Supervisor Recognition

This page provides access to the documents associated with the Recognition of Supervisors. Please note that applications are being accepted for Category 2 only at this point. The fee for scrutiny and recognition of your application is £150.00 for UK and EC members and £175.00 for overseas members.  Please make cheques payable to basrt (overseas members please note that payment must be made in Pounds Sterling).

Please read the Notes for Applicants and complete all sections of the application form as failure to do so may result in delays in the processing of your application.

It is also essential that you have sought the permission of the accredited members of basrt when you name them as Nominators. Likewise you must seek the permission of your Referee.

Definition of Supervision

Supervision is defined as a contractual working alliance between the Supervisor and a practitioner in which the practitioner can offer an account or recording of his/her work, reflect on it, receive feedback and, where appropriate, guidance. The object of the alliance is to enable the practitioner to gain and maintain an ethical competence, knowledge, skills, confidence and creativity so as to give his/her best possible service to his/her clients.

Category 1

Applicant must be an Accredited and fully paid up Member of BASRT and have been an Accredited Member for a minimum of two years.

Applicant must have had training in Supervision (to be decided).

Applicant should have been supervising practitioners for at least two years on a regular basis.

80 hours of supervision must have been completed, two or more practitioners must have been supervised over a two year period prior to the application.

40 of the 80 supervision hours must have been in the supervision of sexual and relationship work with two or more practitioners.

Applicant must have regular access to a supervisor/consultant or a group for the supervisory work and attend and use that access a minimum of six times a year.

Applicant must be a practising therapist in sexual and relationship therapy.

Category 2

Applicant must be a current and fully paid up Member of BASRT.

Applicant must be a competent and experienced practitioner in sexual and relationship therapy, or work in a closely allied profession, and have been working as a practitioner in that profession for at least five years.

An applicant supervising solely with independent practitioners must be an Accredited Member of BASRT.

Applicant must be nominated by two Accredited Members of BASRT who are prepared to accept the responsibility of recommending the applicant as suitable to be considered for recognition as a supervisor and as such the nominator must have current knowledge of the applicant’s under-standing of and work in supervision. The nominator must have known the applicant for at least one year.

Applicant must have been supervising practitioners over a period of at least two years; 80 hours supervision having been completed with two or more supervisees. 40 of those 80 hours must be in the supervision of sexual and relationship therapy work with two or more supervisees.

Applicant must have regular access to a supervisor/consultant or a group for the supervisory work and attend and use that access a minimum of six times a year (minimum 6 x 1 hour).

July 1998
Revised November 1998
Updated January 2002

Should you need assistance with the supervisor recognition procedure please contact the BASRT Administrator (Anne Buggy) by e-mail (info@basrt.org.uk) or by telephone/fax (0208 543 2707)