Establishing routes to Chartership in coaching psychology

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Establishing routes to Chartership in coaching psychology A working group convened by the SGCP has been establishing training routes incoaching psychology with the support and guidance of the Workforce TrainingEducation and Standards team at the BPS The SGCP believes that the BPS shouldbe the leading authoritative voice in the education training practice anddevelopment of the coaching psychology profession in the UK and the aim of ourwork is to formalise educational standards for coaching psychology and support amore robust BPS coaching psychology register In doing so we will also be seekingre-designation of the Special Group in Coaching Psychology to the Division ofCoaching Psychology Irsquom pleased to be able to provide an update of our progressand information regarding next steps It is proposed (subject to approval) that the criteria for full membership of thenewly established Division of Coaching Psychology will be as follows



GBC + completion of an accredited MSc in Coaching Psychology followed byStage 2 training (supervised experienceSociety Qualification) orGBC + assessment of a portfolio of professional practice against Standards forChartership in Coaching Psychology orCompletion of a non-accredited research PhD identifiable as being based inCoaching Psychology post GBC

It is also expected that there will be lsquoin trainingrsquo membership for psychologists intraining who hold Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership and are workingtowards Chartered status We continue to welcome members who are not currentlyeligible for the above grades but have an interest in coaching psychology and it isour intention to retain a general membership tier for those who fall into thiscategory In pursuit of this we have written two sets of standards Standards for theAccreditation of Masters Programmes in Coaching Psychology and Standards forChartership in Coaching Psychology These have now been approved by the Partnership and Accreditation Committeeand we hope that these will be formally approved by the Board of Trustees inDecember 2020 The next phase of work consists of

Holding a general meeting of the SGCP and asking members to vote on theproposed re-designation of the special group to a Division of the BPSMapping the standards for Chartership and designing assessment criteria andportfolio componentsBuilding a business case for a society qualification in coaching psychology orsupervised practice route and developing that routeReviewing and redesigning the Register of Coaching Psychologists to includetiered registration and apply for accreditation of the register through theProfessional Standards AuthorityEstablishing an Education and Training Committee and training andestablishing a bank of supervisors and assessorsreviewers

Our ambition is that the Register of Coaching Psychologists will have 3 tierslevelswhich will provide all members (Chartered in-training and general) to have anopportunity to access the register at a level that appropriately reflects their levelof training in coaching psychology

Call to action These are exciting times but we still have a lot of work ahead of us We are ofcourse interested to hear from any members of SGCP who have thoughts orcontributions to make particularly if you feel that you could usefully contribute tothe next phase of work



Please email the committee if you would like to join the conversation or volunteeryour time and expertise

AGM news Thanks to all who attended our Annual General Meeting on 28 July It was afantastic year and the BPS has worked hard towards

establishing professional standards for coaching psychologists (we are aimingto gain approval by December 2020) (Marie Stopforth)seeking new project funding as well as connecting with internationalnetworks by submitting a symposium conference paper at EAWOP 2021 (Yi-Ling Lai)hosting our first ever global coaching conference (BPSs first onlineconference) and ran a series of successful CPD events throughout the year(Jonathan Passmore Tia Moin)publishing two editions of International Coaching Psychology Review andcontinued an international partnership strategy with links to New ZealandSouth Africa and several EU national psychology groups (Jonathan Passmore)publishing two editions of The Coaching Psychologist and continuing toprovide rigorous peer reviews with more reviewers on board (David Tee)we reinvigorated the peer practice group network with 7 new groupsestablished and produced 3 video podcasts of the Coaching Psych Room(Tony Page Jolel Miah)achieving a financial surplus set aside to fund further resources and activitiesto support our members (Michael Webster Treasurer)



Our current membership stands at 2319 Moving forward we plan to use our financial surplus and committee to achieve thefollowing

Continue with the development of professional standardsCommunicate progress with our member networkNew research project funding from BPS with the SGCP membersConference and webinar seriesFund and support the growth strategy for PPGsIncrease our membership to include emerging coaching psychologistsImprove the ICPR impact factorContinue with printed copy of The Coaching Psychologist

Free webinar - Positive psychology coaching 18 November 1pm to 2pm In this webinar Professor Christian van Nieuwerburgh will explore development ofcoaching psychology coaching as an intervention He will offer a series of tools and models drawing form his wide experience as acoaching practitioner working with both organisational and education sectorclients and from his research as a professor of positive psychology Its free to SGCP members so register your place now

