Certificate of Career Development and Counselling

• Information gathering
• Networking
• Industry / professional associations
• Industry information
• Government departments
• University research facilities
• Labour market information
• Copyright
• Research information
• Research skills
• Evaluate plans and practices
• Individual pathways plan
• Job search planning
• Client education and training
• Update knowledge
• Changes in economic activity
• Labour Force Surveys
• Average working hours
• Contract employment
• Portable skills
• Globalisation
• Impact of technology
• Core vocational skills
• Employment trends
• Job vacancy reporting
• Unemployment data
• Recruitment analysis
• Instigating change

• Client participation
• Client communication
• Career development
• Client needs and aspirations
• Clarify expectations
• Teaching clients to plan
• Client support
• Facilitate client learning
• Adult learning models
• Learning styles
• Group learning
• Establish trust
• Sharing and reflecting information
• Change management
• Building resilience
• Goal setting
• Required competencies
• Areas for development
• Stages of life
• Professional development
• Career status
• Evaluate services
• Surveys and questionnaires

• Career aspirations
• Career guidance
• Client rapport
• Personality types
• Client expectations
• Questioning techniques
• Ability tests
• Career development framework
• Labour market conditions
• Career goals and options
• Work experience
• Career interests, skills
• Career assessment tools
• Employment barriers
• Job profiles
• Training requirements
• Employment opportunities
• Career objectives
• Realistic options
• SMART goals
• Exploring/creating opportunities
• Hidden job market
• Job searching
• Employment applications
• Job application mistakes
• Interview preparation
• Client action plans
• Agency referrals
• Voluntary work

• Career action plan
• Develop strategies
• Confirm goals
• Assess current job and skills
• Areas for development
• Training opportunities
• Highlight key skills
• Effective resume
• Ability tests
• Job interviews
• CAR structure
• Interview questions and answers
• Communication skills
• Building rapport
• Active listening
• Career action plan
• Goals
• Client progress
• Client feedback

• Counselling interview sequence
• Environmental / personal factors
• Cultural considerations
• Disabilities / impairments
• Client-counsellor relationship
• Counselling skills
• Person-centred approach
• Client-centred interactions
• Establish rapport
• Empathy, honesty and openness
• Conflict resolution
• Learning styles
• Communication styles and skills
• Key objectives
• The initial session
• Structured approach
• Specialised counselling skills
• Negotiation techniques
• Promoting self-advocacy / self-care
• Coping strategies
• Responding to distress or crisis
• Self-evaluation / self-awareness
• Professional development plan
• Action learning
• Networking / professional memberships

• Analysing client needs
• Holistic approach
• Problem-solving techniques
• Goal setting
• Developmental status
• Piaget’s cognitive development
• Freud’s psychosexual stages of development
• Erikson’s psychosocial development
• Kohlberg’s moral development
• Individual differences
• Coexisting issues
• Normal and abnormal behaviour
• Drug use and psychological illness
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Person-Centred Therapy
• Behaviour Therapy
• Gestalt Therapy
• Solution-focused therapy
• Miracle questions
• Scaling questions
• Coping questions
• Self-care plans
• Stress
• Managing re-traumatisation
• Breathing control exercises
• Managing vicarious trauma
• Personality theories
• Applying Freud
• Applying Maslow
• Applying Erikson
• The counselling process
• Client expectations
• Communication skills
• Communication barriers
• Active listening
• Effective questioning
• Reframing
• Paralanguage
• Specialised counselling techniques
• Self-advocacy
• Building resilience
• Integrative therapy
• Empathy and sympathy
• Self-reflection
• Evaluate therapies

When you study with Australian Online Courses, you will be assessed using a competency-based training method.

Competency-based training focuses on the achievement of skills and knowledge against set criteria to meet industry-standard and is not benchmarked against other students’ work.

In this course, the assessment will be comprised of written assignments and exercises, which may include short answer questions, reports, essays, research projects and reflective tasks.

If you do not achieve a competency result on your first attempt, you have two more attempts to pass your assessment. So, you have three attempts in total to obtain a competency result.

In this way, you can complete your course in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.

• Professional development that is widely recognised and respected;
• Improve your employment opportunities;
• Study online, anywhere via our elearning system;
• High-quality professional development programs written by industry experts;
• No entry requirements;
• All course materials provided online – no textbooks to buy;
• Unlimited tutor support;
• Easy to understand course content;
• Twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply);
• Certificate of Attainment/Completion issued for your CV (hard copy provided); and
• Course may be tax deductible; see your tax advisor.

The approximate study hours for this course is 90 hours. Twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply).

Yes! The cost for printed materials for this course is $50 per unit. Total cost for optional printed materials is: $300.00. Printed materials are optional and not required to complete the course. Everything you need to complete the course is provided online via our e-learning system.

You can start within 60 minutes during business hours when you enrol and pay in full with a credit card!

Credit card: Within 60 mins during business hours.

BPAY: Within 1-2 working days.

Internet Banking: Within 1-2 working days.

Cheque/Money Order: Upon receipt of mailed cheque.

Yes! You will receive a Certificate of Attainment upon successful completion of your assessment.

No. All courses are delivered online via our e-learning system and there are no work placement requirements in this course.

Unlimited tutor support is available throughout your studies via email during business hours Monday to Friday. Our Administrative team are available Monday to Friday via email, live chat and telephone.

Yes! We accept enrolments from individuals both within Australia and internationally; location is no barrier to entry into our programs.