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NICE HandbookC3 – Career CounsellingLearning Outcomes (Core Competence and Sub-Competences)The NCC Career Counselling relates to the NPR Career Counsellor. As Career Counsellors, CGCprofessionals support individuals in understanding their situations, so as to work through issuestowards solutions.Consequently, the NCC Career Counselling describes the core competence of CGC professionals tosupport their clients in understanding their situations, in working towards solutions and in makingdecisions through the use of ideographic and reflective methods.Career Counsellors are competent in...◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆Supporting clients in dealing with complex biographical issues related to life, work andidentitySupporting clients in identifying solutions and making decisions related to complex careerissues (e.g. setting goals and priorities)Employing ideographic and reflective approaches (e.g. solution-centred questioning, story-telling,reframing)Working alongside their clients in developing and pursuing goals over long periods oftime, mastering career transitions and dealing with uncertainty (if necessary)Motivating clients and supporting them in identifying and activating resources, allowingthem to pursue their life-projects as autonomously as possibleLearning Outcomes (Resource Requirements)Cognitive Resources (Competence-Specific Knowledge)Concepts and approaches for resource-oriented counsellingSpecific approaches and process theories to career counselling/ counselling interviewconcepts and techniques (e.g. cognitive-behavioural, person-centred approach, systemiccounselling, solution-focused counselling, coaching, life designing, narrative approaches,support of self-organisation, information processing methodology, problem managementapproach);Concepts for structuring interactive communication processesConcepts for supporting the reflexivity and learning processes of clientsTheories and empirically proven contemporary knowledge about the use of ICT in careercounsellingConcepts and approaches for counselling different target groups and for dealing withquestions of diversity, age, gender and culture in counsellingAffective Resources (Attitudes, Values, Motivations)Honesty and authenticity in responding to clients’ ideas, narratives and needs70 71◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆Readiness to set one’s own personal concepts of life and work aside in counselling clients(while respecting professional ethical and legal boundaries)Openness towards clients regarding the limitations of one’s personal role, e.g. when offeringcounselling in legally imposed situations; eagerness to make other interests transparentthat need to be taken into considerationWillingness to actively listen to clients and to tune in to their situations; empathy; interestin understanding clients’ personal backgrounds, values, emotions, desires, etc.Motivation to empower clients to deal with their situations autonomously; commitmentto reinforce and support self-efficacy and the development of positive self-concepts ofclients; motivation to support clients in developing their problem-solving and decisionmakingcompetencesBehavioural Resources (Skills, Techniques etc.)Active listening techniques; giving constructive feedback (in particular: interacting withclients in a way which strengthens them emotionally)Transferring decision making models into the practice of career counselling (normativeand non-rational models; approaches to dealing with emotions, conflicts, and uncertaintyin career decision making)Counselling techniques for clarifying concerns and requests of clients, for analysing complexproblems, for identifying solutions, for identifying and evaluating information, fordeveloping strategies and action plansDeveloping a joint goal for the counselling process together with the clientMaking the large variety of clients’ internal and external resources and situational constraintstransparent in counselling interviewsObserving whether and how the concerns and goals of clients change in the course of thecounselling processPreparation for setback and handling post-decision phenomenaUsing ICT-based solutions in career counsellingReferences to Teaching and Learning MethodsPracticing different techniques and styles of counselling with fellow students (with video-tapedrole playing); analysing written counselling interviews; counselling clients (video-taped, or withreports and presentations); peer reviewing/ collegial supervision of counselling practice; analysingone’s own career development and decisions from the perspective of various theoreticalapproaches; applying different decision techniques in real-life situations (related to questions ofdifferent complexity, not necessarily career decisions).References to Assessment MethodsPresenting and analyzing an own career guidance counselling session (video, essay etc.) in theperiod of practical training; analysing a counselling session based on a rating inventory.NICE Curriculum Framework