Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills

To be awarded the Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills, learners are required to successfully complete 5 mandatory units:

• Unit 01 Developing counselling skills
• Unit 02 Theoretical approaches in the use of counselling skills
• Unit 03 Working ethically with counselling skills
• Unit 04 Counselling skills and diversity
• Unit 05 Counselling skills and personal development.

This qualification aims to provide learners with in-depth knowledge of the use of counselling skills in everyday life and work and the approaches that underpin the use of these skills.

This qualification is ideal for those seeking to enhance their functional role through the use of counselling skills.

Learners will gain an understanding of a range of counselling skills and have the opportunity to examine some of the various schools of thought/theoretical models associated with them.

This qualification does not qualify learners to practise as a counsellor.

This qualification is suitable for learners aged 19 and above on 1st September 2023.

Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to: 

• Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
• Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Advice and Guidance
• Foundation Degrees in Counselling.

This qualification does not qualify you to practice as a counsellor. However, it can support your progression within employment in a number of roles including: 

• support worker (supported living)
• healthcare support service worker
• clinical healthcare support worker
• mental health support worker
• information, advice and guidance worker
• health education/health promotion worker

There are no specific recommended prior learning requirements for this qualification.

However, learners may find it helpful if they’ve already achieved a Level 2 qualification.