Diploma in Trauma Counselling

Phronesis International College · Ramotswa

About this programme

A two-year, 240-credit NCQF Level 6 diploma focused on trauma and disaster-related psychosocial issues - applying counselling theories, coping and resilience strategies, and ethical, multicultural practice under supervision. Entry is open to BGCSE holders (about 34 points) or a Level-5 certificate in a related field, with a Recognition-of-Prior-Learning route, and graduates can articulate into related bachelor's degrees.

Entry requirement

Entry requirement: at least 34 points.

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Programme facts

Qualification	Diploma (NCQF Level 6)
Institution	Phronesis International College
Faculty / school	Counselling & Psychotherapy
Duration	2 years
Location	Ramotswa
Minimum points	34
Accreditation	BQA Accredited
Funding / sponsorship	Government-funded (DTEF) sponsorship may apply to this BQA-registered qualification, subject to current sponsorship lists; self-sponsorship available.
Demand outlook	HRDC forecasts about 363 openings a year in SOCIAL SCIENCES (2025). Years of backlog: not shown. Appendix 3 publishes no unemployment sector matching Social Sciences, so no figure is available. Graduates per opening: 1.59. ISCED bundles Journalism and Information with Social Sciences, so this ratio is indicative only. These openings are a forecast of need, not posts that are currently being filled. In July 2026 the Directorate of Public Service Management told Parliament's Public Accounts Committee that government "currently do not have the financial capacity to create new vacancies", and that more than 8,000 students now graduate each year while the economy is no longer creating jobs at the same pace. Government policy reserves 80% of entry-level vacancies for new graduates and is achieving about 70%. (Directorate of Public Service Management, evidence to the 62nd sitting of the Public Accounts Committee, reported by Mmegi (July 2026).) This describes the whole field, not this programme alone, and it is not a government waiting list — Botswana publishes no such figure. Source: HRDC Priority Skills Report, March 2025, Table 31 p.41; HRDC Tertiary Education Statistics Report 2024, Table 22.

Careers this programme leads to

Trauma Counsellor Assistant School Counsellor Assistant Health Practitioner Assistant Disaster & Risk Management Officer SHE Officer Social Welfare Assistant Private Counselling Practitioner Assistant Industrial/Corporate Counsellor Assistant Life Skills & Wellness Assistant Youth & Community Officer

Source

Published by https://www.bqa.org.bw/sites/default/files/reg_qualifications/Q0531.pdf.

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