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Information, Advice and Guidance (Online) - Level 2
Overview
Looking to enhance your skills as a mentor or careers advisor? This FREE Level 2 online course is designed to help you provide stronger support and guidance to others, by deepening your knowledge of delivering effective information, advice, and guidance in various contexts.
Whether you’re helping someone make career decisions or offering initial support, this course will boost your ability to make an impact. Remember, learning more can help you earn more!
Online courses give you the flexibility to study in a way that fits around your existing commitments and responsibilities. They are also a great way to build confidence as you develop new skills.
If you feel unsure about using tools such as email, Microsoft Word or Microsoft Teams, do not worry. We will support you step by step. You will have guidance from an assessor throughout your studies, and we also offer free short digital and IT courses for adults to help you build confidence before starting a qualification like this.
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What will I study?
Mandatory units
- Understand information, advice and guidance practice
- Understand the interaction skills required for information, advice and guidance.
Optional units
- Information, advice or guidance work with groups
- Understand debt advice work in practice
- Understand employment advice work in practice
- Understand housing advice work in practice
- Understand information, advice or guidance in schools and colleges
- Understand networks to support information, advice and guidance
- Understand refugee, immigrant, asylum seeker advice work in practice
- Understand skills required by advice providers
- Understand the context of information, advice and guidance
- Understand the management of information
- Understanding signposting and referral in information, advice and guidance.
Start date, attendance and fee
- Start date - Anytime
- Attendance - 150 hours
- Fee - FREE for adults aged 19 or over.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
While this course may be offered to you free of charge, failure to complete the course may result in a £125 administration fee. This fee covers the administrative costs associated with non-completion.
If you have any questions or require more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01623 413602 before completing your registration.
- Entry requirements
This course is only available to students aged 19+.
- No specific entry requirements, but a minimum of a GCSE grade 4-9 in English and Maths (or equivalent) is recommended
- Applicants must live in England and not live in the locations listed here
- Applicants must have been living in the UK for the last 3 years.
- Assessment
- Assessment is done through internal evaluations, checked by external quality assurance.
- To achieve a Pass, all learning outcomes and criteria must be met - no grading system is used.
- Progression
Options to consider available through other training providers:
- Certificate in Counselling Skills - Level 2
- Award in Counselling Skills and Theory - Level 3
- Diploma in Counselling Skills - Level 3
- Careers
Employment in the following roles:
- Careers Adviser
- Counsellor
- Customer Service Advisor
- Debt Advisor
- Employment Advisor
- Help-desk Advisor
- Housing Support Worker
- Learning Support Worker
- Legal Services Support Worker
For advice and guidance on the careers this course may lead to, contact the our award-winning Careers and Employability team. Our fully qualified and experienced professional advisers specialise in providing high-quality, impartial careers advice and guidance, and can support you in exploring the career pathways this course or similar courses may offer.
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Disclaimer
Whilst every effort is made to ensure the information on the website is correct, some details may be subject to change. West Nottinghamshire College reserves the right to make amendments to the courses, dates, fees or other details, and to make cancellations or changes if numbers are insufficient. In the unfortunate situation that we have to cancel a course we will refund your fees in full, but we regret we are not able to offer any refund if you withdraw from your course or fail to start, and you will be liable to pay any outstanding fees that may be due.