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3. Course 3: Skills in Multicultural Counselling
3.1 Learning Objectives
• BD-BG counsellor has an overview of multicultural counselling competencies as
an effect of the counsellor’s commitment to cultural awareness and knowledge of
the self and others. (TAX1 – foundation competences)
• BD-BG counsellor can assess and adapt the multicultural competences at the
different stages of the counselling process. (TAX 3 – foundation competences,
client-interaction competences)
• BD-BG counsellor is able and motivated to participate in organising counsellor
training on the basis of the list of helping skills. (TAX 4 – supporting competences)
3.2 Unit 1: Professional Standards with Regards to Competences
Concerning Multicultural Counselling
Elaboration of clear professional standards with regards to competences that the
counsellor should possess in order to provide the best quality service is one of the
ways to cope with the above-mentioned obstacles in the process of multicultural
counselling.
To present multicultural and transnational competences and standards in
professional counselling we should start with standards and competences that give
the main and basic career counsellor’s skills.
Skills and knowledge in rendering support to clients, market, assessment, different
social groups, ethnical and legal issues, career development models, employability
skills, high technologies are included in the process of career counselling
independently of cultural and national belonging of the client.
The competences a counsellor should possess are presented in the table below.
They may be a basis for elaboration for a professional development scheme as well
as of an educational programme for acquiring a professional qualification.
The competencies are divided into general and specific. It is not necessary to modify
the general competences for the different countries. The specific ones are modified in
accordance with their implementation in a given country.
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