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  • Volunteer Counsellor Application Form

  • Thank you for your interest in undertaking a volunteer counsellor placement at the Centre for Better Health. Before starting your application, please read the Volunteer Counsellor Role Description, including the section headed 'Considerations before applying'.

  • Data protection

  • The Centre for Better Health needs to collect this data about you in order to assess your suitability for a volunteer placement. We will use the information that you provide in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and our Privacy Notice.

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  • Personal Details

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  • Emergency Contact Details

    Please provide the details of a person to contact in case of emergency. This can be a friend or family member. Please ensure that the emergency contact is someone who is often available.
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  • Counselling training

  • Other Education and Experience

  • Education

  • Employment

  • Relevant work experience (paid or voluntary)

    Please add up to three
  • Experience 1

  • Experience 2

  • Experience 3

  • The volunteer role

  • Support Needs

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  • Availability

  • A note on how we structure our placements:

    • daytime counsellors see four clients from 9am-1pm or from 1pm-5pm weekly. Group supervision takes place fortnightly, on the same day (either 10am-12pm or 2pm-4pm, depending on whether you see clients in the morning or afternoon). Therefore, please ensure you offer at least one full day when indicating your availability.
    • evening counsellors see three clients from 5pm-8pm weekly (Tuesday-Thursday only). Group Supervision takes place fortnightly, usually on another evening. Owing to our timetabling, all evening counsellors must have availability on a Wednesday and one other evening.
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  • References and Checks

    If you are offered a placement, this will be conditional until we receive two satisfactory references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
  • DBS

    Note that our volunteer placements are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
  • References

    Please provide the details of two referees. One should be a professional reference (your current or most recent employer) and the other an academic reference (your current or former counselling training institute)
  • External supervision

    CBH requires you to receive external supervision in addition to the group supervision you will receive while on placement with us.
  • Insurance

    We also require counsellors to hold their own professional indemnity insurance for the duration of their placement with us.
  • Diversity Monitoring

    We are committed to ensuring that the clients and volunteers we work with reflect the diversity of our community, and that barriers that prevent underrepresented groups from accessing our services are gradually identified and removed. To help us to do this, we encourage you to answer the below questions.
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