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Preparing for membership renewals

The CCAA Annual membership renewals are now open.

Annual membership runs from 1 July to 30 June and renewals will be open for the new 2026/2027 membership year from 1 May 2026.

Members are required to show annually that they have fulfilled the Renewal Requirements.

The essential criteria for renewing your membership are detailed on this page. Each tab corresponds to a specific requirement that you need to satisfy to retain your membership status. It is important to check the information provided in each section that you meet all the necessary conditions prior to submitting your renewal application.

If you have not received your renewal reminder by June 2nd, please contact the office.

You can now easily upload your professional development (PD) certificates as you receive them, and remember that any CCAA PD you complete will be automatically uploaded for you.

If you find yourself lacking in PD hours, consider exploring the CCAA events page HERE for Category A workshops or our recorded PD’s for Category B available HERE.

To fulfill the requirement, you must complete a total of 20 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), which can be accumulated in the following ways:

  • Category A (mandatory): 10 hours and the remainder made up of additional Category A PD or Category B PD activities (A reflective journal is required for each Category B activity).

Further Information

You can find out more about the requirements  HERE.

The CCAA annual requirements for practicing members are:

  • 10 hours of formal supervision in the last 12 months (on client caseload, not managerial supervision).
  • Where you have accrued over 400 client contact hours, 15 hours of formal supervision is required.
  • CCAA requires a minimum of 5 hours of supervision on supervision (Supervisor members only).

To maximise the benefit of supervision, CCAA recommends a combination of individual and group or (peer supervision – Clinical or Supervisor members only).

* Your individual supervisor must be accredited by either CCAA, PACFA, AHPRA or AAOS; (ACA accredited supervisors must have Level 4 membership and have completed a Bachelor or Master’s degree in counselling).*

Supervision Contract

A contract is required for your primary individual supervisor. If you have previously submitted a contract, there is no need to do so again unless you have a new supervisor.

(You do not need a contract for peer or group supervision – This applies to Clinical and Clinical Supervisor members).

Low cost group supervision

CCAA offers a list of accredited supervisors for your convenience.
Download the Group Supervision Directory

Further Information

For supervision requirements for your level of membership check the Membership levels page on the website.

If you are a dual CCAA/PACFA member and a PACFA Certified Supervisor, please check here for PACFA’s supervision requirements.

CCAA Counsellors operating in self-employed private practice are required to hold current professional indemnity and public liability insurance, ensuring it is renewed on time. For those employed, it is essential to obtain a letter from your employer or policy that confirms your coverage as an employee.

*  CCAA Graduate, Clinical and Supervisor members are eligible for a special discount on Professional Indemnity Insurance through insurance.com.au. For further details regarding the requirements, click HERE.

 

If you are a practicing member, you need to have a current National Police Check (obtained after 1 July 2023). If you do not have one, please take steps to secure one and when you have received it, upload it to your portal.

To obtain a National Police check, you can contact an ACIC-accredited body or an Australian police agency  that can process the check for you.

Additional details on acquiring a National Police Check can be found on the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Website.

If you are a PACFA member you have the option to apply for a National Police Check via PACFA’s partner, ANCC.

For further information please read the PACFA Criminal History Standard.

If you are a practicing member, you need to have a current Working with Children’s Check (only if Working with Children and Adolescents). If you do not have one, please take steps to secure one and when you have received it, upload it to your portal.

For additional information on obtaining a Working with Children Check, visit the ACIC website.

 *CCAA CPD and Supervision Pro-rata Exemption

Are you in your first year of membership? You only need to complete 2 hours of supervision and attend one PD workshop.

*PACFA CPD and Supervision Pro-rata Exemption

If you joined PACFA for the first time during the membership year, you have a pro-rata exemption for some of the standard required CPD and supervision hours, based on the month you joined. Information about how to calculate the exemption hours is below. The exemption will be automatically applied based on your join date and you are required to enter only the pro-rata hours.

If you hold dual CCAA/PACFA membership as a Member Association Member, CCAA will process your renewal of PACFA membership. Simply opt in to PACFA membership renewal when you renew your CCAA membership, and we will take care of the rest, we send PACFA an updated list at the end of each week. This membership renewal fee is free and includes membership with the PACFA College of Counsellors. (If you are a member of additional colleges or an accredited PACFA supervisor, PACFA will subsequently charge you a fee for membership with these colleges). 

*PACFA will continue to send you reminders, please ignore these as this option cannot be turned off in their system.* 

*NOTE: If you do not choose to opt in, you will have to renew your membership with PACFA separately; do not assume that automatic renewal will occur. Make sure that your Indemnity, Police check, and WWCC are current on your PACFA portal.

PACFA will only charge you the fees for any additional colleges or if you are an accredited supervisor with PACFA.

PACFA Certified Supervisors: Please check here for the PACFA renewal requirements for your PACFA membership.

You must renew your membership level before you apply for an upgrade.
Please renew at your current level and then we will process the upgrade and fees accordingly. You can find out more about the different membership requirements and levels on the website HERE.

Are you reactivating your membership or returning from Leave of Absence (LOA). You do not need to complete any CPD hours. You can enter 0 for your supervision and PD workshop hours. However, if your membership was active for part of the membership year prior to your leave and you have not fulfilled the necessary CPD and supervision hours during that active period, you will be required to complete those hours upon your return.

If you are reactivating your membership, you will need to pay a $33 reactivation fee when you complete your renewal.

If your membership lapsed at the last renewal – you will have received this notification too. You can renew your membership and pay the lapsed fee of $33.

If you do not wish to be on our register – please advise us and we can deactivate your account. If you have not been actively practicing as a counsellor, please advise the Office.

ANY Questions?

If you have any questions about the renewal process, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the National Office membership@ccaa.net.au or 1300 815 522.