| CODE | COU5217 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Practicum - Counselling Supervision | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Counselling | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit offers participants the opportunity to observe and practice counselling supervision skills in both group and individual settings. This will facilitate a gradual induction into the professional roles that they will be expected to fulfill as counselling supervisors. This gradual induction may include such activities as: - structured observation of skilled practitioners; - practicing of counselling supervision skills under the mentorship of one or more experienced and expert tutor/s; - completing specific tasks related to responsibilities that participants will have once they qualify to practice. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit runs throughout the 2 semesters ensuring that participants engage with theory and practice at all times. This study-unit aims to introduce students to the practice of counselling supervision according to national and international research-based best practice. This unit will combine experiential and theoretical approaches, but will be predominantly practical and based in the counselling field, working with supervisees. Participants will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the theoretical knowledge acquired during the taught component of the course. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - demonstrate an understanding of diverse theories of reflective practice, including current research; - critically analyse the implications of cultural difference in supervision sessions; - identify how theory and practice are applied in the ethical practice and context of counselling supervision. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - demonstrate self-awareness in the development of ethical counselling supervision practice; - apply a range of professional skills in counselling supervision, including contracting, working within the supervisee’s organisational context, report writing; - demonstrate an ability to work with cultural difference in supervision; - develop skills in enabling supervisees to work with cultural difference; - critically reflect on practice in line with contemporary research on counselling supervision. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Text - Page, S., & Wosket, V. (2013). Supervising the counsellor: A cyclical model: Routledge. Supplementary Readings - Bond, T. (2015). Standards and ethics for counselling in action (4th ed.). London: Sage Publications. - Glosoff, H. L., Durham, J. C., & Whittaker, J. E. (2011). Supervision to prepare counselors as leaders and social justice advocates. In C. Y. Chang, C. A. Barrio Minton, A. Dixon, J. E. Myers, & T. J. Sweeney (Eds.), Professional counseling excellence through leadership and advocacy (pp. 185–205). New York, NY: Routledge. - Holloway, E., & M., C. (Eds.). (1999). Training counselling supervisors: strategies, methods and techniques. London: Sage. - Lawton, B. & Feltham, C. (2000) Taking supervision forward: enquiries and trends in counselling and psychotherapy. London: Sage. - Robson, M., & Whelan, L. (2006). Virtue out of necessity? Reflections on a telephone supervision relationship. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 6(3), 202 - 208. - Tudor, K. & Worrall, M. (Eds.), Freedom to practise: Developing person-centred approaches to supervision Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Due to the nature of this study-unit and the profile of a counsellor, students must obtain an obligatory pass (55%) in each assessment component, for an overall obligatory pass mark (55%) to be awarded. | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practicum | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Roberta Attard Anthea Maria DAmico |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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