Careers and jobs

Careers and jobs

We advertise paid employment opportunities as well as student placements. Although we make sure the person specification does not discriminate against ACC members, we are not responsible for the content of the advertisements and third-party websites, and therefore take no responsibility beyond our legal requirement.

If you would like to advertise your vacancies, please see Advertise with us.

For student placements offered by our counselling organisational members, please visit our Find a placement.

Current job opportunities

Sessional counsellor at Counsel for Life

Counsellor needed

Counsel for Life is a long-established Counselling Centre based in South Woodford on the London/Essex border. We are a charity based on Christian beliefs and values, delivering a BACP-accredited professional counselling service. You can read more about us at www.cfl.uk.com

We are looking for someone to fill the role of part time sessional face-to-face Counsellor within our dedicated team of counsellors with the flexibility to also work online if required. Working in person from our office and counselling room based in South Woodford E18, you will need to be BACP accredited or equivalent or working towards this accreditation and have experience in both open-ended and short term work. The successful applicant will hold at least a diploma in counselling and be familiar with person-centered, integrative and/or psychodynamic practice and be able to offer a minimum of two hours on a regular day per week. For face to face work applicants will need to have availability Monday-Thursday. There is a requirement for attendance at monthly supervision with the agency. We would also expect any applicants to be in regular supervision and to have had experience of personal therapy.

Applicants must reside in the South Woodford or surrounding local areas.

For further details please email pwtcfl@aol.com, or phone Keren Payne on 020 8504 1228.

Jobs at Waverley Abbey College

Waverley Abbey College seeks to recruit new staff for its expanding counselling programmes. They are looking for people who share their vision to extend the college’s reach to the nation and beyond, so that many more people might be enabled to pursue their calling in faith-based counselling and psychotherapy.

They are seeking applications for the following posts, please find more info on each role by clicking the links:

Postgraduate Programme Leader — closing date 24 February
Undergraduate Programme Leader — closing date 24 February
Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy [0.4] — closing date 28 February
Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy [0.7] — closing date 28 February

Trustee with Healthlink360

Healthlink360 is a charity dedicated to providing medical and psychological support to individuals serving overseas, including those preparing for deployment, those currently serving, and those returning home. For 40 years, Healthlink has been committed to serving the Christian community.

They are currently seeking a new trustee with a background in counselling or psychology to join their board. For more information and to apply for the position, please visit their website. Please note that while the board meets online during the winter months, in the summer, meetings are held in person at our base in Carberry Towers, East Lothian. Therefore, access to a car is essential.