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Many of the materials are free to access, although some require you to have completed a 5-Step Method training course (which has a cost attached to it) or to be an AFINet member. However, watching videos and reading materials will not make you a skilled practitioner – practice, feedback and supervision are the best way to develop your 5-Step Method practice.
If you want to become a 5-Step Method practitioner then you will need to complete a training course and this can be done in a variety of ways. We can also support professionals to become accredited 5-Step Method practitioners. Costs for training and accreditation vary and depend on your needs. Similarly, we can support 5SM accredited practitioners to also become assessors and trainers.
Please contact us to discuss any costs: 5stepmethod@gmail.com.
© The 5-Step Method, and all materials and resources associated with it, are copyrighted to AFINet. Nothing can be reprinted, reproduced, photocopied, altered or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means invented, without prior permission in writing from AFINet.
There are two exceptions to this.
Please also discuss with us about how to acknowledge/reference AFINet and our published 5-Step Method research in your organisation (e.g. on websites, in marketing materials, or in reports to commissioners or funders). We will agree the best solution for your needs, and put in place an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) or other form of contract as appropriate.
Contact:
Contact your 5-Step Method nominated person or contact us at . canddf2021@outlook.com
or for the southern hemisphere, contact steve.staunton@outlook.co.nz
For Steps to Cope programme of work then please contact info@ascert.biz or 5stepmethod@gmail.com
This video demonstrates the majority of Step 5 competencies. Use your competency framework to score and comment on how well you think the session is done.
This video demonstrates some of the elements within Step 4 (but not the beginning or ending of the session) – It was made in 2010 and the content is still excellent. The video was produced before we developed the competency framework so it will not cover every criterion but use your competency framework to score and comment on how well you think the session is done.
This video demonstrates some of the elements within Step 3 – (but not the beginning or ending of the session) It was made in 2010 and the content is still excellent. The video was produced before we developed the competency framework so it will not cover every criterion but use your competency framework to score and comment on how well you think the session is done
There is lots of detailed information about this step in the Handbook: For people trained in 5SM. There are also exercises for family members in Handbook: Self Help for Family Members. See link in GUIDANCE, HANDBOOKS & READING
This video demonstrates the majority of Step 2 competencies. Use your competency framework to score and comment on how well you think the session is done.
You can rate any of the demonstration sessions using: Framework: Practitioners Accreditation Competency Self Assessment. (See Guidance, Handbooks & Reading). This will help you reflect on the competencies being shown and think about the skills you need to demonstrate.
This covers criteria 1.6 from the competency framework, You can rate this session yourself using the competency framework.
This video demonstrates some of the elements within Step 1 (but not the beginning or ending of the session). It was made in 2010 and the content is still excellent. The video was produced before we developed the competency framework so it will not cover every criterion but use your competency framework to score and comment on how well you think the session is done.
To support therapeutic 5-Step Method practice, and to continue building the global evidence base for the 5-Step Method, we have developed the validated Family Member Questionnaire (FMQ). This is primarily for use with family members affected by a loved one’s alcohol, drug or gambling problem. The FMQ is the best way for practitioners, organisations, commissioners, and family members themselves, to assess whether the 5-Step Method has helped family members.
The FMQ should be completed by each family member before they start the intervention (ideally as part of an assessment or very early in the first session) and then again towards the end of Step 5 (ideally after the review of Steps 1-4 has been completed). If possible, we also suggest that the FMQ is completed on a third occasion, perhaps as a 3-month follow-up.
The FMQ, together with guidance for its use, scoring and interpretation, can be found in the FMQ box: see link The Family Member Questionnaire (FMQ) Please contact your 5-Step Method nominated person to ensure that you have the correct administrative version of the FMQ for your team/organisation.
© The FMQ is copyright to AFINET. It should not be revised or altered in any way as this will affect its validity although it can be adapted to be administered online. The FMQ can be added to organisational IT systems that are used for the purpose of holding client data.
We are happy to work with organisations to support your analysis of the FMQ data that you collect – for example, by providing a spreadsheet that you can use to collate and analyse your FMQ data.
As part of your agreement with AFINet to use the 5-Step Method, we ask that you (with the appropriate consent and data sharing practices) share anonymised FMQ data with us (along with some basic, non-identifiable demographic information about family member clients). The data that you share with us will be used to build and promote the global evidence base of the 5-Step Method, and can be used at local, regional, country and international levels to promote policy and practice change that is required to ensure that more affected family members receive the help that they so badly need.
Other versions of the 5-Step Method use different outcome questionnaires or have other ways to assess the impact of the intervention. For example, Steps to Cope uses the READ (Resilience Scale for Adolescents). Please contact your nominated 5-Step Method person or contact us at 5stepmethod@gmail.com to find out more.
Each country is likely to have a national association for counselling. In the UK, there is a wealth of information on British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy www.bacp.co.uk.
For a general counselling book, the key reading is Velleman, R. and Aris, S. (2010) Counselling and Helping: Psychology in Action. London: Wiley Blackwell / British Psychological Society. ISBN-10: 1405106107; ISBN-13: 978-1405106108
For practitioners working in the alcohol area, the key reading is Counselling for Alcohol Problems (Therapy in Practice) by Richard D B Velleman | 18 Jan 2011
If you really want to develop your competency and ensure fidelity to the model while delivering the intervention, the best way is to become an 5-Step Method accredited practitioner. For organisations who want to ensure that there is high quality practice in place, accreditation and on-going supervision ensure this.
Everyone who has gone through accreditation says they have found the process very worthwhile – have a look at the Video Presentation and the Expert Panel Discussion.
To support the process, click on the following documents which are also located in the Guidance, Handbooks & Other Reading section:
We can provide you with expert guidance via a Zoom call. You will need to provide a tape for each Step that has been audio recorded with a Family Member (consent needs to be given for this) and self assess yourself using the Practitioners Competency Form. Accredited Assessors will then assess your tape using a similar Competency Form. You will receive a huge amount of high quality feedback to enhance your practice.
There is a cost to this as it can take an Accredited Assessor up to 15 hours to complete this process. The cost will vary depending on the type of organisation and how much support is needed. Please contact 5stepmethod@gmail.com
The competency framework is an essential resource for 5-Step Method training and practice. It covers 35 skills which ensure that trained practitioners can become, and remain, competent and confident users of the 5-Step Method – these are summarised in the diagram below and in the video presentation. Please see the Template and Guidance in Guidance, Handbooks & Other Reading
Click here for the Practitioner Competency Form
5-Step Method Competency Framework
© The Competency Skills Framework is copyrighted to AFINet – it cannot be reprinted, reproduced, photocopied, altered or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means invented, without prior permission in writing from AFINet. The skills framework should not be used by, copied or shared with people who have not been trained to use the 5-Step Method – an exception would be the person who is supervising or managing your work if they are not themselves a 5-Step Method practitioner.
There are variations to the skills framework for some of the different versions of the 5-Step Method that are available – you will have been given the correct one for whichever version[s] of the intervention you are using. These different versions of the skills framework will be added to the website in due course.
This website is in development and your feedback is welcome on any aspect of this 5-Step Method site.
Please email: 5stepmethod@gmail.com