Discipline & Ideas in Applied Social Sciences

1. ROLES,
FUNCTIONS &
COMPETENCIES
OF
COUNSELORS
MELODY G. GENES
SHS Teacher

2. Counseling is a process and a
relationship between the client
and counselor.

3. to assist the persons (client) and
realizing a change in behaviour or
attitude.
to assist them to seek
achievements of goals.
assist them to find help and in
some case.

4. also includes.
teaching of social skills
effective communication
spiritual guidance
decision making
career choice

5. In some setting counseling includes.
premarital and marital counseling
grief and loss
domestic violence & other types of
violence
Counseling could be short-term or
long term

6. The Philippine Republic Acts No.
9258 (Sec.2-3) defines guidance
counselor as a natural person who has
been professionally registered and
by a legitimate state entity and by virtue
of specialization to perform the functions
of guidance & counseling.

7.  Helping a client develop potentials to the
fullest
 Helping a client plan to utilize his or her
potentials to the fullest
 helping client plan his or her future in
accordance with his or her abilities, interest
and needs

8.  sharing and applying knowledge related
to counseling such as theories, tool and
techniques and;
 administering a wide range of human
development services.

9.  Ability to administer and maintain career
guidance and counseling program
 capable of properly guiding the students
toward becoming productive and
contributing individual

10.  Administer career advocacy activity
 capable career advocates
 helping skills
 Reflective skills
 Probing skills