The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Advanced Workplace Counselling

 

Thousands of professionals train every year with us, taking part in our short courses, qualifications and flexible learning programmes.

About the Course

Recommended for:


The Advanced Workplace Counselling course is for HR and development professionals and line managers who have already participated in an introductory course on counselling or have existing counselling skills.

Course overview:


Line managers and HR professionals are increasingly being asked to support employees in a number of roles: as advice and information givers, mentors, trainers and, more recently, as counsellors. Indeed, counselling skills underlie and underpin many forms of employee help. This 2-day Advanced Workplace Counselling course builds on the Counselling in the Workplace course and explores further counselling skills and processes.

Course benefits:


By the end of the Advanced Workplace Counselling course you will be able to:

  • assess employees to provide or refer for the most effective form of intervention/s
  • practise the initial skills of interviewing and the advanced skills of challenge and confrontation
  • explain the interpersonal dynamics at work within the counselling relationship
  • handle the ‘difficult’ personality, eg one who manipulates helpers, is resistant to change, is overdemanding
  • identify the characteristics of those who may be mildly, moderately or even severely disturbed and may require professional help and support.

Additional information:


In-house training

Advanced Workplace Counselling can be provided in-house. This is a cost-effective approach if you have a number of people who require training. You choose where and when you want our trainers to deliver. We can also tailor the Advanced Workplace Counselling course content to suit your precise organisation needs.

To speak to an adviser about your particular requirements call our in-house training team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202.

Dates and Prices

Course title: Advanced Workplace Counselling
Duration: Duration
Dates and prices:
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In-house Training

Advanced Workplace Counselling can be provided in-house. This is a cost-effective approach if you have a number of people who require training. You choose where and when you want our trainers to deliver. We will also tailor the course content to suit your precise organisation needs.

To speak to an advisor about your particular requirements call our In-house team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202.

Course content

DAY 1


Introduction to counselling


  • using an exercise to explore counselling and the
  • counselling process

Model of advanced workplace counselling skills 

  • some difficult cases, eg bullying, sexual harassment, HIV
  • why change is difficult
  • the Healthy Cycle and blocks to it
  • exercise on personal change

Counselling model and the skills of assessment

  • assessing case examples
  • giving and receiving feedback
  • exercise on handling feedback.

DAY 2


Review of Day 1

Tactics for working with employees

  • emotional competencies/managing emotions
  • exercise on emotion management
  • understanding and managing conflict in the workplace

Values at work

  • understanding values at work

The ‘difficult’ person

  • recognising signs of disturbance
  • working with the difficult personality

Crisis and trauma counselling

  • exploring the issues through an exercise

Looking after the counsellor within

  • preparing and using supervision/consultation
  • networking
  • supporting self
  • setting up supportive strategies

Action planning.