CYP LEVEL 5 DIPLOMA – BLENDED (120 hours)
Introduction to Working with Children & Young People
About the Course
This is a blended learning course over eight months which leads to a nationally regulated qualification awarded by the CPCAB. The Level 5 Diploma qualification is designed to give candidates the knowledge, skills and competencies to work as a counsellor with children and young people aged 11-18. The training includes how to:
• Work safely, legally and ethically with children and young people
• Tailor the therapeutic work to meet the age, development stage and ability of the child or young person
• Use theory, research and skills to work effectively with children and young people
• Work collaboratively, creatively and flexibly with children and young people.
This qualification will enable you to work as a counsellor with this age group in a range of career settings including in a school or college, an agency which specialises in counselling children and young people or as a youth or outreach worker in the community.
Who is it for?
The Level 5 Diploma is for:
• experienced, qualified counsellors (post level 4)
• counsellors who are already counselling CYP and would like a formal qualification, and
• counsellors who would like to develop their practice to include working with CYP.
The CPCAB and Cara Counselling Training recommends that applicants are over the age of twenty-five.
What will I learn?
Areas of study are:
• Ethical & Professional Practice
• Fundamentals of Person-Centred Theory
• Child-Centred Play Therapy
• CYP Client Assessment & Tools
• Child and Adolescent Development & Transitions
• Fundamentals of Attachment Theory
• Child Protection & Safeguarding
• Working Creatively with CYP
• Mental Health & Problems
• Difference & Diversity with CYP
• Communicating with CYP
How will I be assessed?
• Learning reviews
• 1 self-review
• 2 written assignments (3,000 to 3,500 words)
• A client record (minimum of 60 one-to-one hours)
• Clinical supervision reports (one after 30 hours and one after 60 hours of client work)
• A personal counselling record (minimum of 20 hours by the end of the course)
• A review of a 15 minute transcript of clinical work
• Feedback on your counselling practice sessions
• A case presentation
• Tutorial records
• Group presentation
Entry Requirements
Qualified at level 4 or above.
Additional Requirements
A minimum of 20 hours personal counselling undertaken during the lifetime of the course.
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.
Either group or one-to-one supervision – as per the supervision ratio requirements of the candidate’s chosen ethical framework or professional membership association.
Information
CYP Level 5 Diploma
Due to unforeseen circumstances this course has been delayed until September 2025. Applications for 2025 are open.
BLENDED LEARNING: 96 hours in person, 24 hours online
LOCATION: Worthing College BN14 9FD & Zoom
TUTORS: Lynn Kiely & Deborah Flynn-Harland
INTERVIEWS: April 2025
DURATION: 8 Weekends, 8 Thursday Evenings
FEE: TBA
TERM BREAKS: 28th October to 3rd November 2024. 17th February to 23rd February 2025. 26th May to 31st May 2025
CHRISTMAS: 23rd December 2024 to 5th January 2025
EASTER: 7th April to 21st April 2025
Course Dates
One weekend per month in person Saturday 8.45am to 4pm & Sunday 8.45am to 3pm, and one Thursday 6pm to 9pm per month online.
WEEKEND IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS: TBA
EVENING ONLINE WORKSHOPS: TBA
BOOK THIS COURSE
Please complete the Level 5 Application Form – click here
We will sent confirmation that we have received your application within 48 hours. If you require further assistance please contact Cara Counselling Training on 07846 601 228 or email info@caracounsellingtraining.co.uk.
