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Under the #bacp #scoped project qualified counsellors who don’t fall into the categories of ‘advanced’ (aka accredited) or psychotherapists would be considered incompetent by bacp in the following areas #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 1/51
You’re unable to critically evaluate your own work within an ethical framework. (1.6.a.) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 2/51
You’re unable to resolve ethical dilemmas using an ethical framework (1.6.a.) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 3/51
You’re unable to resolve contradictions between different codes of ethics (1.6.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 4/51
You’re unable to resolve contradictions between ethical requirements and work requirements (1.b.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 5/51
You’re unable to take an active role in a professional community (1.10a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 6/51
You’re unable to participate effectively in multi agency settings (1.10a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 7/51
You’re unable to take an active role in the professional community locally or nationally (1.10.c) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 9/51
You’re unable to impart information, advice, instruction or professional opinion (1.10c) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 10/51
You’re unable when assessing whether to work with a client privately, to undertake a competent clinical assessment by yourself (2.1.a) You can however, collaborate with a supervisor to make this decision (2.1) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 11/51
You’re unable to assess and formulate when working with chronic and enduring mental health conditions (2.1.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 12/51
You’re unable to distinguish between “psychopathological” and “normal” #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 13/51
You’re unable to understand the medical diagnosis of mental disorders (2.4.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 14/51
You’re unable to understand the impact of medication on your client (2.4.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 15/51
You’re unable to recognise significant mental health symptoms (2.5.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 16/51
You’re unable to devise or use a risk assessment strategy with your clients (2.7.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 17/51
You’re unable to respond to the risks associated with working online (2.10a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 18/51
You’re unable to negotiate issues of power in the inner and outer world of the client (3.5.c) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 20/51
You’re unable to continuously reflect on and explore issues of authority in the client relationship (3.5.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 21/51
You’re unable to communicate about the harm caused by discriminatory practices (3.5.d) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 22/51
You’re unable to critically reflect upon the client’s process in therapy (3.8.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 23/51
You’re unable to be critically aware of unconscious processes (3.10b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 25/51
You’re unable to analyse difficulties encountered in the therapeutic process (3.12.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 26/51
You’re unable to find ways of making progress in those difficulties (3.12.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 27/51
You’re unable to process your client’s history of life events when planning to end therapy (3.13a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 28/51
You’re unable to critically appraise a range of theories underpinning counselling practice (4.2.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 29/51
You’re unable to critically appraise the history of psychological ideas (4.2.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 30/51
You’re unable to critically appraise the cultural context or relevant social and poltical theories to inform your practice (4.2.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 31/51
You’re unable to work with the conscious and unconscious process surrounding self harming behaviour and suicidal risk (4.3.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 32/51
You’re unable to demonstrate the capacity or understanding of how to select or modify approaches to respond appropriately to the needs of your client (4.6.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 33/51
You’re unable to reflect upon complex or contradictory information from clients (4.7.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 34/51
You’re unable to clearly articulate the core difficulties or origins of contradictory information coming from your clients (4.7.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 35/51
You’re unable to demonstrate an advanced awareness of how unconscious processes affect therapy (4.7.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 36/51
You’re unable to describe the philosophical assumptions that underpin the theoretical understanding of culture (4.8.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 37/51
You’re unable to integrate relevant theory and research in equality and diversity into your practice (4.8.c) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 38/51
You’re unable to define difference or explore the effects of stereotyping, discrimination and oppression (3.8.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 39/51
You’re unable to use audit and evaluation methodologies to improve the process or outcomes of therapy (4.9.b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 41/51
You’re unable to integrate relevant research findings into practice (4.10a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 43/51
You’re unable to complete a systematic research project or case study (4.10b) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 44/51
You’re unable to evidence that you are emotionally prepared for intense or complex work (5.1.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 45/51
You’re unable to evidence self awareness and the therapeutic self to work at depth (5.1.c) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 47/51
You’re unable to critically challenge your own values and beliefs. (5.3.a) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 48/51
You’re unable to make a decision to see a client in private practice without your supervisor’s permission. (cf 2.1) #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc 49/51
You can read the full SCoPEd framework here: https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-us/advancing-the-profession/scoped/scoped-framework/training-and-practice-requirements/ #bacp #ukcp #bpc 50/51
You can sign our petition ‘bacp to scrap the SCoPEd project’ here: https://www.change.org/p/british-association-for-counselling-and-psychotherapy-we-are-asking-bacp-to-scrap-the-scoped-project #bacp #scoped #ukcp #bpc #counsellorstogetheruk @UK_Counsellors 51/51
Also, if ‘qualified counsellors’ don’t meet the criteria that ‘advanced counsellors’(AKA accredited) do, then can #bacp ethically hold qualified counsellors on the public register if they’re so lacking in certain competencies? I wonder if @prof_standards would know? #bacp #SCoPEd
