It is common practice for the first set of members to any new college to be grand - parented as registrants, therefore: 8. Individuals who have been members in good standing of a relevant professional association for some defined period of time should be granted registration with the College on a time-limited, basis. Competency registration and continued competency Counselling therapy is a diverse profession; the therapies that counsellors learn and are varied, but all have the same ultimate goals and objectives. The profession is united by a common set of competencies that all counselling therapists should be required to meet. Counselling therapists acquire their competencies through a variety of educational and training pathways that may include degrees, diplomas, certifications, internships, and other forms of supervised and evaluated experience. Therefore: 9. Admission to the College should be based on a demonstration of core competencies, and the registration criteria to be set out in the College Bylaws must be fair, transparent and defensible. 10. Registration criteria and processes should comply with applicable Canadian labour mobility agreements. 11. The College should establish its own competency profile that lists entry-to-practice registration competencies, and balances public protection with the public access to needed counselling therapy services. 12. The College should establish an assessment process for registration that is based upon its competency profile. The assessment must be an objective and verifiable process. Although possession of a specific educational credential should not be a pre-condition to assessment, registrants with the college must successfully complete a Master’s degree or higher in the individual’s area of therapeutic expertise. The registration criteria should recognize a variety of learning pathways and modes of practice, while ensuring that the final outcome converges on a single set of core competencies. 13. To remain in the profession, counselling therapists should be required to continue to meet competency requirements as the profession evolves. 14. The College should have Standards of Practice, a Code of Ethics, and a Continuing Competency Program as required by the Regulated Health Professions Act.. Self-financing The Ministry will not provide the first board of the new College with start-up funding. Registrants of the respective professions have to fund colleges established under the RHPA. Therefore: 15. The College should be established and operated at no cost to government or taxpayers, and therefore must be self-financing through the collection of registration and other fees.
It is common practice for the first set of members to any new college to be grand - parented as registrants, therefore: 8. Individuals who have been members in good standing of a relevant professional association for some defined period of time should be granted registration with the College on a time-limited, basis. Competency registration and continued competency Counselling therapy is a diverse profession; the therapies that counsellors learn and are varied, but all have the same ultimate goals and objectives. The profession is united by a common set of competencies that all counselling therapists should be required to meet. Counselling therapists acquire their competencies through a variety of educational and training pathways that may include degrees, diplomas, certifications, internships, and other forms of supervised and evaluated experience. Therefore: 9. Admission to the College should be based on a demonstration of core competencies, and the registration criteria to be set out in the College Bylaws must be fair, transparent and defensible. 10. Registration criteria and processes should comply with applicable Canadian labour mobility agreements. 11. The College should establish its own competency profile that lists entry-to-practice registration competencies, and balances public protection with the public access to needed counselling therapy services. 12. The College should establish an assessment process for registration that is based upon its competency profile. The assessment must be an objective and verifiable process. Although possession of a specific educational credential should not be a pre-condition to assessment, registrants with the college must successfully complete a Master’s degree or higher in the individual’s area of therapeutic expertise. The registration criteria should recognize a variety of learning pathways and modes of practice, while ensuring that the final outcome converges on a single set of core competencies. 13. To remain in the profession, counselling therapists should be required to continue to meet competency requirements as the profession evolves. 14. The College should have Standards of Practice, a Code of Ethics, and a Continuing Competency Program as required by the Regulated Health Professions Act.. Self-financing The Ministry will not provide the first board of the new College with start-up funding. Registrants of the respective professions have to fund colleges established under the RHPA. Therefore: 15. The College should be established and operated at no cost to government or taxpayers, and therefore must be self-financing through the collection of registration and other fees.