Special Edition: NCS Accredited Register Programme

Counselling Tutor

Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes

Education, Courses

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week we have a special episode of the Counselling Tutor Podcast with Rory speaking to Meg Moss, head of policy and public affairs at the National Counselling Society (NCS) - soon to be the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. Listen as Rory and Meg discuss the NCS Accredited Register Programme: The programme was set up in 2012 by the Department of Health (now the Department of Health and Social Care). It was set up to provide protection around services related to health care such as counselling, psychotherapy, acupuncture, etc. The programme was administered by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Counselling is not a regulated profession/protected title. The PSA looks at public safety in relation to standards of training and practitioners - it's about safety and transparency. Within the NCS Accredited Register Programme, you can trust the complaints process has been under the scrutiny of the PSA and complaints are handled properly and reviewed annually. Robust level of oversight - extra safety and security. Practitioners who have had a complaint held against them and been sanctioned and removed from an accredited register, can't simply rejoin or 'hop' to a new accredited register. This allows the public to feel more assured when choosing a practitioner from the accredited register. You can be assured by the knowledge that the society/ethical body you're with is held to meet certain standards - the management of the register is checked regularly. As a counsellor, you'll know you've met the standards necessary to be on the register, and you can share this with clients and prospective clients. Because the register is required to meet high standards, it will offer improved quality. You know that complaints will be dealt with fairly and thoroughly - support is also offered to the counsellor. Links and Resources National Counselling Society - What is the Accredited Register Mates in Mind Professional Standards Counselling Skills Academy Advanced Certificate in Counselling Supervision Basic Counselling Skills: A Student Guide Counsellor CPD Counselling Study Resource Counselling Theory in Practice: A Student Guide Counselling Tutor Shop Facebook group Website Online and Telephone Counselling: A Practitioner's Guide Online and Telephone Counselling Course

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0:00.0	Welcome to the counselling tutor podcast.
0:04.4	The must listen to podcast for students of counselling and psychotherapy.
0:10.6	Here are your hosts, Rory Lee's Oaks and Ken Kelly.
0:16.7	Hello and welcome to the special edition of the counselling tutor podcast. I'm Rory and Ken is taking a well-earned break.
0:25.2	But joining me today is Meg Moss, whose head of policy and public affairs at the National Counseling Society, soon to be the National Counseling and Psychotherapy Society.
0:36.5	Meg Moss, thank you so much for joining us today.
0:40.5	Hello, Rory.
0:41.3	Thank you for having me again.
0:44.0	This is not my first time,
0:46.0	gracing your podcast listeners with my counselling knowledge.
0:51.1	It's not.
0:51.8	It's really exciting to be back.
0:53.6	Thank you. Yeah, it's good to see you and I'm sure that regular listeners of the podcast will know that you've spoken before about different topics regarding the National Counseling Society. But today you're here to talk about the accredited registers programme. So I think the first question is,
1:12.4	what is the accredited register program, Meg? Well, that is a very good question. So the
1:19.4	accredited register program is something that was set up way back, way, way, way, way back in 2012,
1:48.6	initially by the Department of Health, as was, now the Department of Health and Social Care, it was kind of set up to provide a level of protection around services related to healthcare that weren't covered by statutory regulation.
1:53.8	So we're talking, we're obviously talking about counselling, psychotherapy,
2:01.3	acupuncturists, audiologists, clinical physiologists, play therapists, all that kind of thing.
2:09.3	So the accredited register program was then administered by an organisation called the Professional Standards Authority, which some of you may have heard of,
2:13.8	some of you might not have heard of.
2:15.6	But if you've heard of the accredited register program,
2:18.7	then you should know that it's the professional standards authority that oversee that. And
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