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COVID19 ADDENDUM 4 CRITERIA

Period: 2nd Sep 2021 to 31st Dec 2021 only

For applicants regarding video/phone (where appropriate) for Clinical Practice, Supervision, Personal Therapy, Didactic Supervision, & Group Therapy hours which took place during this time.

Please note: The Governing Body of IAHIP reserve the right to adjust the criteria at any time.

Please note: The Governing Body of IAHIP have clarified and approved the following for Pre-Accredited Associate Members who are seeking first time accreditation from IAHIP in addition to information contained within Bye-Law 11, Addendum one and Addendum two. The Governing Body of IAHIP reserve the right to adjust the criteria at any time.

The COVID19 Addendum 4 Form must be completed in full and submitted in the spiral bound pack with your Accreditation Application.

Working remotely is defined as 1:1 video or phone clinical practice, personal therapy and supervision and must have a duration of a minimum of 50 - 60 minutes per psychotherapy session (more frequent shorter sessions that accumulate to 50 – 60 minutes do not constitute a psychotherapy session).

Training in the practice of remote psychotherapy is essential for students who will be seeing clients remotely from 1st September 2021 to 1st August 2022. Evidence of this must be supplied.

A clear distinction needs to be made between psychological/parent/family support etc. and psychotherapy. Psychological support for the parents and/or family members of the main client are an example of this. Psychological support sessions do not qualify for the purposes of accreditation.

Complete the Accreditation Application Form in full with only all face to face work. Only COVID19 Non-Face-to-Face hours must be recorded on the relevant addendum.

Please note that supervision of clinical practice whether Phase 1 or Phase 2 where possible should be face-to-face with the exception of Covid 19 restrictions.

All Pre-Accredited Associates and Student Associates can attend online personal therapy and online supervision where face-to-face is not available. There is no cap during this period with availing of online personal therapy or online supervision. 

4th Year Students & Pre-Accredited Associates

For remote training hours worked by current 4th year Student and Pre-Accredited Associate members, the Governing Body has agreed to lift all caps on remote clinical practice working hours (Video and telephone only) from 2nd September 2021 to 31st December 2021.

3rd Year Student Associate, the Governing Body has agreed to lift all caps on video remote clinical practice working hours from 1st October 2021 (Addendum 3 must be followed until this date) to 31st December 2021. 3rd Year Student Associate members are not sanctioned for use of telephone sessions which are not currently recommended by IAHIP and will not be considered for accreditation purposes. 

All applicants must submit individual logs of clinical practice need to be continued/maintained to record the number of video, phone and face-to-face sessions as limitations may become applicable given the changing environmental circumstances.

Reasons outside of COVID19 restrictions for video/phone sessions must be given throughout this document.

Regarding Under 18 Clients - Guardians are contracted to provide a space that is confidential to the under 18 client & therapist only.  Guardians are also contracted that sessions are not recorded in whole or part recorded. The ongoing cooperation of guardians in these issues are a minimum requirement for therapy to proceed. The guardian is mandated that, in partnership with therapist, they keep the therapist informed on these matters. Supervisors need to be vigilant in their Supervision of client hours for under 18 clients.

End-to-End Encryption Platforms must be used to ensure the confidentiality of clinical practice. Therapists need to be vigilant with regard to the platforms they use for clinical work.

Therapists working remotely need to contract with their clients that sessions in whole or part are not recorded i.e. Siri & Alexa etc.

Group Supervision, Group Therapy & Didactic Supervision hours by phone are not permissible for Accreditation purposes.

Therapists need to discuss with their supervisors their own fitness to practice should they test positive for Covid 19 or if they are isolating due to being a close contact with a positive case of Covid 19.

Clinical Practice hours carried over from Phase 1 to Phase 2 from 2nd Sept 2021 to 31st Dec 2022

Video/Phone Clinical Practice hours for 4th years, between 11th Mar 2020 and 20th April 2020 were not permitted. After 20th April 4th year students could see clients remotely provided they had a long-standing established relationship (face to face) prior to the COVID19 emergency.

If you were 3rd year between 11th Mar 2020 and 8th June 2020 (End of first government restriction period), you were not permitted to see clients throughout the whole of this period because of COVID19 restrictions by phone/video.

If you were a student on 11th Mar 2020, when COVID19 criteria was implemented by the IAHIP Governing Body for students, you were allowed to carry over Phase 1 Clinical Practice hrs (from the minimum requirement of 200 hrs) to complete them in Phase 2. 50 clinical hours from Phase 1 of the minimum 200 required during that phase can be carried over to Phase 2 and completed at a ratio of 1:4 hours supervision before starting the full pre-accredited 1:8 ratio hours. If this is the case, please see specific section for recording these hours

All changes in supervisor/s during this period, must be completed on the Accreditation Application form.

Insurance

Legally and ethically all IAHIP psychotherapists are mandated to have Professional Indemnity insurance in place for the chosen modes of practice used. All Insurance Certs must list both Video & Phone if those modes of practice are used for the relevant periods of remote practice forwarded for application. For those working in agencies, evidence of the agency’s Professional Indemnity Insurance governing the modes of practice used in the agency is required. If working with clients in other legal jurisdictions the insurance cert must specify the legal jurisdiction that the policy covers.

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