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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Apply pastoral counselling skills

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
115921	Apply pastoral counselling skills
ORIGINATOR
SGB Christian Theology and Ministry
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
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FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 07 - Human and Social Studies			Religious and Ethical Foundations of Society
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 6	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6	12
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2018-07-01	2023-06-30	SAQA 06120/18
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2024-06-30		2027-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD

This unit standard will be useful to people engaged in the counselling ministry of the Christian community. (South African Association for Pastoral Care Category 3: Intermediate Level Pastoral Counsellor).

People credited with this unit standard are able to:

Gain basic knowledge of two pastoral counselling theories

Know and apply one theory of pastoral counselling

Describe and implement counselling in two specific areas.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

The credit calculation is based on the assumption that learners are already competent in terms of the following outcomes or areas of learning when starting to learn towards this unit standard:

Competence in the Unit Standards

Engage in the caring and pastoral ministry of the Church

Implement transformation in a community using Christian principles

Apply basic skills of pastoral care

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

N/A

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

Gain basic knowledge of two Pastoral Counselling theories.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Principles of two Pastoral Counselling theories are described and evaluated.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Know and apply one theory of Pastoral Counselling.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

A recognised theory of pastoral counselling is explained and critiqued

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The theory of Pastoral Counselling is appropriately implemented in at least 50 hours' counselling situations of which 25 hours are supervised.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3

Describe and implement counselling in two of the following.

OUTCOME RANGE

Family counselling, couple counselling, narrative counselling, post-traumatic stress counselling

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Principles and strategies of the selected counselling types are described

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Counselling in the above situations is done appropriately under supervision.

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

Providers of learning towards this unit standard will need to meet the accreditation requirements of the appropriate ETQA.

Moderation Option:
The moderation requirements of the appropriate ETQA must be met in order to award credit to learners for this unit standard.

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

The following essential embedded knowledge will be assessed through assessment of the specific outcomes in terms of the stipulated assessment criteria. Candidates are unlikely to achieve all the specific outcomes, to the standards described in the assessment criteria, without knowledge of the listed embedded knowledge. This means that for the most part, the possession or lack of the knowledge can be directly inferred from the quality of the candidate's performance. Where direct assessment of knowledge is required, assessment criteria have been included in the body of the unit standard.

Basic knowledge of two pastoral counselling theories

In-depth knowledge of one theory of pastoral counselling

Counselling strategies in two specific areas

UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME

N/A

UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES

N/A

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

Identify and solve problems by listening to the client's story, and through listening and responding, to assist in finding solutions and new ways of looking at issues and situations.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING

Work effectively with others and in teams as pastoral counselling by definition is never an isolated action. It always involves working with another in dealing with their issues in life.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING

Organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively as the task of pastoral care involves self-management through time keeping, respecting the client, confidentiality etc.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information. This is done through hearing the issues of the client, and accompanying them to a place of well-being.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING

Communicate effectively using visual, and language skills. The role of pastoral care is critically one of using language skills as well as assessing non-verbal communication by the client.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING

Understand the world as a set of inter-related parts of a system. Pastoral care is always done within the system of the client - taking into account their home, work and other environments

UNIT STANDARD CCFO CONTRIBUTING

Contribute to the full development of oneself. Facilitating pastoral care opens an individual to reflecting upon their own life and well-being.

UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA

Assessors should keep the following general principles in mind when designing and conducting assessments against this unit standard:

Focus the assessment activities on gathering evidence in terms of the main outcome expressed in the title to ensure assessment is integrated rather than fragmented. Remember we want to declare the person competent in terms of the title. Where assessment at title level is unmanageable, then focus assessment around each specific outcome, or groups of specific outcomes.

Make sure evidence is gathered across the entire range, wherever it applies. Assessment activities should be as close to the real performance as possible, and where simulations or role-plays are used, there should be supporting evidence to show the candidate is able to perform in the real situation.

Do not focus the assessment activities on each assessment criterion. Rather make sure the assessment activities focus on outcomes and are sufficient to enable evidence to be gathered around all the assessment criteria.

The assessment criteria provide the specifications against which assessment judgements should be made. In most cases, knowledge can be inferred from the quality of the performances, but in other cases, knowledge and understanding will have to be tested through questioning techniques. Where this is required, there will be assessment criteria to specify the standard required.

The task of the assessor is to gather sufficient evidence, of the prescribed type and quality, as specified in this unit standard, that the candidate can achieve the outcomes again and again and again. This means assessors will have to judge how many repeat performances are required before they believe the performance is reproducible.

All assessments should be conducted in line with the following well documented principles of assessment: appropriateness, fairness, manageability, integration into work or learning, validity, direct, authentic, sufficient, systematic, open and consistent

The following particular issues should be taken into consideration when assessing against this unit standard.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015.

UNIT STANDARD NOTES

The following scope and context applies to the whole unit standard:

Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of pastoral counselling with at least 50 hour's practical pastoral counselling, and 25 hours' supervised counselling will be required

Skills will be well developed by completion of the Unit standard, and will be able to be applied in a range of familiar and unfamiliar contexts.

The Pastoral counsellor will be able to work with some autonomy under broad guidance and evaluation.

Pastoral care refers to that activity of the Christian Church that responds to the human need for warmth, nurture, support and caring.

Pastoral Counselling could generally be described as the process in which a counsellor, working within the framework of a helping relationship and acknowledging the presence and work of God in the situation, uses specific skills to facilitate human growth and problem solving.

Specific range statements are provided in the body of the unit standard where they apply to particular specific outcomes or assessment criteria.

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Elective	48917	National Diploma: Theology and Ministry	Level 5	NQF Level 05	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual
Elective	62609	National Diploma: Theology and Ministry	Level 6	NQF Level 06	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

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