Program Overview

Supervision for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners University Certificate in Postgraduate Professional Development

Overview

This course is informed by recommendations from the NHS Talking Therapies programme, formally known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). Explore the principles of clinical supervision and case management, preparing you to supervise other practitioners. Prepare for your role as a supervisor by developing your knowledge and skills in these areas.

Where You Study

Delivered online or at the Centre for Professional and Executive Development at our Darlington campus, depending on the cohort.

Professional Accreditation

The training programme is regularly reviewed and approved through University procedures and those linked to the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Course Details

What You Study

• Explore your own experiences of supervision using a variety of self-assessment strategies.
• Dive into clinical case management supervision and clinical supervision; principles and theories of learning; models of supervision and the supervisory relationship and alliance.
• Cover content underpinned by clinical governance, considering ethical issues and dilemmas that may arise as a practicing supervisor.
• Examine the process of supervision, guided towards effective structuring and delivery.
• Study strategies that enable you to assess supervisee competence.
• Examine group supervision, an important part of supervising psychological practitioners, and its uses and requirements in practice.

How You Learn

• This course is held over a 20-week period.
• Learn through seminars, group work, skills rehearsal activities, scenario-based learning, critical and reflective discussions, and self-directed learning.
• Share experiences and learning with other students to enhance decision-making and problem-solving skills.

How You Are Assessed

• Two assessments:
  • A 2,500-word critical commentary on the process of providing clinical and case management supervision for low intensity CBT interventions (submitted in week 14).
  • A portfolio of essential evidence demonstrating achievement of generic and specific supervisory competencies, including a signed declaration of competency by your workplace supervisor (submitted in week 20).
• Outside of University, spend a minimum of 15 hours facilitating supervision (clinical and case management), which forms part of your portfolio of evidence.

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements

• Be a qualified practitioner currently supervising practitioners who deliver low intensity CBT-based interventions in mental health settings and have been identified by your employer as suitable to do so.
• If a qualified psychological wellbeing practitioner (PWP) or children’s wellbeing practitioner (CWP) applying to be a supervisor, have at least one-year post-qualification experience.
• This qualification can be the Postgraduate Certificate in Psychological Wellbeing Practice or a suitable equivalent.
• Be actively supervising low intensity practitioners from the beginning of the course.
• Have the opportunity to deliver both clinical and case management supervision to demonstrate the necessary competencies.

Employability

Career Opportunities

• On completion of the award, be eligible to supervise low intensity CBT psychological practitioners.

Part-time Entry

Fee for Applicants

• £1,285.50, limited funded places available

Course Details

• Length: 6 days
• Start date: September and March
• Level: Master's
• Credits: 30

Service User and Carer Involvement

• Service users and carers support all aspects of students' lifecycle from recruitment to graduation.