The RAPt Training Programmes
Addiction Counsellors
The RAPt Addiction Counsellor Trainee Programme is a one year, full time, five days a week course leading to a qualification in addiction counselling. It consists of one day training (normally at RAPt’s head office in London) and four days working with a rehabilitation team in a prison. The course covers all aspects of addiction and is based on the 12-Step model of counselling, although other models are also included. There are three modules which provide a qualification at certificate levels 2 and 3 in Counselling Skills and Counselling Studies with the CPCAB (Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body).
For further information contact Richard Gurd, Training Administrator at richardg@rapt.org.uk
CARAT Workers Trainee Programme
CARAT (Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice and Throughcare) teams work in all UK prisons. They offer valuable support to substance misusers caught up in the criminal justice system. Their job includes informing offenders about the effects of drugs. CARAT teams also help substance misusers access rehabilitative services. RAPt runs a six-month CARAT Worker Training Programme. This involves one day per week at our London based training centre and four days per week working as a trainee within a prison-based CARAT team.
By the end of the programme trainees should be ready to take their place in a CARAT team, as an apprentice CARAT worker - subject to vacancies and a successful interview. It is our hope to be able to offer employment to all those who successfully complete our Trainee CARAT Worker Programme; however there are no guarantees of continued employment with RAPt.
For further information, download an information pack, or contact Richard Gurd, Training Administrator at richardg@rapt.org.uk
Staff
RAPt employs 250 people and aims to offer all staff an opportunity to extend their knowledge and expertise. Courses include - Management Training, Anger Management and Motivational Interviewing.
Volunteers
Volunteers are offered positions within 12-step programmes, CARAT and community teams. Possible roles include - administration, shadowing treatment teams, and working on a one to one basis with counsellors and offenders. Volunteers can gain experience of the principles of rehabilitation styles and therapeutic environments with a prospect to personal or professional development. This could lead to careers in drug treatment and the criminal justice system. Volunteers are paid daily expenses.
Contact paula.pinto@rapt.org.uk or click here to download a volunteer application form