CYP LEVEL 5 DIPLOMA – BLENDED – 120 HOURS
Working with Children & Young People
This qualification has been awarded Advanced Specialist CYPT Training Status by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).
About the Course
This is a blended course with 45% of the taught hours being online and 55% of the hours being in person, which meets the requirements of the awarding body and professional bodies. Professional counselling and psychotherapy bodies do not accept Level 5 CYP qualifications where training has been delivered solely online.
Please note that 85% attendance is one of the course requirements, falling below this will result in not being awarded the qualification.
This course 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 – Online
The level 5 blended course will not be running during the 2026-2027 academic year. We are running a weekly in-person course starting in October 2026.
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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. Please note that interviews will take place online.
If you require further assistance please contact Cara Counselling Training Online on 07846 601 228 or email info@caracounsellingtraining.co.uk.
