Cedar and Cedar Create offer a wide-ranging portfolio of CPD courses to support individual and service development.
Many of our CPD courses are open to the public, while some are for specific professional communities.
We can also offer bespoke training packages and CPD events that are tailored to you and your team. If you would like to discuss this, please get in touch.
Cedar Create | Intercultural Systemic Work with Families (ISWF) Programme
A ground-breaking international training initiative launching in 2026.
This unique and innovative online one-year foundation course comprises 24 x half days of teaching between January and December 2026.
The programme will be delivered by experienced international teachers from around the world and will meet the criteria for Association for Family Therapy (AFT) accreditation as a foundation in family therapy in the UK (seeking accreditation in 2027).
The training provides participants with the platform to deliberate, interact, explore, review and challenge ideas around cross-cultural practices. Participants will also be introduced to ideas and concepts that can facilitate and enhance a culturally responsive practice. This course will help to broaden the definition, practice and responses towards developing a more systemic view of culture.
Trainers will pay acute attention to their experiences of working with minority communities. The course will encourage participants to interact and intra-act with their own cultures, and that of others.
Anyone working in mental health, social care, education, religious and pastoral related fields. There is no requirement to hold a core profession, but applications are particularly welcome from those already qualified as social workers, family therapist, psychologist, nurses etc who wish to enhance their intercultural practice. There are protected places for international trainees from Singapore and Malaysia, as well as the UK and the wider global community. We anticipate a cohort comprised of trainee from around the world.
We are expecting this course to cost approximately £1,900 / $3240. Exact fees will be confirmed in due course. Teaching will take place on Zoom from 08:30am-12:30pm GMT.
There are limited spaces available on this course and it is a unique international collaboration that we envisage will be very popular. If you are interested, please submit your expression of interest as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, please email us on createprojects-cedar@exeter.ac.uk.
