Skills for Health (SfH)
SfH background: “Skills for Health (SfH) are developing National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Psychological Therapies. The development of NOS in this area will make a timely and significant contribution to a number of UK initiatives in this area.
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*Wednesday 8 April 2009: SfH Reference Group Meeting entitled, 'Developing a Career Framework for Psychological Therapists' will take place at the Hilton Hotel Euston starting at 10am and finishing at 3.30pm. The meeting will be chaired by Roslyn Hope, IAPT Workforce Director and Joint Chair, New Ways of Working for Psychological Therapies Group and Jeremy Clarke, National Advisor to IAPT and Joint Chair, New Ways of Working for Psychological Therapies Group. If you would like to attend, please respond direct to june.clarke@skillsforhealth.org.uk or call June Clarke on 0121 767 1377. ... please check back here after Wednesday for updates.
We’ve been given 3 relevant articles to share with our members:
Psychological Therapies FAQ dated Dec 2008
ABC of using NOS dated May 2008
Notes on Field testing draft National Occupational Standards for
Psychological Therapies dated July 2008
The project will focus on the delivery of Psychological Therapy and will focus on four therapy areas covering adults and children as follows:
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*Humanistic Person-centred / Process Experiential Modality” The Integrative Modality falls into this category. SfH notified us on 27 February that they are still recruiting test sites for the Humanistic Person-centred/Process Experiential modality.
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*However testing is not due to start until May/June. If you or your organisation would be interested in participating as a test site, email us so that your details may be forwarded on.
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*Psychodynamic Psychoanalytic Therapy: the draft NOS for Psychodynamic Psychoanalytic Therapy are available on the website for comment. Visit www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/psychologicaltherapies where you may view the draft NOS by clicking on the Documents tab. You are able to feed back via the online consultation – details are on the project page.
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*Systemic and Family Therapy
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*Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (consultation process closed 01.10.08)
The timetable is:
Scoping and consultation completed in March 2007
Milestone 1 – Draft NOS for two therapy areas – March 2008
Milestone 2 – Draft NOS for two further therapy areas -May 2009
Milestone 3 - Project Completion – October 2009
SEPI-UK has registered with SfH to be updated on their activities. Please have a look at the documents posted on their site (click here) and register for inclusion in the consultation process or for becoming a testing site (information on their main page, click here).
