Course Outline
This
CPCAB accredited course is only open to counsellors who already hold a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling or above. This course qualifies the practitioner to work with children and young people up to the age of 18. The course:
- Provides essential underpinning theory of child development and its application in practice.
- Looks at legal and therapeutic similarities and differences between counselling children and adults.
- Explores creative approaches essential for counselling children and young people
- Requires 100 hours of clinically supervised placement which must include working across all age groups (minimum 30 hours in the following three age
groups 3-9, 10-13 and 14-17)
- 12 hours of personal therapy
Time Requirement
115 hours of contact study, usually bi-weekly spread over 20 weeks, where you will learn to:
- Work safely, professionally & ethically with CYP
- Manage relationships in a therapeutic setting.
- Explore diversity & difference in the therapeutic process.
- Use appropriate ways of working to respond to the needs of CYP.
- Use self-awareness when working with CYP.
- Understand and apply appropriate theoretical models to working with CYP.
- Reflect on own practice with CYP.
Placement
Walk Tall can offer placement opportunities in our CYP BACP Accredited counselling service. The course is predominantly online with 2 compulsory face to face skills days in North Kent on week 4 and 13.
If you wish to apply on to the Level 6 or if you would like more information, then please contact us on 01474 560834 or use the contact form to get in touch.
