Offering Information
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Course Team
Elisa Agostinelli
Jacqueline Harness
Summary
Group work provides unique potential and power as a medium for change. Therefore, counselling in a group setting requires development of facilitation and leadership skills, an understanding of group process, and cultural awareness. Counsellors may also find themselves working in other settings and contexts, such as workplaces, schools, virtually, with… For more content click the Read More button below.
SynopsisSuccessful psychoeducational, counselling and supervision groups are led by facilitators who have developed competencies in planning, listening, observing, and responding to group dynamics and process, and leading interventions. This course equips students with an understanding of the theoretical bases for group work and provides opportunity for students to learn about the process of different types of groups from beginning to end. In the first group of topics, the focus is on understanding the role of the group leader(s) and group process. Students will then co-create and co-facilitate learning content counselling in various settings and modes of delivery. Finally, ideas of ethics and legal issues in group work and different theories of group counselling will be explored.
This course contains a mandatory four-day residential school (30 hours) and 10 hours of mandatory online synchronous workshops, as per the program accreditation agreement between UniSQ and Counselling accreditation bodies. Non-compliance with this attendance requirement will result in the student not being able to pass the course.
This course contains a mandatory four-day residential school (30 hours) and 10 hours of mandatory online synchronous workshops, as per the program accreditation agreement between UniSQ and Counselling accreditation bodies. Non-compliance with this attendance requirement will result in the student not being able to pass the course.
Requisites
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Course Co-requisite
Other Requisites or Enrolment Rules
Other
Completion Requirements
Mandatory attendance
Offerings
Trimester 1
EXT-TWMBA-TR1
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
1.
Discuss and evaluate various group types, formats and stages
2.
Critically discuss ethical and professional issues in group work and other modalities of counselling
3.
Articulate understanding of the importance of cultural awareness in group facilitation;
4.
Critically review a group from both functional and process perspectives;
5.
Develop and demonstrate foundational skills as a group facilitator and reflect on level of preparedness to undertake this role;
6.
Reflect on and analyse a group process experience from a personal and conceptual perspective.
Topics
Introduction to Group Work: A Multicultural Perspective
Leading Groups and the role of a Group Counsellor
Group Process: Stages of Development
Ethical and Legal Issues in Group Counselling
Theories and Techniques of Group Counselling
Other Counselling Modalities (e.g., Telehealth, Critical Incident, School Counselling etc)
Assessments
Assessment due dates (as listed in Week Due) are indicative until finalised by the end of Week 1 for each Study Period (Offering). After Week 1, Assessment due dates may change with the approval of the Dean (Academic) or Delegate in limited circumstances. All Assessment due date changes approved after Week 1 will be communicated to students accordingly via Handbook and StudyDesk.