Student Member
Currently undertaking recognised Reflective Safeguarding training.
No practitioner designation or post-nominal applies at this stage.
Reflective Safeguarding
Professional Membership
Education earns the qualification. Competency earns professional recognition. Ongoing accountability maintains professional membership.
Operated by Founder & Originator Sharon Mackenzie, Spirit Led Institute is the custodian and private professional standards body for Reflective Safeguarding™.
In development — not yet open. Professional Membership is not currently accepting applications or admitting members, and no membership credential is being issued. These pages describe the intended standards.
Sharon Mackenzie SpiritRSPrac · Founder & Educator
- Diploma of Counselling
- Accredited Chaplain
- Narrative Practice Practitioner · Health & Harmony Colleges
- Advanced Aromatherapy Practitioner · Health & Harmony Colleges
- Trauma-Informed Care
Counselling and chaplaincy training and trauma-informed care inform Sharon’s educational work.
Why membership exists
A living professional commitment
Completing practitioner education demonstrates learning at a point in time. Professional membership adds a continuing relationship of competency, ethical accountability, reflective practice and accurate public representation.
It is for practitioners who use Reflective Safeguarding in their work and want their current standing to be visible. Its purpose is not to replace client authority, but to help clients make informed choices about the people whose services they use.
The pathway
From education to current professional standing
- 1Complete recognised training
- 2Demonstrate competency
- 3Agree to the Practice Standard and Code of Ethics
- 4Apply for professional membership
- 5Maintain CPD, supervision and insurance requirements
- 6Hold current standing, directory listing and SpiritRSPrac
Membership categories
A status that says exactly where you are
Graduate Member
Has completed recognised education and competency requirements but has not yet met every requirement for professional membership.
May accurately state that training has been completed, but may not use SpiritRSPrac.
Professional Member — Reflective Safeguarding Practitioner™
A current professional member in good standing whose competency and continuing obligations are recognised by Spirit Led Institute.
May use SpiritRSPrac and appear in the public practitioner directory while membership remains current.
What professional members receive
- Use of SpiritRSPrac while membership is current
- A verified listing in the public practitioner directory
- A defined relationship to the Practice Standard and Code of Ethics
- A continuing framework for CPD, supervision and reflective accountability
What professional members undertake
- Practise within competence and scope
- Maintain accurate, non-misleading public claims
- Meet current CPD, supervision and insurance requirements as applicable
- Remain accountable to professional conduct and complaints processes
Authoritative document
Professional Practice Standard™
Read the existing standard governing the practice of Reflective Safeguarding.
Read the StandardAuthoritative document
Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct™
Read the existing ethical and professional obligations for recognised practitioners.
Read the CodeProfessional member resources
Membership Standard
Eligibility, recognition, renewal, current standing and fair processes.
OpenSpiritRSPrac Credential
Who may use the post-nominal, how it is verified and what it means.
OpenPractitioner Directory
Find and verify current professional members in good standing.
OpenApply for Membership
Register your interest while professional membership applications are prepared.
OpenCPD & Professional Supervision
The continuing learning and reflective support framework for members.
OpenProfessional Conduct
Complaints, procedural fairness, proportionate outcomes and review.
OpenClient Consent & Intake
Minimum informed-consent and intake expectations for professional members.
OpenProfessional Insurance
Developing guidance on appropriate professional and public liability cover.
OpenProfessional clarity: Spirit Led Institute is a registered business name operated by Sharon Mackenzie, ABN 64 980 520 433. In that capacity, the Institute establishes its own private professional standards, competency requirements, professional membership, SpiritRSPrac credential, practitioner directory and conduct requirements. Professional membership is not statutory registration, AHPRA registration, government accreditation or an AQF qualification. Spirit Led Institute is not an insurer.
