CAREER_COUNSELLING_EN

study is real, the client was admitted with a scholarship in both faculties and must later
decide if she is able to cope with both).

Example 2: The Municipal Centre of Psycho-pedagogical Assistance

First stage: Analysing the four factors*

Strengths Weaknesses

• Competence, professionalism and enthusiasm
  of the counselling practitioners


• Sources of finance: education budget and
  self-funding


• Extended network of counselling offices in
  Bucharest schools


• The success of programmes initiated and
  accomplished by the centre


• New projects under development


• Services and activities meeting the client
  needs
  
  
  • Not a legal entity
  
  
  • No adequate space for counselling
    activities
  
  
  • Separating the venues for counselling
    services and secretariat
  
  
  • Insufficient communication means with
    individual clients and institutions
  
  
  
  

Opportunities Threats

• Support from the local authority in education


• Legal and financial support from the Ministry
  of Education in order to extend the network
  of school counselling offices


• Methodological coordination and scientific
  assistance from the Institute of Educational
  Sciences


• Collaboration for continuing training and
  development with international organizations
  in the field


• The possibility and offers to get involved in
  various European projects and programmes
  
  
  • Reticence of population regarding
    psycho-pedagogical and counselling
    services
  
  
  • Non-stimulating salaries make
    practitioners seek better-paid
    employment
  
  
  • Insufficient voluntary work available
  
  
  • Difficulty of transporting school-
    children from other parts of town to the
    headquarter venue
  
  
  • Private counselling centres competition
  
  
  
  

• The Matrix was developed with the contribution of counsellors in the Bucharest Centre of
  Psycho-pedagogical Assistance.

Second stage: Identifying strategies

SO Strategy: with strengths and opportunities (very well-trained staff and favourable
external circumstances to meet the counselling needs of the target population), the
Municipal Centre may apply an aggressive strategy for good results.