Course Fee

One-off fee £750 or 3 monthly payments option £300 (includes admin fee)

Course curriculum

    1. A message from Sue Pattison, CEO, Founder and Senior Tutor

    2. Before we begin...

    3. How to use the learning materials

    4. Learning Resources

    5. Professional Counselling Bodies, Registers and Associations

    6. BACP Competences for Working with CYP 4-18 years

    7. BACP CYP Training Curriculum 4-18 years

    8. Aims and Learning Strategies

    1. Aims and Learning Strategies

    2. Lesson 1: Child and Adolescent Development

    3. Lesson 1: More resources for you (Child and Adolescent Development)

    4. Lesson 2: Attachment and Relationships

    5. Lesson 2: More resources for you (Attachment and Relationships)

    6. Lesson 3: Developmental Transitions Quiz

    7. Lesson 3: More resources for you (Developmental Transitions)

    8. Lesson 4: Behaviour and Development

    9. Lesson 4: More resources for you (Behaviour and Development)

    10. Lesson 5: Development and Therapeutic Progress

    11. Lesson 5: More Resources For You

    12. Lesson 6: Emotional Well-being

    13. Lesson 7: The Looked After or Adopted Young Person

    14. Lesson 7: More resources for you (The Looked After or Adopted Young Person)

    15. Lesson 8: Resilience

    16. Lesson 8: More resources for you (Resilience)

    17. Lesson 9: The Importance of Play in Development

    18. Lesson 9: More resources for you (Importance of Play)

    19. End of Module Assessment

    1. Introduction by Sue Pattison

    2. Aims and Learning Strategies

    3. Lesson 1: Communicating Emotions, Thoughts and Behaviours

    4. Lesson 1: More Resources For You

    5. Lesson 2: The Young Person's Perspective

    6. Lesson 2: More Resources For You

    7. Lesson 3: Language and Developmental Capacities

    8. Lesson 3: More Resources For You

    9. Lesson 4: Engaging Through Play and Creativity

    10. Lesson 4: More Resources For You

    11. Lesson 5: Scaling

    12. Lesson 5: More Resources For You

    13. Lesson 5: Further Resources YP-CORE

    14. Lesson 5: Further Resources SDQ_English(UK)_s11-17single

    15. End of Module Assessment

    1. Introduction by Sue Pattison

    2. Aims and Learning Strategies

    3. Lesson 1: Boundaries and Confidentiality

    4. Lesson 1: More Resources For You

    5. Lesson 2: Explaining Complaints Procedures

    6. Lesson 2: More Resources for You- Sample Client Contract Acknowledgement to Time4You Psychological Services CIC

    7. Lesson 3: Assessment and Goal Setting

    8. Lesson 3: More Resources for You

    9. Lesson 4: Identifying, Initiating and Negotiating Endings

    10. Lesson 4: More Resources for You

    11. End of Module 3 Assessment

    1. Aims and Learning Strategies

    2. Lesson 1: Risk From Others

    3. Lesson 1: Slide links (The links on the slides not accessible through the slides.)

    4. Lesson 1: More Resources For You

    5. Lesson 2: Risk to Self

    6. Lesson 2: (The links on the slides not accessible through the slides.)

    7. Lesson 2: More Resources for You

    8. Lesson 3: Child Protection Principles

    9. Lesson 3: More Resources for You

    10. Lesson 3: Legislation on Safeguarding in the UK (the Four Nations)

    11. Lesson 4: Statutory Responsibilities

    12. Lesson 4: More Resources for You

    13. Lesson 5: Record Keeping, Confidentiality and Sharing Information

    14. Lesson 5: (The links on the slides not accessible through the slides.)

    15. Lesson 5: More Resources For You

    16. End of Module Assessment

    1. Introduction by Sue Pattison

    2. Aims and Learning Strategies

    3. Lesson 1: Identifying and dealing with potential ethical conflicts PART 1

    4. Lesson 1: Case Study Quiz

    5. Lesson 1: Identifying and dealing with potential ethical conflicts PART 2

    6. Lesson 1: Further Resources For You

    7. Children and the GDPR pdf (Lesson 1)

    8. ICO Data Sharing Code of Practice pdf. (Lesson 1)

    9. Lesson 2: Making the best use of professional support networks and clinical supervision

    10. Lesson 2: Video Transcript

    11. Lesson 3: Understanding Own Limits of Competence

    12. Lesson 3: More Resources For You

    13. Lesson 4: Identifying and minimising the potential for harm

    14. Lesson 4: More Resources For You

    15. Lesson 5: Maintaining professional boundaries and standards of conduct

    16. Lesson 5: Video Transcript

    17. End of Module Assessment

About this course

  • £750.00
  • 124 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

Dr Sue Pattison - Biography

PhD. MA. Dip Couns. MBACP (Accred). Cert Ed. HV.RGN.

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. https://suepattisonconsulting.com

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.

FAQs

Please email me: [email protected] if your questions are not answered here.

  • Q. Is the course Accredited? A. The course is accredited with the CPD Standards Office.

  • Q. Do I have to be working with CYP or have a placement? A. No, this is not necessary, but the Diploma will prepare you for when you are ready to take on CYP work.

  • Q. Can I use this course to work with pre-school children? A. No, this course covers 5-18 years, younger children require a play therapy based approach.

  • What is the Level of this qualification? ANSWER - This is an accredited CPD qualification that adds another layer to your existing level. Therefore if you are qualified to Level 4, this would be Level 5 equivalent, or if qualified to Level 5, would be Level 6 equivalent.