How can we help our people identify issues, difficulties and problems caused by thoughts, feelings and emotions? How can we motivate and encourages them to respond and make progress towards resolution? A little bit of stress does provide workers with the motivation to increase productivity and efficiency but too much stress can be counterproductive. Psychological therapy can help reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, improve mental health, and increase job satisfaction and commitment. Counselling provides an effective method of understanding the pressure caused by occupational stress and offers a supportive remedy.

Workplace Counselling
Workplace Counselling is an intensive face-to-face programme that gives you the skill set to provide employees support during challenging periods.
The training course is designed to equip you with fundamental knowledge, skills and awareness to adequately support employees in the workplace. It presents as an essential tool kit for businesses to implement a systematic approach towards employee care and wellbeing.

Who Should Attend
This is a continuing professional development course designed specifically for those with key management or human resources responsibilities such as employee relations, coaching, interviewing, performance management, appraisals, and supervision.

Course Benefits
For anyone leading a team, it can be challenging when you do not have the information and skills needed to support your staff. This course will inform you about common issues and strategies for managing supportive & effective communication.
• How to identify the need for counselling in the workplace
• Relevance of counselling practice as an effective communication strategy
• Utilisation of effective style of brief intervention support to attain the required information
• Providing a systematic approach to employee care and well-being

Course Duration & Assessment
The course is delivered over 4 evenings and 1 full day. Evening sessions are from 5.30pm to 8.30pm run from Tuesday to Friday plus 8.00am to 3.00pm on Saturday. Candidates will be given some reading materials and videos one week prior to the workshop. A 1000-word written essay has to be submitted within two weeks after the face-to-face workshop to complete the course.

Course Agenda
Session 1: Relevance of Workplace Counselling
Session 2: Workplace counselling Models and Concepts Session 3: Practice Skills
Session 4: Counselling Process
Session 5: Evaluation
Session 6: Legal & Ethical Issues, Practice Skills

CPD Hours
This course covers 30 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours.

Fee: $1200.00 per participant
Inclusive of light dinner on weekdays and lunch on Saturday.

Dates: March 21-25th, 2023.

Venue: Foster Court Walu Bay, Suva