Centre for Community Training and Development (CTD)
UNISA College of Human Sciences
As part of CTDs Faith in Action programme, HospiVision has developed and will be presenting a range of courses focusing on Counselling and Spiritual Care in Health Care. The programme consists of 9 individual Short Learning Programmes (SLP) of 6 months each. Each SLP requires 3 days of compulsory interactive training, a set amount of hours practical work and a theoretical assignment. All the SLP are based on unit standards registered with the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and will lead to a UNISA certificate.
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Course |
Dates |
Venue |
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Short course in Spiritual care and counselling for the sick |
January 23-25 March 12-14 August 06-08 October 29-31 |
HospiVision Training Centre (TDH) |
| Short course in Spiritual care and counselling for the sick - Helen Joseph |
March 12-14 August 06-08 |
Johannesburg: Helen Joseph |
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Short course in Spiritual care and counselling for sick and vulnerable children |
May 28-30 November 14-16 |
HospiVision Training Centre (TDH) |
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Short course in Narrative practices for spiritual care and counselling for the sick |
February 06-08 April 16-18 October 08-10 |
HospiVision Training Centre (TDH) |
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Short course in Trauma counselling in an Accident and Emergency Unit |
February 27-29 May 07-09 November 19-21 |
HospiVision Training Centre (TDH) |
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Short course in spiritual care and counselling for people living with AIDS |
June 18-20 |
HospiVision Training Centre (TDH) |
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Short Course in a faith and value based approach to HIV prevention |
August 27-29 |
HospiVision Training Centre (TDH) |
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Short course in a narrative approach to journeying with Depression |
July 16-18 |
HospiVision Training Centre (TDH) |
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Short course in Memory Work and life maps in counselling for loss, death and bereavement |
September 17-19 |
HospiVision Training Centre (TDH) |
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Short course in Implementing a spiritual care and counselling programme in health care |
November 09-11 |
HospiVision Training Centre (TDH) |
The course will benefit:
- Leaders and members of Faith Based and Community Based Organizations
- Pastoral counsellors and therapists
- Volunteers and lay counsellors
- Health professionals who wish to expand their skills for working in health care
Tutorials
Within the first month after completion of a workshop HospiVision will present a tutorial on the assignment for the applicable short learning programme. The tutorials will be from 09:00-12:00 on a Thursday morning at the HospiVision training centre and is free of charge. See the course information for dates of tutorials.
Practical counselling skills and supervision workshops
On the Thursday following a three day workshop HospiVision will facilitate a practical counselling skills workshop at the HospiVision training centre from 08:30-15:00. Each workshop will also focus on a practical counselling skill and spiritual theme, as well as supervised counselling and case study discussion. These one day skills workshops are free of charge.
Please note the following
- These workshops are open for everybody.
- HospiVision is a member of the Southern African Association for Pastoral Work (SAAP).
- A certificate for attendance of the workshop will be issued which can be used when a counsellor applies for accreditation by SAAP.
- A workshop is the equivalent of 5 hours supervised counselling.
Counselling and supervision workshops programme (January – June 2012)
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Dates |
Counselling skill, spiritual theme and case study |
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January 26 |
Building a relationship and creating security Case study: illness |
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February 9 |
Conversational questions and creating hopeful scenarios Case study: cancer |
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March 01 |
Attending and listening skills and discovering meaning Case study: trauma |
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March 15 |
Advanced empathy and communicating compassion Case study: bereavement |
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April 19 |
Understanding stories and making room for reconciliation Case study: strained relationships |
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May 10 |
Immediacy and creating “God-spaces” Case study: loss and dying |
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May 31 |
Creativity in counselling and telling of “God-stories” Case study: sick children |
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June 21 |
Unconditional acceptance and belonging to a healing community Case study: HIV and AIDS |
Course fees: R800-00 per person which includes workshop attendance, training material, tutorial, skills workshop as well as the cost of the UNISA certificate.
Decentralization
Courses can be presented for groups of 12 or more. Travel and accommodation costs will be extra, depending on the location.
Registration
To register please contact the HospiVision Head Office on 012-3299492 / 012-3294420 (08:00-13:00) or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
An electronic registration and payment facility is available on the HospiVision website (www.hospivision.org.za click on “Training programmes” / “Enrol for a course”).
A full course brochure can be downloaded from the HospiVision website (www.hospivision.org.za click on “Training programmes” / “Download training brochure”).
