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Meeting Accreditation and Reaccreditation requirements
We haven't changed or reduced any of our standards in response to the pandemic, but this page explains how their flexibility can be applied in response to any changes in practice due to Covid-19.
We are grateful for the input of colleagues in all of the home nations, and their commitment to ensuring quality CBT delivery in difficult circumstances.
CBT Clinical Practice
We already accept remote sessions within our current guidelines. So a period of delivering video or telephone therapy won't impact your clinical practice records for Accreditation or Reaccreditation. You may find it helpful to have a look at our tips for remote therapy provision.
If you have had to suspend or reduce your practice, the existing accreditation processes already allow for this. You need at least two clinical ‘contacts’ per week to be considered in practice, and CBT must be at least 50% of your psychotherapeutic practice.
If more than a month has gone by without you meeting this minimum, please complete a leave of absence form. You won’t need to send us evidence if the reason was the pandemic.
Returning to face-to-face working
Please see our latest COVID-19 Statement.
Continuing Professional Development
The CPD requirement for all accredited practitioners is at least five pieces of CPD per year from across the range of listed activities for all therapists. This must include at least six hours of CBT skills workshop. This may be one workshop or several shorter ones.
We will accept online CBT workshops and webinars, both live and recorded, during this period. If you don't have evidence of attendance at these virtual events, we will accept the Reflect Statement alone.
The list of other acceptable activities and further information can be found on our website under CPD Guidance.
Clinical Supervision
We already accept clinical supervision by video conferencing, instant messaging, telephone, or by email. The method of delivery of clinical supervision should be appropriate to your clinical practice. For example, if you practice online CBT, then online supervision can be appropriate. There should be face-to-face contact where possible - this includes video conferencing.
If you don't yet use video-conferencing, we advise you to do so if you are still not meeting face to face. However, during the pandemic, we will accept telephone only clinical supervision.
Live Supervision is still a requirement for all stages of Accreditation and Reaccreditation. It’s possible to record all forms of remote therapy, including phone sessions. We suggest you speak to your manager or your supervisor and research the best ways of recording and sharing your sessions with your supervisor confidentially. You must continue to get permission from your client to make and share the recording and delete it once it's no longer needed.
Reaccreditation Declaration
If you are due to complete your Reaccreditation Declaration during a leave of absence, or while not practising, please inform accreditation@babcp.com. Please also let us know when you return to practice.