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CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children & Young People

Course Length:

Across 1 Year

Course Price:

£1,800 per person
(+£385 CPCAB Reg Fee)

Course Timing:

1x Weekend per month
9:30am to 4:45pm
(See full details below)

Course Location:

Basingstoke

Start/End Dates:

Sept 2026 to July 2027

Awarding Body:

CPCAB

Essential Course Information:

Course Summary

This post qualifying qualification is designed to give learners the specialist knowledge, skills and competences to work as counsellors with children and young people aged 11-18. This qualification will enable successful candidates to work as counsellors with this age group in a range of job and career opportunities, which include but are not limited to:

  • A counsellor employed by a School or College
  • A counsellor in an agency or organisation which specialise in counselling children and young people
  • A private counsellor working for an external organisation such as a school, youth club, wellness/mental health setting
  • An ‘adult’ counsellor in independent practice wishing to extend their work to cover this age range
  • A youth worker in the community
  • An outreach worker with adolescents/teenagers

Topics Covered

By the end of the course, candidates shall have greater awareness, understanding and skills in enabling them to:

  • Work safely, legally and ethically with children and young people (CYP)
  • Facilitate a therapeutic relationship with CYP
  • Understand and work with diversity in relation to CYP
  • Work collaboratively, creatively and flexibly to engage CYP in counselling work
  • Work with self-awareness as a CYP counsellor
  • Use theory, research and skills to work effectively with CYP
  • Monitor and maintain professional practice and effectiveness as a CYP counsellor

Entry Requirements

As this is a post qualifying course, you must be a qualified counsellor/ psychotherapist with membership to a counsellling/psychotherapy professional body (e.g. BACP, NCPS, UKCP), following completion of your core qualifying training such as the CPCAB Level 4 Diploma.

You must have also undertaken a minimum of 40hrs of personal therapy during or after your core training.

Students must also be aged 19 or over.

Assessment Process

Students will be assessed through a variety of methods, including:

  • A sessional reflective journal
  • Two 3,000 word essay assignments
  • A critique of an excerpt of a CYP counselling session

    • Further Study

    On completion of this course, students are eligible to apply for:

    • CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
    • Open University Foundation Degree in Counselling
    • CPCAB Level 6 Certificate in Counselling Supervision (with sufficient post-qualifying experience)

    Additional Course Requirements

    In addition to attending the course, students will be required to fulfil the following requirements (which are financed by the student):

    • Engage with 20hrs of personal therapy during the course
    • Facilitate 60hrs of counselling with CYP clients (in a placement setting or in private practice)
    • Engage in clinical supervision with a supervisor experienced in working with CYP clients

    How to Apply

    To apply for this course, click the 'Apply Now' button on this page, or head to our application form here.

    Course Dates

    The course shall be held one weekend per month between September 2026 and July 2027 (9:30am to 4:45pm) in person in Basingstoke on the following dates:

    Saturday 26th September 2026
    Sunday 27th September 2026
    Saturday 24th October 2026
    Sunday 25th October 2026
    Saturday 28th November 2026
    Sunday 29th November 2026
    Saturday 30th January 2027
    Sunday 31st January 2027
    Saturday 27th February 2027
    Sunday 28th February 2027
    Saturday 27th March 2027
    Sunday 28th March 2027
    Saturday 24th April 2027
    Sunday 25th April 2027
    Saturday 22nd May 2027
    Sunday 23rd May 2027
    Saturday 26th June 2027
    Sunday 27th June 2027
    Saturday 24th July 2027
    Sunday 25th July 2027
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