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School-based counselling operating toolkit This Toolkit is a joint publication between the Welsh Assembly Government and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Its primary purpose was to provide a resource to build upon the National Strategy for School Based Counselling in Wales and includes standards, guidance and exemplar materials for counsellors and counselling services in Wales to enable counselling providers and schools deliver services that are safe, accessible and of a high standard. However, we believe that its content can inform practice across the UK and beyond and as such want to make it accessible to many. The Toolkit documentation is available to download in English and Welsh. There is also an exceptional DVD "Masks and Mirrors" (again bi-lingual) which tells the (fictional) stories of 4 young people and their experience of school counselling. We recommend this to you as a training tool, an awareness raising resource, and as a vehicle to inform about the use and benefits of school counselling. To download the PDF or watch the video please
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CCYP Conference 2011/12 'Surviving and thriving: making a difference into the future'24 March 2012 - Hilton Hotel, Newcastle GatesheadThis year's conferences have a particular focus on research in the field and we are very pleased to be hosting the launch of the Practice Research Network, PRN. This timely initiative encourages us all to think of ourselves as research practitioners, observing and valuing our work in consultation with our clients, when appropriate. As the conference programmes have come together I have been repeatedly impressed by the extent and quality of the therapeutic work with children and young people, which is happening in all parts of the UK. In this period of change and pressure on resources the quality of our working partnerships with colleagues in the field becomes increasingly important; I hope this conference will create opportunities to initiate and continue professional contacts into your practice. With my best wishes for a nourishing and stimulating time together. Ann Beynon Chair CCYP Please
click here to view full details of the conference Counselling for Children and Young People (CCYP), formerly CIE (Counselling in Education), is a Division of the BACP.
Our visionCCYP will be the central organisation for enabling children and young people to have access to counselling as their rightful entitlement. We will create a climate where CCYP will be recognised as the authoritative body on counselling for children and young people. Our objectives are to - Take a leading role in the development of counselling for children and young people.
- Support individuals and organisations in the development of quality counselling services for children and young people.
- Act as an expert consultative group for counselling with children and young people.
- Be the "voice" of counselling for children and young people.
- Offer professional support to member of CCYP.
- Promote psychotherapist working with children and young people.
- To increase political awareness around the need for counselling children and young people.
- Promote and access research into counselling with children and young people.
Executive Committee MembersA warm welcome to all visitors our our website. Please see details of CCYP executive members and BACP staff who are contactable through BACP. More general CCYP enquiries should be directed to Julie Camfield, Divisional Administrator, at julie.camfield@bacp.co.uk CCYP Executive Members| | | Ann Beynon - Chair
Ann is a senior accredited counsellor and a supervisor.Over the past 30 years she has worked with children and young people in secondary schools and young people’s counselling and information services. As an advisory teacher for guidance and counselling she created and researched a model of support for teachers which she is currently developing as a professional service in education. Ann has been involved in the work of the division since its inception in 1976 and is keen to be part of its ongoing development.
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| Kathy Bell - Deputy Chair Miss Bell was seconded from her role as an Advisor in Pupil Emotional Health and Wellbeing within the Southern Education and Library Board (SELB) to the department of Education in October 2006 to become Regional Coordinator for the Independent Counselling Service for Schools (ICSS). This role in SELB included responsibility for quality assuring the service delivery and the school counselling within the Board area. Prior to working with the SELB Miss Bell was the NSPCC School Teams Manager in Northern Ireland with responsibility for setting up, developing and implementing school counselling across all educational sectors within and throughout Northern Ireland. | 
| Karen Cromarty - BACP Senior Advisor Karen joined BACP in April 2007 as Lead Advisor for Children and Young People. This role involves influencing policy and strategy internally and externally to ensure that the counselling children and young people profession is fit for the future. With much experience in schools' counselling, Karen is working at all levels within BACP to inform and advise individuals and departments on the current position and future direction of children and young people's counselling. Karen also works nationally, building and consolidating professional relationships with other stakeholders who have experience and relevance to the profession. As a previous Chair of CCYP, Karen is enjoying working with the current Executive as they support the membership with events, publications, research and strategic consultations. |  | Wendy Brown - Executive Member Wendy is an accredited member and a qualified adult, child and adolescent counsellor and supervisor. Alongside establishing and running a school counselling service, she practices within a variety of settings. Part of her focus is with the ‘looked after child' where she offers training and consultation to social work and foster carers enabling the child's behaviours to be understood and facilitating attachment. Wendy values her CCYP membership and views the work of the executive as building a community - coming together for a common good - where our workplaces strive to incubate the human spirit in our young people. |  | Liz Cairns - Executive Member Liz has worked as a Counsellor with children and young people in Education, Social Work, the Voluntary sector and the NHS. Since 2004 she has been instrumental in the development of the Lanarkshire Youth Counselling Service (LYCS) for NHS Lanarkshire. The LYCS offers Counselling in mainstream secondary schools and in the community throughout Lanarkshire. Liz qualified as a BAPT Play Therapist in 2004; unfortunately her current role managing the LYCS offers limited opportunity to practice with younger clients. Liz is particularly interested in the standard of training and support on offer for Counsellors planning to work, or working with children and young people. She has tutored and lectured on a number of psychodynamic trainings and offers clinical supervision to Counsellors working with children and young people. |  | | | | Wendy Kinnin - Executive Member Wendy is a practicing counsellor and member of BACP. She began working with children and young people within the criminal justice sector in the early 1990's encompassing secure accommodation, residential care and outreach services. For the past seven years she has developed and co-ordinated school based counselling services for children and young people in mainstream settings. She currently manages two authority wide secondary school based services in East Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire and the adult counselling service for Renfrewshire Association for Mental Health (RAMH), a voluntary sector mental health organisation. Wendy is particularly interested in counselling research and it's relationship with client outcomes, counsellor practice and counselling service's commissioning, design and delivery. | | Sue Pattison - Executive Member
Sue is Director of the Integrated PhD in Education and Communication at Newcastle University and a BACP Accredited Counsellor. She teaches and researches counselling internationally, with a special interest in children and young people and is a founder member of the Counselling in Schools Research Consortium and an executive member of the Counselling Children and Young People division of BACP. Sue is in practice as a counsellor, supervisor and trainer.
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Maggie is a Senior Lecturer at Keele University and is Director of the Counselling Psychology Programme. She is a qualified and experienced Counselling Psychologist and Play Therapist and jointly ran a play therapy service for bereaved children. She also has experience of training play therapists in the UK, US and Kenya and has also trained Play Therapy Supervisors.
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