Placement Counsellor Opportunities

Simpson House Counselling provides Continuing Professional Development (CPD) placements for counsellors who would like to develop their experience in working with people who are affected by drug use.  We have counselling placements to offer if you have or are working towards a diploma in counselling or have the equivalent training and experience. 

We provide:

An extensive programme of Certificated in-house training on a range of issues including:

  • Counselling substance users
  • Working with drug use
  • Working with adult & child protection concerns within counselling
  • Working with diversity 
  • Financial contributions (£30 per hour) towards the cost of clinical supervision provided at the frequency of min 1½ hour per month. A maximum of £45/month will be paid.
  • Public liability and personal accident insurance whilst undertaking placement work approved and authorised by us.
  • A supportive working environment
  • An opportunity to gain experience working in the field of addiction

 

We have CPD placements to offer if you:-

  • Are able to offer a minimum of 3 client hours a week (plus time for related administration) 
  • Are undertaking or have a diploma in counselling or equivalent training and experience
  • Have commitment and genuine desire to work with addiction
  • Are able to commit to the placement for a minimum of 18 months and a maximum of 3 years

We recruit placement counsellors once or twice a year. We will next be recruiting placement counsellors in early 2011. To leave your name as interested in applying please email Liz Forrester.  If you have any questions about being a placement counsellor please email Sarah Loeb, Jane Edwards or Jill Brookes.

As a BACP Accredited Service we require placement counsellors to work to BACP's Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, the Ethical Guidelines for Researching Counselling and Psychotherapy and subject to the Professional Conduct Procedure for the time being in force.

For further details and an application pack please download the following information:

Application deadline:               Wednesday 9th March 2011, 12 noon

Interviews will be held on the afternoons or evenings of: Wednesday 16th March or       Monday 21st March

Download Information for Placement Counsellors

Download 'Our Commitment to Counsellors on Placement'

Download Job Description for Placement Counsellors 

Download Letter accompanying Application Pack

Download Application form for Placement Counsellors

Download Mandatory Induction training dates

You can also email Liz Forrester or call her on 0131 225 1054/6028

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