EAP Graduate Counsellor in London

We have an exciting opportunity to offer a small group of newly qualified counsellors a chance to gain experience and client hours while being fully supported within a dedicated training and development scheme in our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). If you have recently qualified and are looking to take that first step into paid counselling work, then get in touch today to apply.

As a graduate counsellor, you have a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible difference to people’s emotional health and wellbeing while developing your professional practice in your first step of your new counselling career. Working within our EAP service, we will coach and support you to help a wide demographic of clients through multiple platforms including immediate emotional support on the helpline, short-term solution-focused telephone and video sessions, and online webchat emotional support and signposting.

What we offer:

• Individual case management
• Team meetings
• Individual clinical supervision
• Continued Professional Development Sessions

With the support of a wider team of clinicians and senior leadership, you will have the opportunity to work in a varied multidisciplinary team with varied training and development opportunities for career progression clinically and operationally.

Candidate we are looking for:

• An empathic listener
• Confident in their communication skills
• Willing and eager to practice in a short-term, solution-focused model
• Has a recognised counselling qualification – ideally Degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling (Level 4 or above)
• BACP, NCPS (or equivalent) Registered Membership is essential (unfortunately Individual/Student Membership cannot be accepted)
• Self-motivated and confident in remote working
• Must be willing to complete 6 months in Helpline Only role before progression into Dual Role
• Competent IT skills, experience of MS Office and MS Teams is essential

Next Steps:

If successful, after an initial screening call and interview, we will discuss programme start and contract. We will provide you with all the IT equipment needed, and check in with you prior to your start date to ensure you have everything. You will receive a full 4-week induction, online, which starts with an introduction from the service managers and meeting some of your new colleagues. We will then support you with “on the job” training to help you practice and use your telephone and IT skills.

Benefits:

Competitive salary and the opportunity of a flexible work-life balance and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Opportunities & Diversity:

We are a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Leader dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be considered for interview. Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme ensures that all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be considered for interview. Our Gender Matters Scheme ensures that all women applicants for senior roles (£60,000+) that meet the essential criteria will be considered for interview.

We are committed to treating transgender individuals with dignity and recognising the potential complications that may arise when taking references. We encourage applicants to contact HR to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check. Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months.

Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.