DN680571 - The Provision of a Framework for Children/Family Therapeutic Services

Provision of play therapies Including but not exclusive to Theraplay®, Filial Therapy and PCAP (Parent-Child Attachment Play). Providers must hold a relevant and accredited qualification. The service may be required to be delivered in a number of settings including Provider’s premises, the family home child/children’s’ school, virtually where appropriate

Provision of creative therapies including Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Drama Therapy, Lego Therapy, Dance Movement Therapy Providers and their therapists will be registered in their particular discipline with their professional regulatory body. Providers and their therapists will have attended training in providing a specific creative therapy. In order to deliver DMT, providers / their therapists must hold a postgraduate qualification in dance movement therapy, accredited by the Association for Dance Movement Therapy (ADMT) UK. The service may be required to be delivered in a variety of settings.

Provision of therapeutic/attachment focused parenting support & programmes. Providers and their therapists will be registered with their professional regulatory body. Providers will have attended training in attachment theory and / or therapeutic parenting, as well as training (and certification) in specific programmes.

The provision of therapeutic life story work Providers and their therapists will be registered in their particular discipline with their professional regulatory body, if using a protected title. Providers and their therapists will have a Diploma in Therapeutic Life Story Work or equivalent / relevant training and experience necessary to deliver this work. The service may be required to be delivered in a variety of settings

The provision of psychotherapy including Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Therapy (branch of CBT), Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (MCBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Systemic / multi-systemic Therapy, Solution Focused BRIEF Therapy. All providers and their therapists will hold the relevant qualifications to practice and will be registered in their particular discipline with their professional regulatory body, if using a protected title. Psychotherapy providers will be registered with UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) or the British Psychoanalytical Council (BPC). DDP providers and their therapists will be qualified in DDP to at least Level 2 and receive clinical supervision and have completed or be working towards the Practicum. CBT providers and their therapists must be qualified to level 2 with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. The service may be required to be delivered in a variety of settings

The provision of sensory integration processing therapy. Providers will have attended relevant sensory integration training. Providers will be registered in their particular discipline with their professional regulatory body. The service may be required to be delivered in a variety of settings

The provision of group programmes. Providers and their therapists must have attended training relevant to group delivery or to a particular group programme Providers and their therapists will be registered in their particular discipline with their professional regulatory body, if using a protected title. The service may be required to be delivered in a variety of settings

The provision of specialist (psychological) assessments Providers and their therapists will be a qualified clinician(s) e.g. a trained Clinical Psychologist, Attachment Psychotherapist, Child Psychiatrist. For the purposes of this agreement, a qualified clinician would be someone who diagnoses and treats patients; is suitably qualified and is licensed to practice via a professional regulatory body.