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Closing Date: 26/04/2024

Trainee Counsellor 
Part-time, unpaid trainee position 
Nine-Month Placement Commencing September 2024 until June 2025 (Term Time - must commit to one day a week, subject to the trainee’s requirement for placement hours) 
West End, London 

About the role 

The Fashion Retail Academy Counselling team is growing and as a result, we can offer a Trainee Counsellor the opportunity to obtain clinical hours providing face-to-face counselling to young adults in an academic setting.  The trainee counsellor would build on the work of our existing team.  The counsellors that make up our team use a wide range of theoretical models though most would describe their working as integrative, as they endeavour to meet the needs of our individuals.  All counsellors adhere and follow the BACP Ethical Framework guidelines.   

The role will provide short to medium term counselling to individuals that encourage healthy mental and emotional development while promoting longer-term resilience. Early intervention and support are key to ensuring we support individuals and enable them to achieve to the best of their ability. 

About you 

• You must have completed at minimum, at least 50 hours of face-to-face counselling.
• You must either be completing a L4 counselling course or be currently enrolled in a further qualification that requires placement hours. 
• The trainee must also be familiar with and follow the ethical framework of the BACP guidelines when working in education. 
• It is essential that you have an awareness of Further Education, a good understanding of equality and diversity issues, safeguarding, with experience working therapeutically with young people. 
• The successful candidate will be personable, highly compassionate, and genuinely interested in supporting young adult mental health in education. 
• You must be a confident communicator and be able to build rapport quickly with students and develop positive, cooperative, and effective working relationships within a multidisciplinary team. 

Please note, that this role is a part-time, unpaid trainee position with one designated day a week that is agreed between the successful candidate and line manager.  This position requires the trainee to be on site that designated day between 9-4pm to provide face-to-face counselling, and attend a monthly group and individual supervision.    

There will be a compulsory induction training the week of 19 August 2024 at the FRA that will be arranged with the Counselling Coordinator to provide a general introduction to the Service and the placement. 

Why The FRA?

We foster a culture where our team members can lean on each other, recognise each other and celebrate together! At the FRA, our students are at the centre of what we do and as a result, we offer hugely rewarding opportunities – whatever your role at the FRA, you have the opportunity to change a student’s life! If you are looking for a role where you can really demonstrate your impact, then look no further.

How to apply/Next Steps:

Our recruitment process requires all applicants to submit an application form when applying for a vacancy. The application form should be submitted electronically via our recruitment portal.

Please create an account and click Start Application to upload and submit your completed application form. Please note we do not accept CVs.

Application Form: Please find the link to our application form here EFI Application Form

Closing Date:

8am on Friday 26 April 2024. 

Interviews:

Wednesday 1 May/Thursday 2 May, in-person at Newman St, London W1

More Information/Contact us:

For more information about the FRA, visit our website and refer to the job description and person specification.

Please contact recruitment@fra.ac.uk for further information or an informal chat about this campaign.

Diversity Statement

The EFI is proud to have a student body as diverse as its central London location!  With students from 17 ethnicities, traveling from all over the United Kingdom, with a variety of learning needs and a wide range of experiences and interests, we are looking to recruit a workforce that is as diverse as our amazing students and will support them to achieve their potential. If you would like to request any accommodations from application through to interview, please email us at recruitment@fra.ac.uk. Any equality and diversity information you choose to give helps to provide the HR team at the EFI with a deeper understanding of our people, and their experiences. It assists us in identifying any existing biases or gaps that the EFI can work on addressing and improving. All ED&I information you provide is strictly confidential to the HR Department and will not be seen by the shortlisting or selection panel.