How to become a child counsellor
How to become a child counsellor
Whether you’re starting your journey to train as a child counsellor from scratch, part-way through a course or making a transition from adult counselling, take your next step with Place2Be.
Being a qualified child counsellor
Choose your pathway below
Start your child
counselling training
Taster day
(1 day) The entry point to our qualifications and a prerequisite for all subsequent courses.
Level 2
(8 days once a week) First step for those who have completed a Taster Day and have no prior counselling training.
Level 3
(15 days once a week) Next step for Level 2 graduates from Place2Be or elsewhere who have completed a Taster Day.
Counselling
placement
(1 day per week in term time)
Postgraduate Diploma
(2 years part time plus placement) Next step for Level 3 graduates from Place2Be or elsewhere who have completed a Taster Day.
Qualified child counsellor
Masters
(1 year part time plus placement) Next step for Postgraduate Diploma graduates from Place2Be or elsewhere who have completed a Taster Day.
Counsellors and therapists working with adults or in training at Level 4 and above
Counselling placement
(1 day per week in term time)
Level 4 conversion certificate
(9 days over 1 year plus weekly counselling placement)
Level 5 conversion certificate
(9 days over 1 year plus weekly counselling placement)
Qualified child counsellor
Taster day
(1 day) The entry point to our qualifications and a prerequisite for all subsequent courses.
Level 2
(8 days once a week) First step for those who have completed a Taster Day and have no prior counselling training.
Level 3
(15 days once a week) Next step for Level 2 graduates from Place2Be or elsewhere who have completed a Taster Day.
Counselling
placement
(1 day per week in term time)
Postgraduate Diploma
(2 years part time plus placement) Next step for Level 3 graduates from Place2Be or elsewhere who have completed a Taster Day.
Qualified child counsellor
Masters
(1 year part time plus placement) Next step for Postgraduate Diploma graduates from Place2Be or elsewhere who have completed a Taster Day.
Counselling placement
(1 day per week in term time)
Level 4 conversion certificate
(9 days over 1 year plus weekly counselling placement)
Level 5 conversion certificate
(9 days over 1 year plus weekly counselling placement)
Qualified child counsellor
Masters
(1 year part time plus placement) Next step for Postgraduate Diploma graduates from Place2Be or elsewhere who have completed a Taster Day.
