Australian College of Community Services and care (ACCSC)
- Course Name: Diploma of Counselling
- Location: Australia
- Mode: Online
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When becoming an accredited member of CPCA, you must be enrolled in or have completed a minimum of a nationally recognised Diploma level Qualification.
Examples are:
Previous, superseded, and equivalent courses are also accepted.
Because all nationally recognised qualifications are regulated by the same standards by the Australian Skills Quality Authority or Tertiary Education and Quality Standards Authority we do not discriminate against any provider.
As you can see, despite our request to be engaged in the consultation phase, the CPCA was not consulted. It appears there is a concerted effort to create a peak body and to disenfranchise people who are not members of that body. Further, there is a clear push to make registration compulsory and thus to remove the rights of counsellors who qualify by virtue of diploma and practice.
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It is essential, if you wish to retain your freedom to choose and to practise, that you take action:
After reading the Draft National Standards, please look at the questions that were included in the survey at the beginning of the draft and answer them on a word document.
Afterwards please send through to the following email addresses with the subject heading: Draft National Standards for Counsellors.
Please add us to your email CC:
The CPCA will also be responding formally.
Mark Cresswell
President
CPCA