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Counselling placement vacancies

Trainee placement

We offer a placement for trainees who are undertaking a qualification in psychodynamic counselling or psychotherapy and are interested in gaining experience and developing their skills in time-limited psychodynamic counselling in the HE sector. Trainees will have at least one training case of 12 months but also have shorter cases of 6-12 weeks.

Structure

The placement has a strong focus on short-term psychodynamic work and trainees will receive training on working with focus, formulation and endings. In the second year of the placement, we also offer training on assessment and the chance to conduct some assessments yourself, subject to experience. You will also be invited to attend team clinical meetings and will get a chance to join in discussions of staff counsellors’ clinical cases and present your own. We are a small supportive team, and trainees have found the placement containing and inclusive.

We also run an annual training series for counsellors in HE which as an honorary staff member you will be invited to.

You will need to commit to one working Friday (9am - 5pm) for a minimum of one academic year and a maximum of two. You will have a case load of up to three clients and we provide weekly clinical supervision.

Associate scheme

We are looking for counsellors (minimum Diploma level) or psychotherapists with an interest in gaining experience in short-term psychodynamic work in HE who have either:

  • a minimum of 300 hours of counselling or psychotherapy experience in a professional setting and would like to gain experience of short-term work
OR
  • are qualified with a minimum of 150 hours of post-qualification experience in a professional setting and are working towards professional accreditation and are members of the BACP or equivalent regulatory body.

The associate counsellors will manage their own clinical load and conduct their own assessments. You will be expected to work one day a week and see a maximum of four clients. You will commit for a minimum of one academic year - maximum of two years. We will provide clinical supervision and support your accreditation process. As with the trainee placement any associate would be invited as a staff member to the training series, detailed above.

Our service is psychodynamic. However, we would consider integrative counsellors who have a sound understanding of the theory and practice of psychodynamic principles. This is a voluntary position.

Application Deadline

The recruitment will close at 5pm on 22 May. Interviews will take place on the afternoon of Friday 6 June with a second interview for candidates we wish to progress in the week commencing 11 June. The placement will start in October. Applicants must be available for in person supervision and client work on Fridays. 

Please for details on how to apply.