Staff Qualifications

In adhering to adventure therapy best practices, True North Expeditions employs staff with only certain qualifications. Each program will be led by 2 practitioners and as many Adventure Guides needed to maintain our excellent 1:3 staff to student ratio. 

HEAD GUIDE / PRACTITIONER QUALIFICATIONS
-Qualifying Degree in Social Work, Psychology or Counseling
-Wilderness First Aid / Senior First Aid
-Police Clearance for Working with Children
-Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
-Obtains Regular Supervision from Clinical Practitioner
-Minimum three years adventure therapy experience
-Mandatory Reporting Training
-Completed True North Expeditions internship
-Completes required Continuing Education Credits

ADVENTURE GUIDE QUALIFICATION
-Minimum bachelor level degree in Outdoor Education, Psychology or Social Work
-Wilderness First Aid / Senior First Aid
-Police Clearance for Working with Children
-Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
-Mandatory Reporting Training
-Completes Regular Supervision with Program Director
-Holds Outdoor Recreation Certifications: Bushwalking Leadership, Canoe Leadership, Rock Climbing Ticket
-Minimum three years experience in leading outdoor adventure expeditions

Outdoor Safety

It is stressful to worry about your child’s wellbeing and its normal to feel concerned about who is monitoring you child’s safety while we are in the bush. True North Expeditions adheres to the best practice guidelines provided by the Association of Experiential Education' (AEE) Therapeutic Adventure Professionals Group (TAPG). Recent 2012 research has shown that adventure therapy programs following these guidelines have significantly less reported injuries and emergencies than traditional outdoor wilderness experience programs. 

In addition, our organisation adheres to the ethical guidelines provided by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).