Professional Outcomes
Do you wish to really make a difference in the world by making a positive impact in people’s lives?
Tabor’s Bachelor of Counselling is a comprehensive course with a strong emphasis on therapeutic competency and ethical practice. It has been specifically designed to equip graduates for a diverse range of roles in the human services sector or private counselling practice.
Accredited with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), and also meeting the training standards of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), graduates are eligible for professional registration as a Counsellor. This professional recognition opens doors to a challenging and rewarding career in the field of counselling practice.
About This Course
For more than 30 years, Tabor has been teaching students what it means to listen. And we mean really listen – without agenda, prejudices or judgment. Counselling another human through a challenging time in their life can be truly transformational for the individuals involved.
Tabor has designed an industry-recognised course that teaches students the true art of listening through our unique real-world blend of theory and practice.
With a curriculum designed by professional counsellors and content informed by science, the Bachelor of Counselling provides students with a professional gateway into counselling and a suite of skills that allows graduates to engage effectively across the dynamics of human services.
The course studies aspects of psychology with a specific focus on counselling, and it’s the merging of these disciplines which delivers a more robust curriculum and industry credibility.
Coursework culminates in an industry-based placement experience in the final year of study, providing opportunity to integrate learning, and preparing students for a diversity of contexts.
Tabor’s proven experience in developing practical skills will help you carve your own personalised academic and professional path through a variety of elective units. We have the people and programs to help you develop comprehensive professional and reflective expertise and the skills required to consider professional counselling as a career.
Course Learning Outcomes
Graduates will be able to:
- Analyse key insights from evidence-based social and psychological science, mental healthcare, as well as the Christian tradition, which relate to counselling practice.
- Critically review the working dynamics and vocational opportunities within the human services sector.
- Critically integrate worldview, counselling theoretical and psychosocial knowledge with counselling practice.
- Communicate knowledge and ideas about counselling and relevant client services in a clear and coherent manner to the professional environment of the human services sector.
- Engage in therapeutic conversations in an ethical and theoretically informed fashion, utilising appropriate interpersonal communication and decision-making skills, therapeutic interventions, and professional judgement.
- Assist clients in problem-solving, building resilience, creating opportunities and improved mental health using interpersonal, social, ethical and cultural awareness. Work flexibly and responsibly in collaboration within and across the diverse range of cultures, context and stakeholders constitutive of the human services sector.
- Reflect on performance feedback and supervision to identify and action learning opportunities and self-improvement plans as a basis for lifelong learning.
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23
Unit Total
21
Core
2
ELECTIVES
CORE
- HSS100.5 Professional Communication Skills
- HSS102.5 Culturally Informed Social Practice
- HSS101.5 Case Management & Practice Interventions
- HSS108.5 Introduction to Mental Health and Wellbeing
- HSS105.7 Working with Communities & Groups
- HSS106.7 Trauma Informed Care
- HSS107.7 Research Design in the Human Services
- HSC104.5 Foundations of Therapeutic Practice
- HSC200.5 Counselling Skills
- HSC100.7 Introduction to Psychology
- HSC201.7 Introduction to Counselling Theories
- HSC202.7 Counselling Theories & Practice 1
- HSC208.7 Counselling Field Education 1
- HSC101.7 Human Lifespan Development
- HSC102.7 Counselling and Mental Health
- HSC103.7 Working with Grief & Loss
- HSC203.7 Counselling Field Education 2 (12cps)
- HSC207.7 Understanding Systems and Families
- MTO141.5 Meaningful Living
- MTG100.5 The Biblical Story for Everyone
- EDU211.7 Ethical Understandings
ELECTIVES
- Elective 1
- Elective 2
Students may choose electives including Counselling specialisation or units chosen from a range of units offered across Tabor, or from other tertiary institutions on approval from Head of Program. Options vary and are subject to availability.
Where can I study?
You can study on campus at Adelaide – Millswood SA, or partially online with online plus.
Field education placement is a requirement of this course and is offered at: Adelaide – Millswood SA
How much does it cost?
Learn more about
fees and available payment options.
Pre-requisites:
There are no pre-requisites for entry into this course. Specific units within the course may have pre-requisites. Further details can be found in the unit outlines.
Assumed Knowledge:
None
Application Process:
Applications may be accepted up to two weeks after the semester begins.
Click here to access the current Academic Calendar.
How long does it take?
3 years (36 months) full-time or part-time equivalent.
What do I need for entry?
65 ATAR
OR
Completion of Diploma or above
OR
Qualify for mature age entry
OR
Tabor School Supported Entry (TSSE) – An alternative entry pathway for Secondary Students (no ATAR) Learn how it works here.
NON-ACADEMIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
Applicants must attend an interview in which they demonstrate capacities for counselling including self-awareness, relational abilities, ethical understanding, and the ability to reflect on experience and be open to feedback.
When can I start?
Semester 1 – February
Semester 2 – July
Additional Information
EXIT POINTS
Diploma in Applied Social Science after 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent.
CONTACT HOURS
3 – 12 hours per week
COURSE CODES
Tabor: H_BCNS
SATAC: 5A0402
COURSE LEVEL
Undergraduate Course
MAKE AN ENQUIRY
Faculty of Ministry Practice
Email: enquiry@tabor.edu.au
Phone:1300 482 267
This qualification is TEQSA accredited and is recognised within the Australian Qualifications Framework