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Level 5 Diploma

Chrysalis Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children & Young People

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Chrysalis Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children & Young People

1 Year

Level 5

WHY THIS COURSE?

Our Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People is a full specialist qualification which gives students a route to apply to join the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society’s specialist Children and Young People’s Therapist Accredited Register, thus enhancing employment opportunities to work in this area.

Students will focus on increasing their specialist knowledge and understanding through a combination of tutor-led theory, class discussion, reflection, practical and experiential exercises, reading lists, and comprehensive course notes, providing a varied and inspiring learning environment. This course will:

  • Increase understanding of developmental models relating to childhood and adolescence
  • Explore the context in which counselling children and young people takes place
  • Examine the issues that may be faced when working within this context

Students will be able to evaluate ethical practice when working with children and young people and manage the counselling relationship including an understanding of confidentiality, capacity and consent when working with this client group which may be different in a counselling relationship to other helping relationships e.g. teacher, family support worker.

This course is a full and comprehensive training open to qualified counsellors who are interested in working towards a specialism in this area of counselling. Students will gain 240 Guided Learning Hours which meets the training requirements for NCPS Accredited Professional Registrant PNCPS (Acc.).

From the Level 5 course students can choose to progress to a second year of study to achieve the Level 6 Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People.

QUALIFICATION EARNED

King’s Trust Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People (603/7496/2)

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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Successful completion of an Ofqual approved Level 4 Diploma in Counselling that enables access to a Professional Standards Authority (PSA) approved register. Students who have already completed the Chrysalis L5 Certificate in Working with Children and Young People will be exempted from component 1 of the full diploma.

COURSE FEES

Pay In Full

Deposit of 592.42 - Balance of £2,100.38 paid one month after the deposit

Total Course Fee: £2692.80

Pay by Instalment

Deposit of £646.20, followed by 12 monthly instalments of £215.43

Total Course Fee: £3231.36

Additional Fees

The King’s Trust mandatory fee of £115 is to be paid at enrolment and then again prior to the start of Year 2

COURSE DATE

Course Start Date -8th of September 2026

Venue - Birmingham Aston University

10am-6pm one full weekend per month (Saturday and Sunday) plus weekly 6-8pm online on Wednesdays and/or Thursdays between in-person sessions at our Birmingham Aston University venue.

Course Benefits

  • Comprehensive Specialist Training in Working with Children and Young people
  • Route to join the Children and Young People’s Therapist Accredited Register with the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
  • 240 Guided Learning Hours
  • Part-time Course
  • Access to Chrysalis Student Area Online
  • Access to Moodle Platform
  • The Guided Learning Hours from this course can be used, in conjunction with other trainings, to support an application for NCPS’s Accredited Professional Registrant (PNCPS Acc.) membership

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