Graduate Counselling Scheme

The Portfolio Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and wellbeing network in Manchester is seeking recent graduates for a full-time counselling role. This position offers a 6-month graduate scheme with extensive training, preparing candidates to become Wellbeing Counsellors. Ideal candidates should have a minimum diploma level 4 in Counselling and strong communication skills. Numerous employee benefits, including paid BACP membership and generous holiday, are provided.

Benefits

Paid BACP membership

Monthly incentives

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Profit Share Scheme

Free breakfast on Mondays

Private health insurance after 5 years

Life Insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 100 counselling hours experience.
• Membership in the BACP.

Responsibilities

• Provide digital and telephone counselling to clients.
• Engage in risk assessment and management.
• Participate in regular in-house supervision.

Skills

Digital Counselling

Telephone Counselling

Solution Focused Counselling

Risk Assessment and Managing Risk

Safeguarding Training

Online CBT

Online Counselling

Case Management

Education

Minimum diploma level 4 in Counselling

Job description

Are you a 2024 or 2025 grad looking to start your first full-time counselling position?

Are you looking to join a supportive company that will give you further training to develop your career?

Portfolio are proud to be exclusively representing our Client who are a trusted health and wellbeing network who have been making a positive difference in over 15 million lives. Our client offers the most comprehensive employee assistance programme on the market, giving 24/7 caring and compassionate support services to employers from organisations of all sizes, across the private, public and non‑profit sector, to business partners, individual users, employees and their family members.

We are looking for professional, hard‑working graduates with strong communication, high levels of computer literacy and high levels of organisational ability with a desire to make a difference to people's lives.

Start date - March. This is an incredible opportunity to join the industry leading EAP and OH provider & Sunday Times 'Best Places to Work' organisation and gain further paid training to gain relevant skills for an EAP! The 6‑month graduate scheme will provide you extensive training and development throughout, before you move into a full‑time Wellbeing Counsellor role.

Skills Development

• Digital Counselling
• Telephone Counselling
• Solution Focused Counselling
• Risk Assessment and Managing Risk
• Safeguarding Training
• Online CBT
• Online Counselling
• Case Management

Essential Qualifications

• Minimum diploma level 4 in Counselling & minimum of 100 counselling hours
• To be a member of the BACP

Employee Benefits

• BACP (or equivalent) membership and accreditation paid for
• BACP CBD Hub
• Up to £60 per month for supervision
• In‑house supervision
• Monthly incentives such as weekends away!
• Supervision
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (plus an additional 2 days after 2 years service)
• Birthday Off/Mental Health Day
• Profit Share Scheme
• Perkbox (staff discount scheme)
• Christmas bonus after 3 years of service
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Fab Fridays- dress down & free treats
• Allied Pride Network
• Social events throughout the year
• Free breakfast on Mondays
• Fresh fruit delivered to the office each week
• Free annual flu vaccine
• Private health insurance after 5 years service
• Life Insurance
• Discounted eye test
• Discounted glasses/contact lenses prescription

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