Job Vacancy: BACP Lead Advisor (Northern Ireland)
Posted on Tuesday 4 October 2011
The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) is the leading professional body for counsellors & psychotherapists in the UK.
Lead Advisor,
Northern Ireland
Starting salary: £34,502 pro-rata
Home-based, part time – 2 days a week
BACP is seeking to appoint a Lead Advisor for Northern Ireland to collect, analyse and disseminate information on counselling and psychotherapy across the country.
Reminder: Counselling Surveys for Northern Ireland
Posted on Thursday 11 August 2011
BACP is currently seeking information from its Northern Ireland members to help inform its work with the DHSSPS on the Psychological Therapies Strategy Implementation Group on Primary Care Counsellors and Voluntary and Community Sector Providers of Counselling in Northern Ireland. They have been asked by the Northern Ireland Psychological Therapies Group to produce a report for their next meeting in September based on the results of these surveys. If you have already completed one or both of these surveys then you do not need to complete the survey again, your responses will be incorporated into the report.
Dragging your heels on BACP Accreditation
Posted on Thursday 21 July 2011
In response to the recent BACP ‘Making Connections in Belfast’ event and Dr Lynne Gabriel’s article in ‘Therapy Today’ (May issue), Zest for Life Counselling Services will be facilitating a ‘BACP Accreditation Group’ commencing on Tuesday 30th August 2011.
The group will meet for 2.5 hours each month on the following dates; 30th August, 27th September, 25th October, and 29th November.
Surveys on counselling in Northern Ireland
Posted on Tuesday 12 July 2011
BACP is currently seeking information from its Northern Ireland members to help inform their work with the DHSSPS on the Psychological Therapies Strategy Implementation Group on Primary Care Counsellors and Voluntary and Community Sector Providers of Counselling in Northern Ireland.
If you wish to forward this email on to the manager of your service for completion please feel free to do so.
L’Derry Workshop: BACP Accreditation Workshop
Posted on Sunday 29 May 2011
BACP will hold an Accredited Workshop at the City Hotel, L’Derry on 16th August 2011. This is a one day workshop led by a member of the BACP professional standards assessment team to offer information and support to those looking for help and guidance regarding all aspects of the BACP accreditation process. Costs: From £45.00 .
For more information, please check out: http://wam.bacp.co.uk/wam/events.aspx?ID=110893
BACP rule Christian counsellor’s attempt to cure gay man as ‘unethical’
Posted on Sunday 29 May 2011
From The Telegraph.
A Christian psychotherapist who tried to convert a gay man to become heterosexual has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
Lesley Pilkington was criticised by the professional body for counsellors after an undercover journalist posing as a patient secretly recorded her during a therapy session at her home.
BACP Making Connections Event in Belfast
Posted on Thursday 14 April 2011
BACP are holding a free event in Belfast on 24th May at the Hilton Hotel from 1.30pm – 7.30pm.
Are you keen to meet other BACP members, get involved in your area, or to have your say about issues affecting the profession? If so, then this event is aimed at you.
At the event you will have the opportunity to
Change in direction in the government’s approach to regulation
Posted on Monday 7 March 2011
The UK Government has issued a command paper, ’Enabling excellence: autonomy and accountability for healthcare workers, social workers and social care workers’ (Cm 8008), which signals a change in direction in its approach to the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy. In short, the command paper indicates that:
BACP Accreditation Workshop – L’Derry
Posted on Wednesday 19 January 2011
BACP are currently planning an Accreditation Workshop in L’Derry and would like to gauge the level of interest – if you are in the process of becoming accredited this workshop may be useful to you.
A member of BACP’s professional standards’ assessment team will lead the workshop and the content will include:
- An explanation of the counsellor / psychotherapist accreditation criteria
CCYP Conference ‘In and out if the counselling room: Meeting the challenges’
Posted on Wednesday 12 January 2011
March 2011 The Belfast Hilton Hotel
Keynote Speaker: Dr Mike Shooter
The new conference will offer workshops that focus on themes that are found:
Inside the counselling room
Workshops offering cutting edge, innovative work and concepts that directly relate to therapeutic work with children and young people
and
Outside the counselling room