Delivered by the Institute of Pastoral Counselling & Supervision
The Institute of Pastoral Counselling & Supervision offers training programmes targeted at the Clergy, Pastoral Care Team Leaders, Lay Ministers, Pastoral Counsellors, Chaplains and Spiritual Directors to develop understanding and skills in reflective practice in pastoral and ministerial settings. The current emphasis upon Ministerial Development means that the church needs practitioners with supervisory skills to facilitate creative reflection on the priorities and tasks of ministry.
The Professional Diploma in Pastoral Supervision
Professional Diploma in Pastoral Supervision – Places available for October 2025
IPCS are now recruiting for the 2025-26 Professional Diploma in Pastoral Supervision.
This course is ideal for those looking for an in-depth understanding of pastoral supervision with the opportunity to develop their skills in this vital area.
This course, which has been running since 2010, may be of interest to you if:
- you would like to gain an in-depth understanding of pastoral supervision and effectively use it to support your ministry
- you would like to foster and develop skills in spiritual care within multi-disciplinary teams
- you would like to extend your existing line management capacity by offering reflective supervision sessions to team members
- you would like to draw on both theological and psychological understandings of Christian mission and ministry in a variety of settings
- you would like to offer non-threatening reflective supervision to a range of pastoral practitioners.
It’s a hybrid course taking place both online and in-person, and consists of six, two-day workshops held on the following dates:
- Workshop 1 (In Person): 14 -15 October 2025
- Workshop 2 (In Person): 25 – 26 November 2025
- Workshop 3 (online) 20 – 21 January 2026
- Workshop 4 (online) 03 – 04 March 2026
- Workshop 5 (online) 28 – 29 April 2026
- Workshop 6 (in person) 16 – 17 June 2026
Please come along to one of our free online Taster Days on 7th May or 25th June to find out more.
Further course details and information on how to book on to a taster day can be found here: www.pastoralcs.org.uk/professional-diploma-in-pastoral-supervision/ or see the brochure below.
For more information or any queries please contact them directly via their administrator Kathryn Addis: kathryn.addis@pastoralcs.org.uk
To view the Course Brochure, Click here
To view the IPCS Privacy Notice, Click here
Professional Certificate in Pastoral Supervision name change
In response to course member feedback over a number of years, we are changing the name of our longest running course from the Professional Certificate in Pastoral Supervision to the Professional Diploma in Pastoral Supervision. This decision has been made for two main reasons:
- the course is a substantial and demanding course, comparable to other courses of similar length offered in the UK which are pitched at Diploma level
- the course fulfils the Association of Pastoral Supervision and Education’s requirement for training hours for those pursuing accreditation as Pastoral Supervisors.
We consider that we have been under-representing our course and that this name change is a more appropriate representation of its stature.