Insurance/Membership

[BTK]

Hi

I have just qualified as a massage therapist (ITEC - and got a credit - hooray!)

I am looking to do evening treatments at home, at others home and also there is an opportunity me to maybe do this at my work - they are thinking of providing a relaxation suite to offer reflexology, Indian head massage, and massage.

I need some advice. Through doing the bus cond and prof aware segment I know that you need to be a member of an organisation and also get insurance - prof indemnity.

Can anyone recommend a body to go with - or a body to be a member of that also provides insurance.

At the moment I only offer Massage - but in the future I would like to offer sports massage and Indian head and reflex also as I am looking to do those courses shortly.

So, any membership bodies to recommend.

Thanx

JoGirl x

 

[Lucy Girl]

I am with the FHT - they are very good. There membership has come down this year. You get very good magazines, info and access to their website etc. FHT allow you to add on other courses as well during your membership years.

 

[loh m]

Jo, although you do need to have insurance to practice (although not a legal requirement, it is very wise), there is no requirement to belong to a professional organisation.

Lesley

 

[whateverchic2006]

absolutely with Lesley on this one, you do not need to belong to an "official body" for the therapies you currently or plan to do....insurance is always a good idea though, for the first three years i was with the old gcp, which was then the igpp and is now something else for the time being however for me personally it really didnt offer any benefits and I found I was paying them money every year which was better spent elsewhere!

now i have a very good insurance policy and am not with an professional body, on the odd occassion that a client has ever asked about such things it has always been in reference to the insurance and not who do you belong with!

Tigs
xx

 

[Beautiful Bobby]

Thanks all.

I have looked on FHTs website and they are going to send me a pack.

Jo

 

[Evilteenietiff]

i was trained (remedial massage) in australia so i'm not up to speed on all the british associations. when i arrived in england a year ago i joined the igpp purely because they were the first one i heard about (plus i needed insurance). since then i've noticed that a lot of fellow massage therapists are with bcma. does anyone know why? what should i be looking for in an association?

thanks a bunch

henry

 

[annoleUnemy]

Hi good to hear what you have to say. I have just completed a Certificate 1V of Massage in Australia at Australasian College of Natural Therapies. I am moving to London in September. I contact FHT and they said they would not cover me. So I investigated doing more study at a Sports Massage School (Raworth) and they said my coures (I sent them all my module outlines) covered everything their diploma covered. So I am stuck...

Well I thought i was. Didn't want to spend thousands redoing all my study - not to mention my last year! So does this mean I can get insurance without an actual Diploma from the UK? If I do not have to join an actual 'body'. Anyone's advise would be fantastic. My training was thorough, have completed my 100 clinic hours and from what I can tell - equal to Diploma level in the UK.

Thanks for any suggestions

 

[ffzneswf]

You can get your insurance from SMG http://www.smg-professional-risks.co.uk/

 

[Katie O]

meljc14,

just banding about possibilities

you can see if there is a british qualification standards board that can asess the syllabus outlines and approve your certificates to a certain uk equivalent, try a web search

sorry if i am sounding vague (and being british too! i haven't a clue!!)

but i am going to submit my certificates to the South African Qualifications Authority when I move there, in order to get insurance/ and work permit etc.

i'm wondering if the UK has a similar system....

 

[ErrortNet]

You should try IPTI

www.iptiuk.com

 

[ngurfnjd]

Or you could try Balen's who are an independent insurance company. They do a very goo policy where yo can link together all your different therapies. I've always found them very helpful.

 

[chrisbrownismine]

it always makes me wonder why some of these organisations wont insure you, even if you have done a good qualification such as the one done by Meljc14, when these organisation will insure their own members who may have only undertaken ONE DAY practical training to obtain a massage qualification