A minimum of one year part-time duration (of not less than 100 hours of staff/trainee contact plus 50 hours of supervised supervision practice within the duration of the course).
The 50 supervision practice hours may be a blend of one to one, peer, or group supervision. These hours must be formally contracted in the ratio of 25 internal practice hours and 25 external practice hours.
A balance of theoretical knowledge, professional development, skills and supervised professional practice consistent with the course theoretical supervision model or approach must be evident.
Course organisers and course supervisors must hold professional indemnity insurance cover for themselves and require their trainee supervisors to also hold professional indemnity insurance. This needs to specify counselling /psychotherapy supervision for their professional practice.
Each course must have an independent External Examiner.
Each trainee supervisor must have an IACP, BACP or IAHIP accredited external supervisor who will provide a supervisor’s assessment of the 25 external supervision practice hours to the course. In order to ensure that the supervisor can be seen to be objective and have no conflict of interest with regard to the trainee supervisor, supervision of the 25 external hours must not be undertaken with a supervisor who is directly involved with the training course in any way other than as the external supervisor. Involvement with a Supervision Training Course is deemed to extend for 2 years following the period of employment on or engagement with the course.
Assessment of applicants for suitability before being selected onto the course.
One core staff must be an Accredited Supervisor Member of IACP.
External supervisors’ reports must form an integral part of ongoing assessment.
The training course must have held a QQI or University validation from September 2019.
Certification of having satisfactorily completed the course.