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Counselling

Therapeutic Counselling - Level 4 Diploma (BACP Pilot)

Start Date: 22nd September 2023
Code: YHPW1500A1

Essentials

Duration: 2 Years Part-time
Start date: 22nd September 2023
End date: 5th June 2025
Day: Fri
Time: 09:00-16:00
Information event: Y

Course fee: To be confirmed


Course Content

Northern Regional College are taking part in a pilot scheme with BACP and CPCAB, where successful CPCAB Level 4 students will now have a straightforward route to BACP registration. Students will undertake the BACP Certificate of Proficiency, with the support of their tutors, during year 2 of the programme. Students successfully completing the course will receive certification that includes both the BACP and CPCAB logos, together with confirmation of a qualification that meets the standards of the BACP Approved Qualification scheme.  Full details are available on CPCAB website

This two year course provides successful candidates, on completion, with a professional qualification in counselling and enables progression toward BACP accreditation.

There are 7 mandatory units:
Unit 1 - Working ethically, safely and professionally as a counsellor
Unit 2 - Working within a counselling relationship
Unit 3 - Working with client diversity in counselling work
Unit 4 - Working within a user-centred approach to counselling
Unit 5 - Working with self-awareness in the counselling process
Unit 6 - Working within a coherent framework of counselling theory and skills
Unit 7 - Working self-reflectively as a counsellor

Students must also complete the following, and are responsible for the associated costs:

  • Personal counselling – a minimum of 10 hours face to face personal therapy during the course (to accommodate a range of theoretical approaches).
  • Client work – a minimum of 100 hours formally-contracted counselling (one-to-one) with at least 5 different clients in an agency setting. Students are responsible for securing their own placement within a suitable agency.
  • Supervision – Candidates require clinical supervision for their agency client work. In addition, candidates require 30-50 hours group training supervision as part of the course.

BACP Student Membership - all students on this programme must obtain BACP Student Membership for the duration of the programme. The current cost of this (20/21) is £82 per year. 

For further information on course content, delivery, and assessment, please see the candidate guide on the CPCAB website, which can be found at http://www.cpcab.co.uk/qualifications/tc-l4#documents.


Assessment Methods

The course is assessed both internally with a portfolio of evidence, and externally with a CPCAB set and marked exam, which takes place in year 2.

Full details on the course, including candidate guide and specification, may be found at http://www.cpcab.co.uk/qualifications/tc-l4#documents


Course Update

Please note that due to ongoing major campus construction projects courses at Ballymena, Coleraine and Ballymoney may be relocated to alternative suitable locations as required.
Lamont Building
Trostan Avenue
Ballymena
BT43 7BN
028 2563 6221

Contact

Nicola Quigg