Counsellor : Employers and vacancy sources

Counselling vacancies can occur in a wide range of settings including:

• educational settings including schools, further education colleges, universities and higher education colleges;
• statutory and voluntary sector care agencies, dealing with people with disabilities or an endless variety of specific issues including substance abuse, eating disorders, sexual health, rape and domestic violence, mental health, adoption, bereavement, rehabilitation of offenders, family relationships, homelessness and many others;
• health sector settings including hospitals, oncology, genetics, general practices, community healthcare, mental and occupational health teams;
• youth services and agencies;
• children’s centres;
• citizens’ advice bureaux;
• human resource departments of larger employers;
• general counselling services;
• specialised telephone helplines;
• churches and other faith-based organisations.

Increased collaboration, mergers and joint working between the education sector, the health sector and the social care sector mean that patterns of service delivery may vary from place to place. There are also many alternative careers in these sectors that involve the use of counselling skills.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Counselling Jobs Online  - BACP members only.
• Therapy Today  
• Cruse  
• Relate  
• NHS Jobs   
• Community Care  
• Opportunities: The Public Sector Recruitment Weekly  
• New Statesman Jobs  
• Times Educational Supplement Jobs  
• Times Higher Education Jobs  
• Guardian Jobs  
• The Scotsman Jobs  
• The Voice Jobs  
• Local press.

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