Taster Day
Taster Day
Take the first step on your training journey and develop some of the skills you need to be a counsellor for children and young people.
Coronavirus update
In light of current government guidelines all Taster Days between now and the end of April have been cancelled. We will be contacting anyone currently booked onto a Taster Day; please look out for an email which will contain more information and next steps.
Bookings are suspended until we receive further guidance. Any updates and information on bookings for future Taster Days will be posted on this page in the coming weeks.
We appreciate your understanding and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Taster Day
Place2Be’s Taster Day is the starting point for our qualifications and an introduction to our work supporting children and young people through talking, creative work and play.
We run Taster Days throughout the year so keep checking this page for new dates.
Course details
What it covers:
- Understanding Place2Be’s approach and work in schools
- Learning key concepts in child counselling
- Communicating through therapeutic play
- Knowing the training journey for child counselling
- Planning possible next steps for trainees.
Useful for those who:
- Want to enrol on a specific Place2Be course within 12 months
- Are interested in doing further training with Place2Be, but don’t know where to start
- Already work with children or young people and want to develop their skills
- Are interested in learning about counselling for children and young people.
Entry requirements
None.
Accreditation
Not accredited. A requirement for our accredited Level 2, Level 3 and Postgraduate Diploma courses.
Find out more
Get in touch using our enquiries form or call us on 020 7923 5558.
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Endorsements
This course has given me a very good insight into counselling children. The games, sensory play and group activities were inspiring and made me more self-aware as an observer and listener.
Taster Day participant