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The Irish Association of Craniosacral Therapy Ltd. By Guarantee (IACST) is dedicated to creating a strong Craniosacral Therapy (CST) community in Ireland.
Our aims are to:
There are three classifications of Membership
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
1. The Management Committee shall manage the affairs of the association.
2. The Management Committee shall consist of, Chairperson, Vice-chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary and Ordinary Members, up to 12 persons in total. Ordinary members were held at 9 previously.
3. Each position shall be filled annually by election at the annual general meeting; the maximum duration shall be of three years in any one position.
4. The secretary’s address is not to be included in the Constitution because of the changing of persons in the role.
5. The Management Committee may, at any time, co-opt up to four other members to perform specific duties. Such members shall not have voting rights on the management committee.
6. The Management Committee may appoint sub-committees, one place on which shall be occupied by a member of the management committee. Members of sub-committees, other than those who serve of the management committee, shall not be entitled to vote on the Management Committee.
7. The management committee may remove from office any elected or co-opted member who consistently fails to carry out the duties for which they were elected or co-opted, or who brings the committee or the association into disrepute. Such members shall have the right to make representation to the committee, after which a vote shall be taken. Two thirds majority shall be required to carry the motion.
8. The Chairperson and/or an appointed Public Relation Officer is/are the sole spokesperson/s for the Association.
9. In the event that the Association has to be would up, the assets remaining after all debts have been discharged shall be donated to charity.
10. Changes to the constitution can only be voted on by fully qualified and paid up members.
11. The committee shall consist of at least two third registered members.
12. No member of the committee may act or speak on behalf of IACST without full approval of the elected committee. This includes answering of e-mails, printed mail, giving discounts to members, or any other such decisions.
13. All mail received by the secretary shall be brought to every committee meeting for all members to read.
14. ONLY FULLY REGISTERED MEMBERS MAY BE LISTED TO THE PUBLIC ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE.
Committee Members - November 2022 - October 2023
Chairperson -Shared Chair
Treasurer - Claire Sheehy
Secretary - Eleanor Gibbons
Committee Members - Elaine Donnelly, Adrienne Daly, Sara Devoy
ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
1. All advertising, public relations and publishing, including management of the web site, shall be directed by the management committee.
2. The Accountant’s address shall be the official address of the association.
3. All correspondence shall be on association headed paper.
4. All correspondence, press releases etc, shall be released through the secretary’s office.
The job descriptions of committee members are as follows:
The Chairperson:
In conjunction with the Vice-Chair, the Secretary and in consultation with the committee
The Chairperson shall be responsible for the co-ordination of IACST policy and activities:
The Secretary:
The secretary shall be responsible for the ongoing administration of IACST.
The Treasurer:
In conjunction with the committee, shall be responsible for managing IACST finances.
The code attempts to provide guidance by way of a standard of attitude, understanding and therefore behaviour.
The code assumes that members run their practices legally and professionally.
If you would care to make a complaint about a member of the Irish Association of Craniosacral Therapy, please read and take relevant steps without undue delay.
The information is confidential unless
Where a practitioner suspects non-professional behaviour by another therapist and that this behaviour is of a grave nature, procedure is to report the matter to the Management Committee in writing.
The information, which is given to the Association, will remain confidential unless there is legal requirement of behaviour in breach of the law.
The practitioner under investigation will be informed to suspend their practice until an investigation takes place. If the investigation establishes a frivolous breach of safe practice or ethics then the complainant will have their name removed from the register for a period to be decided by the Management Committee.
IACST Grandparenting Policy
The IACST is open to graduates from Irish Courses which meet our minimum requirements. We also welcome graduates and practitioners from outside of Ireland provided their training and experience meets core curriculum criteria. Practitioners who have previously been a member of another Association must be applying in good faith and demonstrate that they have not been expelled from their previous Association.
The IACST has aGrandparenting Policy in place to set a pathway to full membership and professional recognition for those who do not meet the current criteria.
Through the application process, it will identify if there are any areas or gaps in training that require further study. They will be identified to the applicant and they will be redirected to existing training schools for review. Applicants must meet the cost of the further study.
Should any clarification be required by the applicant, an interview panel will be formed of committee members and one external professional if required.
Former IACST practitioners who have left practice for whatever reason and wish to rejoin the association do not require grandparenting but do need to meet the criteria for the membership category they are applying for, including the specified programme of (C.P.D.) Continuous Professional Development to include Pediatric relevant C.P.D. before reapplying. This Policy may be reviewed by the committee as needed.
Please contact the Administrator via email for further information.
SAFETY STATEMENT
Members of the Practitioner Register undertake good and safe practice in the therapy rooms and elsewhere, especially in regard to children.
A parent or guardian must be present for persons of less that legal age, or the equivalent in the case of the persons with delayed development. If it comes to the attention of any Practitioner that such an approach is not being observed by another Practitioner, it then becomes the responsibility of the Practitioner who has that information to bring it to the Management Committee.
The Management Team will then seek a letter of good character from the Practitioner in question, to be provided by An Garda Siochana.
Becoming an IACST member provides many benefits more
The Association is not authorised to issue contact details for Associate Members.