WSQ Advanced Certificate in Social Services

Learning Outcomes

Participants will learn:

• Counselling Theories, Techniques and Skills Application
• Client Confidentiality and Informed Consent Procedures
• Cultural Diversity and Professional Practice in Counselling
• Diversity and Inclusion Practices
• Diversity Issues and Policies
• Counselling Assessment Methods, Tools, Modalities, and Evidence Interpretation
• Intake Procedures, Socioemotional Objectives, and Ethical Counselling Practices
• Client Assessment, Adaptation, and Rapport-Building Strategies
• Critical Examination and Reflexive Practice Methods in Counselling
• Professional Development Requirements and Opportunities
• Virtual Counselling Technologies and Ethics
• Protocols, Communication, and Crisis Management in Virtual Counselling
• Ethical Guidelines and Issues in Research
• Research Literature and Analysis Techniques 
• Research Designs, Questions, and Analytical Methods
• Sample Size Determination and Participant Profiling
• Intellectual Property, Copyrights, and Patents Regulations

Academic Level:

• Bachelor’s degree, employed in a role that is providing counselling or case management service to the client.
• Minimum of 2 years of providing support to clients – be it through but not limited to casework or counselling services.
• Must be able to use a laptop and familiar with Microsoft Office

Minimum Age:

•  23

Language Proficiency:

• English Language
  

Please refer to the fee payment structure table for the course fees.

Course Structure

Classes are held on Mondays. The course is full day, initially from 9am to 5.30pm for the first 10 weeks, and gradually progressively adjusted such that the classes will be from 10:30am to 8:30pm by the beginning of the second semester. The course comprises of the two main components of theory and supervised clinical practice, covered in the following modules.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

We are planning for the lectures of July 2026 intake to be conducted in our premises.

Group supervision will be conducted in small groups in our premises as well. Each group will be assigned with a supervisor for interactive and experiential learning such as group discussions, reflective exercises, audio/video-taped demonstration of clinical work and supervised practice of clinical work.

Requirements for Completion

Methods of Assessment

Written assignments, project paper, written examination, clinical viva, clinical supervisor’s assessment.

Assessment Schedule

Written examination is held on the 2nd week of January, which is the 1st day of the 2nd semester

Clinical Viva is held on the 2nd week of May, which is the end of the 2nd semester.
Submission of project paper by the course end date.

Requirements for Completion

Trainees should:

1. Attain attendance of at least 80% of total 300 course hours.
2. Obtain a pass grade (scoring 50% and above) for each of the three components, namely, the written examination, clinical evaluation and project paper.
3. Submit 100-hour log of counselling work at agency of practice.
4. Fulfil required number of sessions for individual supervision, personal tape reviews and personal development.
5. Submit all written coursework.

Trainees will be awarded ‘Graduate Diploma in Counselling Practice’ upon fulfilling the Requirements for Completion

How to Apply

Please submit the Training Application Form when the applications are open.

Kindly contact Training Admin, training@counsel.org.sg for the closing date.

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