ACCREDITATION APPLICATION - Standard Route (SCoPEd B)

Please read through the Guidance notes to help with completing your application form.

It can be helpful to carefully read through the form first to ensure you know what is required before beginning your application.

We hope that the process is clear from the application form, however, please contact us at registrar@acc-uk.org if you have any questions or concerns.

PART 1 - Personal and professional details

PART 2 - Counselling training

PART 3 - Counselling experience

PART 4 - Supervision

PART 5 - SCoPEd (column B) competence mapping Table 1

PART 6 - Written assignments:

• Assignment one: Counselling theory and practice
• Assignment two: Reflections on areas of professional practice - Two reflections out of a selection of four topics
• Assignment three: Evaluation of Churchill Framework

PART 7 - Supplementary information

Checklist

Declaration

Please note:

If you need to return to the application to finish at a later date/time, you will have the opportunity to save your application after any section listed above. You do not need to create a Jotform account to do this.

We recommend completing the application form on either PC, laptop or tablet, as you will be required to download and upload various documents.

1.1 Information about you

1.2 Other professional memberships

Please list all of memberships you hold or have held for other professional counselling bodies e.g. BACP, NCPS, UKCP, BABCP etc.

Select "Add Row" to add additional memberships.

You can type the date if you do not want to use the calendar.

1.3 Professional concerns/complaints

If you answer Yes to either question below, the assessor will contact you to discuss the background and outcome of any concerns/complaints made against you.
Please answer truthfully, as these will not necessarily preclude you from attaining accreditation and any disclosures will be dealt with confidentially and sensitively.

1.4 Websites and directory entries 
 
If you have any, please include the links to your website, the website address of any counselling services you work or volunteer for, and any non-ACC directory listings.  
 
The information is helpful to assessors to understand your context and also to confirm that you are abiding by good practice standards relating to advertising. 

1.5 Personal and professional context

1.6 Your counselling practice

1.7 Additional supporting information

1.8 Assistance with this application

Please let us know the name of anyone who has helped you structure and write this application, and/or proofread it for you. Leave blank if not applicable.

Select "Add Row" if you would like to add additional helper details

Scans/copies of certificates must be provided with your application for all qualifications and courses listed in this section, including post qualifying and specialist training as well as CPD (where applicable).

2.1 Core counselling training

Please list the qualification certificates gained

Select "Add Row" if you would like to add additional qualifications/trainings gained

Note: if you do not know exact dates, please select "01" for day and make sure the month and year are correct.

You can type the date if you do not want to use the calendar.

If you have joined the ACC Register through an equivalence route (e.g., your training or qualifications took place outside the UK, or you gained your qualifications prior to the introduction of Level 4 Diplomas, or have an alternative non-standard training route), please contact us and we will confirm the guided learning hours that have been accepted for the qualifying component of your training.

2.2 Post qualifying and specialist training

In addition to the qualifying training listed above, please add all additional post qualifying taught courses undertaken. Courses listed should include any that support specialist areas of your current practice, e.g. couples counselling, working with children and young people, trauma, eating disorders etc. Post qualifying and specialist training may be carried out through in-person presence and/or remote synchronous on-line training environments.

Please list all additional post qualifying taught courses undertaken (include any in progress)

Select "Add Row" if you would like to add additional post qualification certificates gained

Note: if you do not know exact dates, please select "01" for day and make sure the month and year are correct. 

You can type the date if you do not want to use the calendar.

You will include information about your training and experience in the sections Part 2 Training and Part 3 Experience. However, you may wish to add an entry in Part 7 as Supplementary Information to give more detailed information of how you met one or more competences in your training and experience discussed in Part 2 or Part 3.

2.3 Continuing professional development training (over the last 2 years) 
 
Please provide a description of your CPD activities carried out in the last 2 years, not already included in section 2.1 and 2.2.  
 
If you have completed one or more training courses that have significantly enhanced the depth or range of your practice, for example a 60-hour diploma in attachment theory, please include these in 2.1 or 2.2.

We would expect to see a variety of CPD activities which may include online courses, face to face courses, reading books and journal articles, listening to podcasts etc.
 
Please see ACC’s CPD Guidelines for activities that can be included. 

Enter details of CPD training

Select "Add Row" if you would like to add additional CPD training

Note: if you do not know exact dates, please select "01" for day and make sure the month and year are correct. 

You can type the date if you do not want to use the calendar.

