidence-based therapies with individuals, couples and/or families
  • Apply and evaluate high-level counselling, assessment and clinical formulation skills to a range of client presentations in human service and couple counselling settings
  • Identify and evaluate the importance of the supervisory relationship when working with a range of clients in an applied setting
  • Establish and execute a supervision contract that adheres to agency policy and procedures, and the ethical principles and guidelines relevant to counselling in an applied setting

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Placement
Placement
6.67 12 weeks 80
Placement
Placement
1.67 12 weeks 20
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
4.17 12 weeks 50
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Placement PortfolioIndividual 100% 1,2,3,4 

Content

Placement activities including client contact in relevant placement agency (human services counselling stream) or Relationships Australia Victoria (couple counselling stream) as well as supervision and other related placement activities (case notes, meetings, report writing).

 

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.