Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to research key concepts and constructs of theories of personality and human development, and link those to counselling practice.

This unit applies to individuals whose job role involves working with clients on personal and psychological issues within established policies, procedures and guidelines.

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand Standards and industry codes of practice.

Elements and Performance Criteria

Foundation Skills

The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills) that are essential to performance.

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Unit Mapping Information

No equivalent unit

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e0c25cc-3d9d-4b43-80d3-bd22cc4f1e53

Assessment requirements

Modification History

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:

• used critical thinking skills to evaluate information from a range of sources about the following personality and development theories:

• nature and nurture
• genetic inheritance
• lifespan development theories
• Freudian concepts
• Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
• Erikson’s psychosocial stages
• Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
• Bowlby’s attachment theory

• integrated at least 3 of the above theories into counselling work with at least 3 different clients.

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

• sources of information about personality and development theories
• historical, current and emerging personality and development theories, including the key concepts and application to counselling practice, for the following:

• nature and nurture
• genetic inheritance
• lifespan development theories
• Freudian concepts
• Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
• Erikson’s psychosocial stages
• Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
• Bowlby’s attachment theory

• opportunities to update theoretical knowledge.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions. The following conditions must be met for this unit:

• use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources, including:

• client information
• individualised counselling plans

• modelling of industry operating conditions, including :

• scenarios that involve complex interactions with real people in face-to-face situations where candidate and client are physically present in the same room
• scenarios that involve problem-solving.

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

In addition, assessors must have 2 years experience working in a counselling role and hold a qualification in counselling or related field that involves counselling, at Diploma level or higher (or equivalent qualification).

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e0c25cc-3d9d-4b43-80d3-bd22cc4f1e53