Ascentis Level 2 Award in Developing Therapeutic Skills

Qualification Overview

The Ascentis Award in Developing Therapeutic Skills at Level 2 is aimed at individuals who have little or no prior knowledge or experience of applying therapeutic skills, providing them with an understanding of personality, basic needs, the main therapeutic approaches and safe working practices.

Level 3 Certificate in Applied Therapeutic Skills’ main purpose is to support your professional competence in supporting vulnerable children, young people and adults to bring about social, emotional and behavioural changes, so that they can maximise their individual potential.

Aims

The aims of the qualification are to enable learners to increase their knowledge, deepen their understanding and further develop their skills in working with young people in relation to their emotional health and well- being.

Target Group

The Ascentis Award in Developing Therapeutic Skills at Level 2 is aimed at individuals aged 19+ who have little or no prior knowledge or experience of applying therapeutic skills.

This qualification is designed to provide health, social care, education and youth work professionals with an introduction to therapeutic skills. Learners will understand the purpose of therapy and explore basic principles of therapeutic skills in order to further develop their skills to working with their clients in relation to their emotional health and well-being.

The Ascentis Level 3 Certificate in Applied Therapeutic Skills is suitable for individuals who work with vulnerable people and want to better understand psychotherapy and counselling relevant to the job role, but do not wish to train as therapeutic clinicians. E.g. care workers, social workers, appropriate adults, foster carers and other professionals likely to come into contact with vulnerable people.

Assessment

All units are internally assessed through the learner building up a portfolio of evidence that covers the relevant assessment criteria, internally assessed and verified by the centre and then externally verified by Ascentis.