Graduates

If you are a graduate from one of our accredited schools, you may register as a full member of CSTA.

Membership benefits

• The letters RCST after your name confer professionalism to your practice.
• Your details included in our practitioner directory.
• You may attend and vote at our AGM.
• Free subscription to our magazine, The Fulcrum.
• Regular email bulletins.
• Access to marketing resources including free photos and videos.
• Discounted workshops to help develop your practice.
• A competitively-priced group insurance scheme.
• A comprehensive selection of guidance documents.
• One-to-one support and advice should an issue arise.

Membership requirements

• An adequate level of professional indemnity insurance.
• Eight sessions of supervision during your first two years of membership.
• Twelve hours of continuing professional development activities each year.
• A current first aid qualification, e.g. Emergency First Aid at Work or Appointed Persons.
• Adherence to our Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.

See below, under Membership information for graduates, for full details about the benefits and requirements of joining the CSTA.

Annual membership fee

Graduates New Graduates*	£159 £100
* Reduced fee for first year of membership when joining within eighteen months of graduation date.

Almost everyone involved in the CSTA is a volunteer or near-volunteer, which enables us to keep subscriptions among the lowest for a professional body.

How to apply

We welcome membership applications from graduates of our accredited schools.

Click on the links below to find out more and to download an application form. If you’re not sure how to fill in and sign a PDF form, search “Adobe Fill & Sign” to use a range of free tools, available online and via the app store. However, If you’d prefer to have an application form sent to you by email, please contact our Administrator.