CHCCSL006 — Select and use counselling therapies

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19 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 3 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Select counselling therapies

1.1Analyse client needs, issues and desired changes to be addressed
1.2Incorporate analysis of client’s developmental status and response to change
1.3Identify and consider co-existing issues in selecting courses of action
1.4Interpret information about counselling therapies and determine their application, benefits and limitations in addressing client’s needs, issues and goals
1.5Identify and respond to own level of comfort and issues in relation to using identified counselling techniques
1.6Select most appropriate counselling therapies for application in identified situations
1.7Communicate details of therapies to be used with client using language the client understands and document in client records

2 Use counselling therapies

2.1Use techniques according to the principles and application of selected therapies to assist clients
2.2Combine techniques and processes from different therapies in an effective way
2.3Use counselling skills appropriately in the context of each counselling modality and technique
2.4Identify indicators of client issues requiring referral and report or refer according to organisation requirements

3 Evaluate use of counselling therapies

3.1Evaluate use of techniques and therapies in the context of individual clients
3.2Reflect on and review own role as counsellor and identify areas for future improvement
3.3Maintain and enhance knowledge of emerging trends in use of counselling therapies

Performance evidence

provided counselling to at least 3 different clients, cumulatively using at least 3 different counselling therapies, one of which must be cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
provided counselling services, within scope of own role, addressing at least 4 of the following issues: • anxiety • family issues • grief and loss • parenting • pregnancy • relationship • self-esteem • social isolation • stress management.

Knowledge evidence

legal and ethical considerations for the use of counselling therapies, and how these are applied in individual practice: • codes of conduct/practice • discrimination • duty of care • human rights • mandatory reporting • practitioner/client boundaries • privacy, confidentiality and disclosure • records management • rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients • work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations • work health and safety
issues and concerns with which clients may present, their characteristics and the types of counselling therapies that may be used in response, including: • anxiety • family issues • grief and loss • parenting • pregnancy • relationship • self-esteem • social isolation • stress management
features of at least 5 counselling therapies (including CBT) including their: • historical development • terminology • underpinning concepts and principles • processes used in applications • benefits and limitations for different clients • roles of counsellor and client • how different therapies may be combined to address particular needs • indicators of client’s issues requiring referral • credible sources of information on counselling therapies and trends.

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What does an assessment tool for CHCCSL006 need to cover?

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