Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
Working with Children and Adolescents
*CPD Standards Office Accredited*
This online Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People is designed for counsellors, therapists, and mental health professionals who want to develop specialist skills in working with children, adolescents, and young people.
The course includes 8 flexible online modules, allowing you to study at your own pace while building practical, evidence-informed counselling skills. It extends your existing qualifications by developing core competencies aligned with recognised professional body standards for child and adolescent mental health practice.
Whether you are a qualified counsellor, trainee, or psychological therapist, this training will support you to enhance your therapeutic practice and work safely, ethically, and effectively with children and young people across a range of settings.
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Course
Fees
One-off fee ÂŁ750 or 3 Monthly Payments option ÂŁ275 (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:Â 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
EligibilityÂ
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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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?
Is this course suitable if I haven’t worked with children before?
I already work with children — will this still be relevant?
Is the course theoretical or practical?
How is the course delivered?
How long does the course take to complete?
Will this course support my professional development or registration?
What kind of practitioner is this course best suited to?
I’m not sure if this is right for me — can I ask questions?
How do I enrol?
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.
