Overview
Counselling Children & Young People CPCAB Level 5 DiplomaThis post-qualifying qualification is designed to give learners the specialist knowledge, skills and competences to work as counsellors with children and young people aged 11-18.
This qualification will enable successful candidates to work as counsellors with this age group in a range of job and career opportunities, which include but are not limited to:
- A counsellor employed by a School or College
- A counsellor in an agency or organisation which specialise in counselling children and young people
- A private counsellor working for an external organisation such as a school, youth club, wellness/mental health setting
- An ‘adult’ counsellor in independent practice wishing to extend their work to cover this age range
- A youth worker in the community
- An outreach worker with adolescents/teenagers
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Course information
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Entry requirements
You must have obtained the Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling or its equivalent.
The qualification is eligible in England for Advanced Learner Loans (19+).
Additional Qualification Requirements
Personal counselling:
a minimum of 20 hours of personal counselling undertaken during the life of the course.
Client work:
a minimum of 60 hours formally contracted counselling (one-to-one), with children and young people. The hours are to include client assessment and practice work with at least 4 different clients between the ages of 11-18.
Clinical Supervision:
either group or one-to-one supervision – as per the supervision ratio requirements of the candidate’s chosen ethical framework or professional membership association.
Assessment methods
To achieve the qualification, candidates must be internally assessed as Proficient in all seven learning outcomes of the qualification. Candidates must give two pieces of evidence for each criterion. In addition, the Candidate Learning Record (CLR), when complete, must include references to all three assessment methods (documents, tutor observation and testimony) across the whole CLR.
Course content
Learners will receive live teaching either in-person or in an online classroom, which will include real-time interaction with peers and tutor(s). They will practice what they are learning, receive feedback on their use of counselling skills, and gain insights about themselves through their engagement with others. This live human connection is considered essential when training in an area such as counselling.
Learning outcomes
- Work safely, legally and ethically with children and young people (CYP)
- Facilitate a therapeutic relationship with CYP
- Understand and work with diversity in relation to CYP
- Work collaboratively, creatively and flexibly to engage CYP in counselling work
- Work with self-awareness as a CYP counsellor
- Use theory, research and skills to work effectively with CYP
- Monitor and maintain professional practice and effectiveness as a CYP counsellor
Professional information
The CYP-L5 enables learners to register with the following counselling professional association registers, which are accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA):
- ✓ BACP – British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- ✓ NCPS – National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
- ✓ COSCA – Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland
- ✓ ACC – Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions
You may also join specific divisions of membership focused on work in this area, such as the BACP Children, Young People and Families Division.
This qualification maps to competencies from the following frameworks:
✓ BACP: Competence framework for work with children and young people (4-18 years)
✓ NCPS: Competency framework for working with children and young people.
Next steps
This qualification leads to being a qualified counsellor for children and young people and fulfils the requirements of a range of professional association registers. It also maps to a range of competency frameworks, and occupational standards.
As a learner continues their journey with the CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People, they are progressing into post-practitioner training which enables them to develop further skills, and knowledge when working with children and young people between the ages of 11 and 18. This improves employment opportunities working in services which offer counselling to children and young people, for example schools, colleges, specialist agencies and also in independent practice.
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