2.4 Other relevant education and training (optional)

3.1 Overview of your counselling practice by setting

Please provide us with totals of your counselling practice hours by setting for the most recent 450 hours of counselling practice completed (please note any practice breaks). (Refer to Guidance notes for an example).

You will include information about your training and experience in the sections Part 2 Training and Part 3 Experience. However, you may wish to add an entry in Part 7 as Supplementary Information to give more detailed information of how you met one or more competences in your training and experience discussed in Part 2 or Part 3.

Counselling practice hours

 Select "Add Row" if you would like to add additional settings

4.1 Details of current supervision

Please describe the current arrangements you have for supervision of your counselling practice.

Select +Add Row for additional types of supervision if you have more than one supervisor/type of supervision

4.2 Details of supervision of specialist areas of practice (if any)

Please let us know of any specialist areas of practice and/or client groups. Examples may include, but are not limited to, complex trauma, eating disorders, addiction, EMDR, psychosexual therapy, working with children and young people, couples, families.

Please provide information about how your work with your specialisms is covered by supervision. You may state that your usual supervisor covers all areas of your work. However, if your usual supervisor does not or is not able to supervise any specialism, demonstrate how this work is supervised, e.g., through specialist peer group supervision, support from specialist professional networks, etc.

Specialist areas of practice (if any)

Select "Add Row" if you would like to add additional specialist areas

4.3 Details of supervisor for accreditation reference 

If you have more than one current supervisor, please choose the supervisor who has supervised the majority of your counselling practice hours, to provide a reference for you and confirm your practice hours. Please feel free to request a reference from more than one supervisor if you feel that it would support your application to do so. This may be the case, for example, if you have a supervisor who acts in a consultancy role for a specialist area of your practice. You will be asked in 4.4 to send a reference form to your supervisor(s).

Normally, we would not accept references from peer supervisors; please contact us if this presents a problem.

Please ensure that you have explicit consent to record your supervisor's name and contact details as requested on this form.

4.4 Supervision reference

Please send the following online form to your supervisor using the link provided.

Supervisor reference form 

Please note it is your responsibility to ensure that the supervision reference is submitted to ACC prior to, or at the same time as, submission of accreditation application. Accreditation applications will not be processed without a supervision reference being received.

5.1 Download and complete Table 1: SCoPEd (column B) Competence Mapping 

CLICK HERE

We strongly recommend you read the Guidance notes thoroughly for all details on how to set out your written assignments, the assessment criteria, and allocation of word counts. Once you have completed your assignments, you can upload them below.

6.1 Assignment one: Counselling theory in practice 

Assignment one requires a written essay which should include the following two sections: 

6.1.1 Section one: Introduction and context of practice

6.1.2 Section two: Critical reflections on counselling approach with case study(ies)

Assignment one also includes a third section which is completed by using the answer fields in 6.1.3.

6.1.1 and 6.1.2: Essay submission and other supporting documents

6.1.3 Section three: Critical reflection on counselling

Answering the following two questions, include a brief critical reflection on the value of your counselling and supervision notes in supporting your practice (approximately 200-500 words in total).  

As with the sections above, please cross reference evidence of relevant SCoPEd column B competencies as listed in Part 1 of this application where applicable.

6.2 Assignment two: Reflections on areas of practice

Choose two topics to write about from the list of four below and write between 500-1000 words for each topic. Read the Guidance Notes thoroughly before completing this assignment.

A. Reflection on religious faith and spirituality

B. Reflection on an ethical dilemma

C. Reflection on the use of supervision

D. Reflection on issues of diversity and inclusion

6.3 Assignment three: Evaluation of the Churchill Framework (Pass/Fail)

Please read the Churchill Framework and complete the short questionnaire below.

A list of short points are acceptable for each of your answers.

7.1 Include any supplementary information for SCoPEd B Competences not otherwise evidenced in your application. (SF stands for SCoPEd Framework.) 

Examples of supplementary information include but are not limited to additional information on your training or experience, examples of client handouts, information about peer support networks, etc., that demonstrate one or more competences. 

Supplementary information

Select "Add Row" if you would like to add additional examples

I declare that the information contained in this application is accurate and I agree to continue to work within the Ethics and Practice standards of the ACC and comply with ACC’s terms and conditions of membership.

THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING THIS APPLICATION FORM

When you feel satisfied that you have completed everything required, you can submit your form. Please note you will not be able to change any answers after submission.

If you have any concerns or queries, please contact registrar@acc-uk.org.

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