Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
*CPD Standards Office Accredited*
This Diploma and contains 8 online modules to work through at your own pace. This course adds another layer to your Level of qualifications and enables you to learn competences based on professional body standards to work with children and young people. As an adult trained counsellor or a student, or other psychological therapist, you will be able to use this knowledge to enhance your practice and work safely with children and young people in a range of contexts.
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Course
Fees
One-off fee £750 or 3 Monthly Payments option £275 (includes admin fee)
Email: [email protected]
CPD Standards Office Accredited Course taught by Dr Sue Pattison internationally respected trainer, clinical supervisor, therapist and writer.
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How to use the learning materials
BACP Competences for Working with CYP 4-18 yearsModule 1: Child and Adolescent Development
Lesson 1: Child and Adolescent Development
Lesson 3: Developmental Transitions QuizModule 2: Communication with Young People
Module 3: Beginnings and Endings with Young People
Module 4: Child Protection and Safeguarding
Module 5: Ethical and Professional Practice
Module 6: Risk Assessments
Module 7: Mental Health and Young People
Module 8: Contexts and Settings
Next steps
about
Sue Pattison
PhD. MA. Dip Couns. MBACP (Accred). Cert Ed. HV.RGN.
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Sue has had a long career working with adults, children, young people and families in practice and an academic career at the Universities of Durham, Newcastle and Arden. She has written Diploma and Degree courses for universities in counselling, psychotherapy and clinical supervision as well as bespoke courses for organisations, including school counselling training for the EU. She has trained counsellors, psychotherapists and supervisors in Kenya, Hong Kong, South Africa and Turkey. Her work includes examining counselling and supervision courses at Universities such as Cambridge, Keele, Manchester, Nottingham, Edinburgh and Teesside. She was Joint Chair of the Children, Young People and Families Division of BACP for many years, and a supportive member of Counsellors Together UK. She has a busy counselling, supervision and training practice in the UK and France.
Website: suepattisonconsulting.com
Course
Checklist
The Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People has all the elements of a high quality course, well grounded and aligned with professional body standards. It is Accredited by the CPD Standards Office and is used widely by major charities, counselling services, organisations and individuals. As a course that meets high standards it includes the following components:
A well rounded curriculum to address the needs of counsellors working with CYP
A strong knowledge base linked to research and experience
Aligned with professional body competences
Eligibility
Criteria
You are eligible to take this course of you are a qualified counsellor with any client group, for example, adults. Or you may be a counselling student wanting to take up a placement with CYP. The course can be used to provide the competences required for placements and a range of settings.
Qualified adult counsellors
Students going on a CYP placement
Any psychological therapist wanting CPD for working with children and young people
Course
Structure
Study online at your own pace
Knowledge
The knowledge base of the course is online and you will work through the required modules. There are 8 modules, each with a number of 4-9 lessons.
Skills
You will learn a range of skills related to counselling children and young people.
Practice
You will be prepared for practice with children and young people and able to build on your knowledge and skills in your work context.
Assessment
The course has build in Assessment Questions to take as you go along.
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Questions
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Is the course Accredited?
Do I have to be working with CYP or have a placement?
Can I use this course to work with pre-school children?
What is the Level of this qualification?
This is a CPD Standards Office Accredited Course
Therapists taking the Certificate in Clinical Supervision will receive a formal CPD Certificate of Attendance/Achievement and can record their attendance (30 hours CPD) towards their formal CPD requirements for their professional body, institute or employer.
The course is fully accredited with the CPD Standards Office.
