How to register with us
Become a Registered Trauma Specialist:
We have made the application process as straightforward as possible. If
you would like to register simply read the information below and if agreeable send us the
requested
information by standard mail
(covering letter on your practice letterhead) or scanned copies via
email attachment:
- By applying you agree that you have read and agree to our
codes of ethics and complaints
procedure
- The register specialises
in registering therapists/counsellors with a special interest in PTSD and
Trauma, we are not a general register!
click this link to
download an informational leaflet
Requested information
with application:
- Copies of relevant training documents
- It is a condition of membership
that you hold professional indemnity
insurance, we no longer ask to see copies of your
insurance certificates - if you do not
currently have such insurance cover you may be eligible to
obtain such cover via our
insurance providers
- On application we are especially
interested in specific qualifications or courses taken in related subjects
and/or work/life experience. Each application is reviewed on its own merits so
we do not have a formal application form. What we ask people to do is send us
copies of their existing qualifications, a covering letter giving details of
experience working in the trauma field, depending on the situation we may also
ask for references.
- There is a one off joining
fee of £50 made payable to The Register of Trauma
Specialists (Please write out fully and DO NOT abbreviate to RTS) - If you
are a graduate of a training course listed in our
directory of training courses
the joining fee is reduced to £25 - there are no further
fees associated with your registration but you are expected to continue to
abide by our codes of ethics and terms of membership. If sending documents via
email attachment you will be invoiced for payment if your application is
successful
- Reduced joining fee, £25, for those on low incomes, evidence of
status will be required
- Contact and biographical information that you would like to appear on this
web site - for a sample entry click here
- we provide basic information about you on a regional listing, with a link to
your own personal page on the site with more complete information about you
and the services that you offer
Note that
admission to the Register is at our discretion and registrants may be removed at
anytime at our discretion
Benefits of registration:
- Free nation-wide Referrals Facility
- One off joining fee
- No assessment fees for applications
- No ongoing fees once accepted
onto the register
- Use of designatory letters RTS and use of title 'Registered Trauma
Specialist
- A dedicated website, with a free personal page (and updates) of
Registrants’ information and details together with active links to their
own e-mail addresses and websites (where available)
- Free inclusion of a photograph or you practice logo, or both, on your
registration page
- Access to a carefully selected Professional Insurance Scheme providing comprehensive
insurance protection for registrants
- Free publication and distribution of regular News & Research Bulletins
- Free provision of themed practice
brochure to help promote your services
- Free content for your web site
- The provision of regional information to Registrants seeking peer group or
personal supervision arrangements
- Access to reports pertaining to the
psychological professions
- Free provision of user-friendly Data Sheets, as sponsored by the DoH and
published by Greenwich University, for the maintenance of Continuing
Professional Development records
- Free provision of Evidence Based Patient/Client Outcome Forms for the
confidential monitoring of professional performance
- Free provision of Care Aims Forms for the confidential recording of your
skills and duty of care to clients in a measurable format
- Representation to, and dissemination of relevant information from the
Department of Health (DH) and all other interested Agencies
- Use of RTS Logo on your stationary and web site
- A benefits scheme including among
other offers reduced price web hosting
Conditions of ongoing registration:
It is a condition of ongoing registration that you
maintain professional indemnity insurance for all therapies that you practice.
If you do not your registration is automatically void. Kindly note that it
is your responsibility to advise us of any change in circumstances affecting
your registration with RTS
Levels of registration:
There are two levels of registration:
- RTS = Registered Trauma Specialist
- RTS-A = Accredited Registered Trauma Specialist
The level of Accredited Trauma Specialist cannot be
applied for and is the equivalent of a fellowship in other organisations
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