Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice (Trauma-Responsive Therapy) | |||
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Qualification Type | Postgraduate Diploma | |||
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Level | 8 | |||
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Credits | 120 | |||
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
The Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice (Trauma-Responsive Therapy) extends skills, understandings and ways of being for biblically-inspired, culturally-attuned and research-informed therapeutic responses to clients experiencing trauma. With the growing awareness internationally of how adverse experiences can leave painful imprints of trauma across the lifespan and across our whānau and communities, the Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice (Trauma-Responsive Therapy) aims to enhance shalom - wellbeing and flourishing -in practitioners, their professional practice contexts and the clients they serve. The programme aims to meet the expressed needs of counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, psychologists and other therapeutic professionals for in-depth understanding of trauma that integrates research-informed knowledge from many fields and for effective, ethical, evidence-based practice interventions and organisational responses.
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Graduate profile |
Graduates will be able to:
* Harmonise their professional, personal, cultural and spiritual identities to catalyse and sustain professional growth. * Engage with multiple perspectives with humility, empathy and grace. * Draw upon their faith and spirituality in a way that is a meaningful and integral part of their professional work * Apply evidence-based strategies in ethically aware and culturally-attuned trauma therapy |
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Education pathways |
Graduates will be able to progress to further postgraduate study.
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Employment pathways |
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Entry Requirements |
1. Candidates for the Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice (Trauma-Responsive Therapy) shall before enrolment have:
a. Completed the BTI Postgraduate Certificate in Responding to Trauma OR an equivalent postgraduate diploma in a closely related field from another institution. b. Demonstrated a strong alignment with values of social change, justice, public good and people's well-being. c. Evidence of provisional or full membership of an appropriate professional body with supervised practice experience in responding to trauma. d. A letter of support from their supervisor/manager indicating that they are employed or volunteering in an existing vocational situation in the fields of mental health, counselling, psychology or other relevant profession which will provide a context for study and application of learning. 2. Admission to the programme shall be granted or withheld upon consideration of these criteria together with a satisfactory selection interview focused specifically on professional context suitability, availability of time for study and access to appropriate technology and other resources. In keeping with NZQA guidelines, where English is not a student's first language, or they did not undertake their undergraduate studies in English, they must demonstrate English language skills equivalent to an IELTS overall band score (academic) of 6.5, with no band score less than 6.0. |
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Education Organisation | Bethlehem Tertiary Institute | |||
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Developed By | Bethlehem Tertiary Institute | |||
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |||
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Number | 5170 | |||
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Status | Current | |||
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Created | 2024-11-01 12:16:00.53 | |||
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Next Review | 2029-12-31 00:00:00.0 | |||
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Content |
Content will consist of:
MPP801 The Trauma-informed Organisation MPP802 Burnout, Fatigue, and Human Flourishing MPP803 Responding to Crisis MPP804 Identity and Trauma MPP805 Risk and Suicide MPP806 Interpersonal Trauma MPP807 Working Therapeutically with Trauma MPP844 Professional Practice Inquiry |
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