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The APT Diploma for working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings.
The APT Diploma for Working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings provides 90 hours of focused training and is from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of training for professionals working in mental health and related areas in the UK and Ireland.
It is the only Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings Diploma that is APT-accredited and also gives you access to APT’s relevant downloadable resources for use post-course. The course is available for teams and individuals and can be attended face-to-face or online.
Executive Summary:
The APT Diploma for Working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings provides 90 of training, leading to Level 4 APT accreditation. Attend the diploma as an individual or we can bring the training to you for a fixed fee, to ensure you get a supportive group addressing the same material.
The diploma comprises 15 days of training made up by attending/choosing five of the twelve courses below. If you are part of a team then your team/organisation chooses the five and you then all attend the same ones:
- Motivational Interviewing, and how to use it effectively*
- The RAID® Course for working with Challenging Behavior*
- DBT Essentials*
- Running DBT Skills-Development Groups
- CBT for Working with Offenders
- SFT Essentials (Solution Focused Therapy)*
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- The DICES® Risk Assessment and Management System*
- CBT Plus, for Suicide Prevention*
- CBT Plus, for Anger and Violence
- The ADDRESS® Course for working Personality Disorder
- Realising Recovery and Social Inclusion
*Courses marked with an asterisk can be completed 'online anytime'.
To be awarded the diploma, you must also complete an online exam after each course.
If you have already attended one or more of these courses in the last 2 years, then you have an exemption for that subject(s), you don't need to attend the same course again. If you have already attended the equivalent of one or more of these courses from another training-provider in the last 2 years, then again you have an exemption for that subject(s), although you do need to submit evidence of the training and pay a reading fee for APT assessing it.
Please note that the diploma should be completed in not more than 2 years from the date you undertake the first course.
The Diploma can also be awarded by completing the individual courses separately, across 2 years
What you receive as a result of attending the training:
You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining APT's Diploma for Working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings, and receive a certificate to this effect and Level 4 accreditation which gains you access to the resources associated with the course.
Your registration lasts indefinitely, and your accreditation to use the resources lasts for 3 years and is renewable by attending a Masterclass top-up day or submitting evidence of continued practice, and your reflections on that practice (to the required level).
Your accreditation is given value by the fact of over 150,000 people having attended APT training. See APT accreditation for full details.
Booking this training is easy...Booking Options... for individuals or small groups For individuals or small groups:
You attend your chosen five topics as pre-recorded courses you can study any time. They are engaging and relevant online courses that can be started and accessed at any time and completed at your own pace, taking breaks to assimilate and practice the skills as they are introduced. Total Price: £1,125 plus VAT per person (or purchase the 5 courses individually at £225 plus VAT per person, per course). The fee covers: 3 years access to the course, certification, registration, and APT Accreditation. Completion guarantee for managers: for people who don’t complete for whatever reason, you can transfer the training to other staff members.
Live events hosted online via Zoom. (And you don’t even have to have your own Zoom account.) Live and interactive online courses, ask questions, make your observations, ‘Chat’ to other delegates. Open for you to attend from your home or workplace. Select the dates you would like to attend for 5 out of the 7 courses below. (If you would like to purchase the courses individually, please book them through the individual course pages by clicking the blue headings): Motivational Interviewing, and how to use it effectively 3-days
DBT Essentials (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) 3-days
Running DBT Skills-Development Groups 3-days
SFT Essentials (Solution-Focused Therapy) 3-days
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) 3-days 3-5 July 2024 (Afternoon/Evening Times) The ADDRESS® Course for working Personality Disorder 3-days
20-22 November 2023 Price: £2,200 plus VAT per person. The fee covers: tuition, hardcopy workbook*, certification, registration, and accreditation. Times: 10am - 4pm (UK) daily, including 45 minutes for lunch (3pm–9pm for afternoon/evening events). *PDF workbooks are sent to those outside of the UK.
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