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Referrals

Are you looking for a counselling or creative therapy placement?

We offer placements and volunteer opportunities to trainee and qualified therapists.

We ask that you:

  • have completed at least one year of your therapy training at Diploma Level 4 or Degree.
  • preferably have some client therapy experience, but we may consider transferable skills if you have other relevant experience.

Commitments to a Placement at SAIL

A therapy placement and volunteering is a big commitment. To provide a consistent service to our clients, and to work ethically:

We require counsellors to:

  • Work with a minimum of three clients – Our sessions are a full hour in length, and you would need an additional 15 minutes after each client to write notes, have a break etc. The time commitment on your counselling day would be around four hours.
  • Attend a clinical caseload management meeting at least every two months. These last up to an hour.

We require Creative Therapists to

  • Attend regular supervision/caseload management meetings in accordance with course requirements.

We require all volunteer and placement therapists

  • to attend Counsellor Development Days (once a quarter on a Saturday) and CPD opportunities (often online). These activities can be counted as CPD/Work-Based Learning hours.

We offer:

  • Counsellors – monthly group supervision, which lasts for three hours, paid for by SAIL.
  • Creative therapists – placement supervision that meets course requirements.
  • Travel expenses
  • Admin support to maintain boundaries
  • CPD opportunities

SAIL has a young people’s counselling service in addition to its adult service. If you wish to work with 14–17-year-olds we will ask for evidence that your course covers working with this age group.

Interested?

Please complete the online registration form below or call 01246 559889 for more information

 

Make A Difference

SAIL Counselling Placement/Volunteer Application Form

Please give us a sense of who you are, as the clearer the picture you offer of yourself, the easier it will be for us to consider you for a volunteering position  

Please ensure you fully read the attached criteria and application process before you start to complete this form. If you need more room, continue any section on another sheet. 

    Full Name

    Address

    Phone

    Email

    Counselling Qualifications

    Full title and level of qualification being studied for or held:

    If you are in training, please indicate when you started this course and core modules already completed:

    Date your diploma/degree/other qualification in counselling was awarded/ is expected:

    Name of your training organisation:
    Name

    Address

    Phone

    Email

    Professional membership/code of ethics:

    If Other Professional Body, Please State *

    Current DBS: Covers Adult and Children Workforce:

    Enhanced:

    DBS Update Service:

    References

    1st Referee: If in training (and this would be your first counselling placement) please provide a current tutor/placement co-ordinator. If qualified or already in training practice (your current/most recent clinical supervisor).

    Name and relationship to you:

    Address

    Phone

    Email

    2nd Referee: This person should ideally have knowledge of your work / counselling experience.

    Name and relationship to you:

    Address

    Phone

    Email

    Previous convictions and complaints
    SAIL requires prospective volunteers to disclose all convictions including spent convictions as the work is covered by the Exemption Order of 1975 relating to Section 4 (2) and Section 4 (3b) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The basis of this exemption is that volunteers have access to women who are vulnerable. Please give details of any criminal convictions below. All information will be held in strict confidence. Convictions do not necessarily preclude acceptance as a volunteer.

    Please also give details of any professional complaints that you have had made against you, with outcome.

    Training
    What is/was the main counselling model or approach of your counselling course? Please summarise your understanding of this approach.

    What, if anything, would your training agency require from SAIL? Include details, e.g. line manager’s report, SAIL report, regular updates on progress, information about the organisation or counselling hours completed. Please state the regularity and level of detail required.

    Please outline any relevant additional training or professional development you have completed. Indicate the length of the course, the provider, and date undertaken. Say how you think it may help you in your volunteering with SAIL.

    Counselling Experience
    How many hours counselling experience have you already accrued, and in what setting was this work undertaken (please give dates)?

    Please tell us what methodology or approach which underpins your practice. How would you summarise your way of working and what you have learnt from your experience so far?

    What, if any, previous knowledge or experience do you have of working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse?

    What issues do you think might arise in counselling survivors of childhood sexual abuse? How might you respond to these?

    What do you hope to gain at a personal level from volunteering with SAIL?

    Please outline any other experience you think is relevant to your application. This might include personal experience; counselling experience; work in voluntary organisations; other paid or unpaid work. Tell us how you think it is relevant to working with SAIL (continue on another sheet if necessary)

    Can you communicate in a language other than English?

    If Yes, Please state:

    Practical arrangements
    We are looking for counsellors to work during the following time slots. To help us plan the spread of appointments, please indicate all sessions when you would be available to work. (You will of course, work only a single block session per week). Your preference cannot be guaranteed.

    Please also indicate your general availability, i.e. day of week and either morning, afternoon or evening:

    I declare that the information provided on this form is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I sign to agree that I give permission for SAIL to hold my information and details on file. I consent to the retention and appropriate distribution within SAIL of any such information, in accordance with the DATA Protection Act 1998.
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