Level 5 Supervision Course
BACP compliant

Who is offering this course?

Hope Psychological Services CIC is a community interest company (social enterprise) established in 2013. We are an organisational member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and adhere strictly to their ethical framework. We strive for excellence in all we do.

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Who should attend?

If you are considering the next step in your counselling career through becoming a supervisor this course is for you. Maybe you are not a counsellor but in an allied profession such as coaching, nursing, pastoral, teaching or social work and have experience in these areas, you may be called on to supervise less experienced colleagues, then this course is also for you. As the course is underpinned by principles laid down by the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists) and also accredited by the OCN (Open College Network) you can be sure it reaches both professional and academic standards of a level 5 course.

In order to supervise counsellors and psychotherapists you must hold a level 4 diploma or above in counselling or psychotherapy and have a minimum of 450 hours of practice making you eligible for Accreditation with the BACP.
If you are in an allied profession, you will need suitable qualifications and at least 2-5 years of post-qualifying experience in your own field.
 

Learning Outcomes

By By the end of the course, participants will have covered:

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• The theory of supervision

• Ethical and professional practice in supervision

• Establishing and maintaining the supervisory relationship

• Beginnings and endings

• Facilitating the supervision process

• Working with equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)

• Responding to the individual needs of the supervisee

• Adapting supervision to the developmental stage of the supervisee

• Relational dynamics in supervision

• Working with conflicts, challenges and ruptures

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Course Format

In order for your training to qualify you to work both in person and online, the course will be a hybrid of in person and online synchronous sessions (3 long weekends (Friday 7.00pm - Sunday 1.30pm) and 15 online training sessions on a Monday evening (6.30pm-9.30pm). There are 2 units - one theory and the other a practice unit where you will show 30 hours of supervised practice as a supervisor. There will be taught sessions, large and small group work, skills practice and learning journal. In addition, there will be a requirement for 1 marked assignment, logs of supervision practice and the consultation sessions you have taken to ensure good practice.

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Accreditation

This course is accredited by Open College Network West Midlands (a national awarding organisation regulated by OfQual) and students will be rewarded with two Level 5 Units with a total of 12 credits on successful completion of the course (80% attendance is required). These Units demonstrates academic credit, which proves the student has gone through a rigorous quality assurance learning programme which has been externally verified. The total GLH for the course is 110 hours.

 

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When is the course running?

The course consits of 15 online Zoom sessions and 3 attended weekends (Friday 7.00pm - Sunday 1.30pm) in Carlisle, Cumbria. The sessions including a number of break times to help with concentration for online working. Full dates are listed below.

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