More about counselling workforce development
We aim to develop a safe, skilled, competent and ‘fit to practice’ youth counselling workforce by delivering a specialist programme of skills, knowledge, theory and practice training.
Read more about Youth Access counselling training
We also provide national Quality Standards for the management, supervision, provision of and delivery of youth counselling with a 360 degree assessment tool including feedback from young people.
Click here to read a national definition of youth counselling
We will shortly be providing our members with an on-line induction for counsellors in to working with young people in young person friendly settings. Click here for more details about this.
Youth Access also influences the youth workforce reform agenda and is involved in the development of the new Psychological Therapies National Occupational Standards and contributing to the consultations led by the Health Professions Council on the Regulation of Psychological Therapies.
