Trainee Placement Counsellors

We are looking for trainee adult counsellors, dedicated to improving the mental health and emotional resilience of our community who are looking for a placement. Our ideal candidates are committed to providing a high standard in their work, with a passion to supporting clients to help them on their journey towards positive mental health and who embed and share Beacon’s values.

We are looking trainees who are currently completing a minimum level 4 diploma counselling course, have achieved fitness to practice and are able to commit to a minimum of 4 appointments per week, face to face or remote. This may include Saturdays, so flexibility for availability is required.

Our ideal applicants will be enthusiastic, caring, positive and committed to ensure we continue to provide the best service to our clients. Training to use our systems will be provided, however, you will have some digital competence and understanding to fulfil the administrative requirements of the role. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team at Beacon and would particularly welcome applications from under represented communities including, LGBTQIA+, older applicants and global majority communities.