CFI Level 5 Diploma in Animal Assisted Intervention (The Elysian Approach)
Qualification title
CFI Level 5 Diploma in Animal Assisted Intervention (The Elysian Approach)
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Summary
Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI) is becoming increasingly popular across the UK and worldwide as we are recognising the positive impact regular animal interaction has on our overall wellbeing and emotional resilience to navigate the challenges of our day-to-day lives. This course allows professionals to develop their skills and knowledge to integrate the benefits of AAI into their professional practice. Participants have a fully-immersed, interactive and experiential learning journey, utilising a wide variety of animals to create a rich and valuable learning experience that can be transferred to a range of working environments to the benefit of clients across needs and ages.
Why take this qualification?
This objective of this CFI Level 5 Diploma in Animal Assisted Intervention (The Elysian Approach) is to:
- To support learners to become competent practitioners through an experiential and immersive professional and personal development experience.
- To prepare learners to practice AAI and/or to integrate AAI in a professional education, health, or social care environment to the benefit of the clients with whom they work.
- To give learners an area of expertise in their existing role, adding to their skills and competencies to the benefit of their clients/service users.
Entry requirements
To study on this qualification learners need to demonstrate to the centre that they:
- Have attended Introduction to Animal Assisted Therapy and Intervention with Elysian (either 1 or 2 day workshop) prior to applying to the Diploma.
- Have an appropriate level of self-reflection and emotional resilience, due to the physical and emotional demands of the course.
- Are educated to degree level in a relevant field OR have extensive experience with a relevant client group (e.g. have worked 5 years or more in direct client work).
- Are confident with animals and have been responsible for the care of at least one animal for a significant period and have access to animals as part of their ongoing work for the duration of the course.
- Have completed an application process demonstrating a level of competence in the field and a safeguarding vetting process, including references and enhanced DBS checks.
Guided learning hours
102 hours
Total qualification time
370 hours
How long does it take?
1 year
Assessment
Portfolio of evidence
Qualification specification
Please click here for the qualification specification.
Learners
Any learners who are interested in finding out more about this qualification should contact Elysian UK.
Centres (Training Providers)
If you are interested in running this course as part of your curriculum, please contact us.
Registration fee for Centres from 1st September 2023
£330 per learner