Accreditation

We are pleased to tell you that from Monday 15th March 2010 UKASFP Accreditation system will go live, beginning with Practitioner applications only.

The Process

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Register your interest on the site here - then close that window once registered.

Download the practitioner application form here - complete it and send to:-

UKASFP Accreditations
Tyn Rardd
Dwyran
Anglesey
LL61 6AJ

together with the fee of £50 made out to UKASFP. An email acknowledgement will be sent once your application arrives. Other forms of payment will be introduced at a later date.

The applications will be submitted to the Assessors who will assess for suitability. Applications may be looked at in groups so your application may not be dealt with immediately.

Once a decision has been reached you will receive notification of that by email and assuming a successful application your certificate will be sent to you at the address supplied.

Once the process has been completed the website records will be altered to show the new status.

If you have any queries please use the contact form on the contact page.

UKASFP Accreditation.

 

 

 

Applying for BACP Accreditation ?

BACP have a consultancy system for accreditation.
For a modest fee, you can use the services of a consultant to guide you through the process.
This is a sound investment. It reduces the possibility of having an application rejected.
BACP also run seminars on Accreditation in major cities at regular intervals.
Information on these is available on the BACP website

Applying for accreditation requires considerable time - collecting information about training and supervision/ reflecting on professional and personal development issues / writing about your practice / finding appropriate case studies/ conversations with your supervisor. The paperwork can be frustrating!

Applications should demonstrate 'congruence' between training, philosophy and practice, as illustrated in the case study. The assessors are looking for consistency between what applicants are claiming to do, the content and length of their training and how they use it in practice.

Applicants need to describe their theoretical framework. In the case of SFT it is not good enough to say
that the theory is that there isn’t a theory! You need to articulate some of the foundational ideas
underpinning the approach.

Show respect for other therapeutic approaches.
Do not represent SFT as the best, or the only, way of helping clients to change.
Accreditation applications are not evangelical opportunities!

It is advisable that you do not present your work as that of a miracle worker. Cases where people dramatically turn their lives round after 30 minutes SF conversation with you are not the best examples to use for accreditation. You may have such experiences but accreditation assessors something more subtle!

Core training should be substantial. Courses less than 75 hours in length are regarded as ‘Professional Development,’  not core training.

Supervision should mirror the solution-focused process and although the supervisor need not be BACP accredited, s/he must be clearly competent to carry out the role.

Before submitting an application ask at least one person to be a ‘critical friend’ and ensure that you have met the requirements.

Be encouraged, other Solution-Focused practitioners have successfully negotiated the BACP Accreditation route!

Bill O’Connell
BACP Accredited Counsellor