Volunteer Counsellor/Psychotherapist Placement - London and Nationwide
We are currently recruiting new Volunteer Placement Counsellors to join our team.
Terrence Higgins Trust's counselling service has delivered counselling to those living with HIV and at risk of poor sexual health for decades. In addition to counselling, THT also offers a variety of psycho-social support services including work and skills programmes, peer forums and wellbeing groups. We provide either 12 or 24 sessions of counselling for clients presenting with issues such as; living with HIV, depression, anxiety, distressing emotions, chemsex, relationship difficulties, identity issues, LGBTQI+ issues. For further details of the post please see the attached job description document.
We are currently recruiting qualified counsellors and trainees at an advanced level of training in counselling, psychotherapy or counselling psychology. Please note that we are unable to accept applications from trainees who are in the first year of their course or who do not yet have any client hours.
You must be available to attend clinical supervision. At present this will need to be in one of the groups below;
2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month, 6-8pm
2nd & 4th Thursday of the month, 3-5pm
Supervision is free of charge and you will be supervised by a qualified and accredited BACP/UKCP supervisor who has specialist further training in trauma.
Interviews will be taking place on Monday 21st July and Monday 28th July.
Please note: Recruitment may close early should a suitable candidate be found before the closing date.
We reserve the right to close recruitment early if the number of applications exceeds expectations. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
Terrence Higgins Trust was set up in 1982 following the death of its namesake, Terry Higgins, the first named person to die of an AIDS-related illness in the UK. As an organisation we are working toward ambition goals: (1) to end the onward transmission of HIV in the UK by 2030; (2) provide support for people living with HIV; and (3) fight HIV-related stigma.
Volunteering at Terrence Higgins Trust
Today, volunteers continue to be an integral part of the work that we do across the UK. Volunteers help out in most teams within the charity and from 2022-2023 they contributed nearly 13000 hours supporting national projects.
Help us build our vision of a world where people with HIV live healthy lives free from prejudice and discrimination, and where good sexual health is a right and reality for all. Let's work together to try and become the first country in the world to end new cases of HIV by 2030.
Anyone aged over 18 can volunteer with us as long as they fulfil the role description and meet the volunteer requirements.
If you are successful in your application you will need to complete your volunteer training which includes an online volunteer induction, a data protection course and a safeguarding course as well as role specific training within your team. You must aim to complete your training before you can begin volunteering with us.
If you are unsuccessful in your application you can discuss other volunteering opportunities with the Volunteer Office.
Some volunteer roles may have rolling recruitment. If we receive sufficient applications we reserve the right to close recruitment early. We therefore advise you to apply for any roles you are interested in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.