Course contact details
Admissions Office
Email:admissions@colegsirgar.ac.uk
Phone:01554 748174
Fax: 01554 748170
Coleg Sir Gar
Graig Campus
Sandy Road
Pwll
Llanelli
SA15 4DN
Course summary
The foundation degree is a two year full-time course, leading to a qualification in therapeutic counselling.
The course is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). As such, this course is monitored by BACP and meets their training standards. You will need to complete 100 hours of counselling practice in a suitable placement in order to complete this course.
Modules
Counselling theory: looking critically at the ideas behind counselling
Counselling practice and professional issues: core ethical, equal opportunity, professional and practice issues, diversity and inclusion
Clinical practice: counselling placement
Personal development: developing self-awareness and understanding responses to others
Assessment method
The foundation degree is intended for those wishing to qualify as counsellors. You will need to complete 100-150 hours of supervised practice in a suitable counselling placement in order to gain a BACP accredited counselling qualification. Counselling practice needs to be a majority of face-to-face in person counselling with adults (minimum 51%) or children and young people (maximum 70%).
Students are required to have a minimum of 20 hours of personal therapy whilst on the course.
The course includes a 60 credit work-based learning module which is met through the counselling placement (notionally 600 hours learning).
How to apply
Apply by
14 January
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- B23K
- Institution code:
- C22
- Campus name:
- Ammanford Campus
- Campus Code:
- A
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
UCAS Tariff
Preference is given to those who complete Coleg Sir Gâr's Introducing Counselling Skills course. This is the BTEC Award. Others may gain entry but demand often makes this less likely. Admission is conditional on a satisfactory DBS check and references. All candidates will need to meet the Assessment of Readiness to Practice criteria of the college's counselling programme and BACP's entry criteria for counselling programmes. There are more applications than places and the closing date is normally 1st April or even earlier so apply early. Please note that there is also a course application form to complete and return.
Additional entry requirements
- Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Historical entry grades data
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
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Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
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