This qualification is for experienced counsellors who want to learn the
skills of supervision to supervise counsellors working at service levels A
and B.¹ Participants will need to:

• have both supervisees and supervisory supervision
• be themselves working as counsellors under supervision

Candidates must have completed either:

• CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling OR the
  CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutic Skills
  and Theory (or their RPL equivalents) and at least one year’s post
  qualifying experience of supervised client work.
  

Or must have completed:

• CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (or its RPL
  equivalent) and at least two years post-qualifying experience of
  supervised client work.

Also see candidate entry requirements in section 5 of the Qualification Document.

There is currently no further progression route within CPCAB’s qualifications.

See section 6 of the Qualification Document for details of the CPCAB progression route.

Tutor assessment of candidate portfolio evidencing minimum assessment requirements.

A minimum of 5 hours supervisory supervision hours with a senior/experienced clinical supervisor. This can be either one-to-one or in a group⁴.

There should also be regular supervision of supervision groups as part of the training course

At least two tutor-assessors must be involved in all aspects of internal candidate assessment.

See section 4 of the Qualification Document for details of required tutor-assessor qualifications and experience.

Centre application fee: £249 (one-off fee).

Centres can design their own training programmes⁵ or use approved course material written to CPCAB specifications.⁶