Program Overview

Clinical Supervision Postgraduate Certificate

Overview

The Clinical Supervision Postgraduate Certificate is a part-time online course designed for professional practitioners who are providing, or are aiming to provide, clinical supervision to a range of different health professionals. This course is Quality Checked by the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and is the only online postgraduate qualification of its kind in the UK.

Study Options

• Part-time: 1 year
• UK fee: £3,150 (2024/25)
• International fee: £3,150 (2024/25)
• Start dates: September, January, May
• Location: Online

Course Description

This course is designed for experienced health and social care practitioners who wish to develop their skills in clinical supervision. It is ideally suited for those who wish to specialise in offering clinical supervision and a higher level of expertise within their clinical practice. The course aims to help practitioners develop both personally and professionally, and is a stepping stone for those who wish to progress academically onto a doctoral level of study.

What You Will Study

• Develop advanced supervisory skills to form and maintain supervisory relationships
• Analyse a range of supervisory models and educational theory
• Develop an advanced understanding of supervisory structures and processes
• Develop a critical understanding of the different ways in which clinical supervision can be assessed and evaluated
• Develop your ability to work systematically and to effectively manage influencing factors such as organisational, ethical, professional and legal influences
• Reflect on and develop your supervision skills

Core Modules

• Issues and Debates in Supervisory Practice
• Skills in Supervisory Practice
• Concepts and Theories within Supervisory Practice

Module Learning Outcomes

• Critically reflect upon personal values, ethical issues and legal stances within the framework of clinical supervisory practice
• Critically evaluate clinical supervision within individual and organisational contexts

Module Content

• Good practice in clinical supervision
• Enduring standards of clinical supervision
• Sensitivity within the supervisory context
• The reflective supervisory practitioner
• Legal and ethical issues within the context of supervisory practice
• Clinical supervision within the organisational context
• Professional codes within the supervisory practice
• Developing and using supervisory networks
• Dynamics within group supervision
• The mechanics of agenda setting
• Economic evaluation and its application to supervision
• Failing to fail within the supervisory context - supporting and reporting on poor standards
• Outcome measures in supervision

Careers

This course aims to help experienced health and social care practitioners develop both personally and professionally. It is ideally suited if you wish to:

• Specialise in offering clinical supervision and a higher level of expertise within your clinical practice
• Improve your employability as a clinical leader or manager

Entry Requirements

• Be professionally qualified with a minimum of 12 months post qualification experience within a profession that has a basis within the counselling, psychotherapy or healthcare profession
• Have evidence of learning at level 6 or equivalent

English Language Qualifications

• IELTS 7.0 (or equivalent)
• TOEFL 550 (paper based) 213 (computer based) or 80 (internet based)
• Pearson Test of Academic English: 66
• Cambridge Advanced Certificate: Pass
• London Tests of English: we accept level 5 for postgraduate courses
• International GCE O Level English Language: Grade C
• International GCSE English/English as a Second Language: Grade C

Fees and Funding

• 2024/25 for new entrants: £3,150
• 2025/26 for new entrants: £3,240

How to Apply

Please look at our application deadlines before you apply. Our undergraduate and postgraduate course pages will show the intakes that are available and open to applications. It's best to apply early so you can secure your place and beat the rush.