Members are signing up to the new Peer Practice Groups Since the last newsletter the number of members attending PPGs continues togrow with around 100 SGCP members currently enrolled We have eight virtualgroups and five face to face groups (although temporarily virtual)



Those attending enjoy regular (usually 1-2 monthly) exchanges with their small andtrusted coaching peer group with whom they share knowledge practice methodsand peer supervision Itrsquos a great access point for discovery learning support andcontinuous professional development One of the benefits of these virtual times is we can offer places to any and allSGCP members who wish to join one We have members all across the UK and infurther-flung overseas places notably Australia Austria Denmark GreeceSingapore and South Africa Right now we are looking for members to join two new Peer Practice Groups thatare starting up virtually (in the MerseysideWirral and NorfolkCambridge areas)that as soon as itrsquos safe will begin to meet face to face PPGS are for all of us because we all have lots to learn from one another Thatrsquoswhy during the coming year we are involving a growing proportion of SGCPmembers and wersquore also inviting psychologists and coaches who have not yetjoined SGCP In this way wersquore sharing and exchanging across all sorts of coachingbackgrounds and approaches from young new entrants to seasoned professionals You can express interest in joining a Peer Practice Group online or send me anemail Tony Page Chartered Psychologist and Coach Peer Practice Group Coordinator

Welcome to your new committee members

I am delighted to join the committeeand Im looking forward to promotingcoaching psychology across differentcommunities to support individualsand address the lsquobig societyrsquo issueswe face

As a Yorkshire-based independentbusiness amp coaching psychologist Impassionate about improvingorganisational effectiveness andemployee wellbeing through evidence-based methods



Dr Jenny Lynden PhD CPsychol SFHEA

Paula L Dixon BSc PGCE MSc MBPsS Director amp Business Psychologist

I am a coaching psychologist andpositive psychologist whose absolutepassion is to coach and research intousing Lego Serious Play in a PositivePsychology framework in coaching Theresa Quinn MSc (Applied Positive Psychology ampCoaching Psychology) BA (Hons) MBPS

I am an experienced coach andsupervisor and the Programme Leaderfor the MSc in Applied PositivePsychology and Coaching Psychology atthe University of East London Dr Andrea Giraldez-Hayes PhD MBPsS

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GBC + completion of an accredited MSc in Coaching Psychology followed byStage 2 training (supervised experienceSociety Qualification) orGBC + assessment of a portfolio of professional practice against Standards forChartership in Coaching Psychology orCompletion of a non-accredited research PhD identifiable as being based inCoaching Psychology post GBC

It is also expected that there will be lsquoin trainingrsquo membership for psychologists intraining who hold Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership and are workingtowards Chartered status We continue to welcome members who are not currentlyeligible for the above grades but have an interest in coaching psychology and it isour intention to retain a general membership tier for those who fall into thiscategory In pursuit of this we have written two sets of standards Standards for theAccreditation of Masters Programmes in Coaching Psychology and Standards forChartership in Coaching Psychology These have now been approved by the Partnership and Accreditation Committeeand we hope that these will be formally approved by the Board of Trustees inDecember 2020 The next phase of work consists of

Holding a general meeting of the SGCP and asking members to vote on theproposed re-designation of the special group to a Division of the BPSMapping the standards for Chartership and designing assessment criteria andportfolio componentsBuilding a business case for a society qualification in coaching psychology orsupervised practice route and developing that routeReviewing and redesigning the Register of Coaching Psychologists to includetiered registration and apply for accreditation of the register through theProfessional Standards AuthorityEstablishing an Education and Training Committee and training andestablishing a bank of supervisors and assessorsreviewers

Our ambition is that the Register of Coaching Psychologists will have 3 tierslevelswhich will provide all members (Chartered in-training and general) to have anopportunity to access the register at a level that appropriately reflects their levelof training in coaching psychology

Call to action These are exciting times but we still have a lot of work ahead of us We are ofcourse interested to hear from any members of SGCP who have thoughts orcontributions to make particularly if you feel that you could usefully contribute tothe next phase of work
















































































































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Establishing routes to Chartership in coaching psychology