Systemic Family Practice

Entry requirements

You can not be considered for this course if you are currently occupying a recruit to train position or if you have not waited two years before applying for another recruit to train vacancy.

You will need to have a first or second class honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent.

You should normally have access to a suitable context in which they work with children and young people, and to an appropriate supervisor.

You should hold a training in a mental health-related profession (e.g. psychology, nursing, social work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs teaching, psychiatry, other psychotherapy, counselling).

Two years’ experience of working within a professional setting concerned with the mental health of children and young people.

Some experience of working with families.

Months of entry

January

Course content

The aims of this programme are aligned to those of NHS England and the UK Government’s Improving Access to Psychology Therapies (IAPT) for Children and Young People project (CYP IAPT). This curriculum has been developed as part of the Child and Young People Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT). The PG Dip Systemic Family Practice curriculum complements other CYP IAPT curricula in specialist psychological therapies (CBT, run by our partner Institution in Derby, and the PG Cert Enhanced Evidence Based Interventions, run at the University of Northampton).

Should you require more information you can contact the IAPT team.