Placement Information
Placement students are expected to take on three or four clients, although you may if you wish start with two, and build up to seeing more as you get more experienced. We also expect you to take on at least one online or telephone client, as many of our clients prefer to work in this way, and/or cannot physically make it to our offices in Chippenham.
We will need you to choose a day and time slot for your placement so that we can use our available space, and your time, as efficiently as possible. Time slots tend to be for 3-4 hours, so you need to plan your placement day timings accordingly. The office and counselling rooms are open from 9:00 – 20:00, Monday to Friday. Online and telephone sessions can be arranged around these times, at the discretion of therapist and client, to be signed off by the clinical manager.
In addition to gaining your course-required client hours, we will offer the following (optional) activities as part of your placement:
- Minimum two sessions of free CPD
- Access to other CPD programmes run by Olive Branch (these may be charged for)
- Chance to train in, and deliver assessments (once you have done 50+ client hours)
- Regular, online peer-to-peer meeting sessions
- Regular meeting with clinical managers to discuss progress, and any development needs
