EAP Graduate Counsellor

A graduate counsellor role delivering emotional support via helplines, video, and webchat while developing professional counselling skills within a structured training programme.

Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity to offer a small group of newly qualified counsellors a chance to gain experience and client hours while being fully supported within a dedicated training and development scheme in our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). If you have recently qualified and looking to take that first step in to paid counselling work, then get in touch today to apply.

As a graduate counsellor, you have a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible difference to people’s emotional health and wellbeing while developing your professional practice in your first step of your new counselling career.

Working within our EAP service we will coach and support you to help a wide demographic of clients through multiple platforms including immediate emotional support on the helpline, short-term solution-focused telephone and video sessions and online webchat emotional support and signposting.

What we offer in return:

As a recently qualified counsellor we will support you every step of the way while on the programme to give you the confidence and experience you need and help you on your journey toward accreditation. Working with the dedicated programme lead we will offer the following:

• Individual case management

• Team meetings

• Individual clinical supervision

• Continued Professional Development Sessions

• With the support of a wider team of clinicians and senior leadership, you will have the opportunity to work in a varied multidisciplinary team

• Varied training and development opportunities for career progression clinically and operationally.

The candidate we are looking for:

• An empathic listener

• Confident in their communication skills

• Willing and eager to practice in a short-term, solution-focused model

• Has a recognised counselling qualification – ideally Degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling (Level 4 or above)

• BACP, NCPS (or equivalent) Registered Membership is essential (unfortunately Individual/Student Membership cannot be accepted)

• Self-motivated and confident in remote working

• Must be willing to complete 6 months in Helpline Only role before progression into Dual Role 

• Competent IT skills, experience of MS Office and MS Teams is essential

Why Vita Health Group?

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.  Now part of Spire Healthcare Group plc we have been providing physical and mental health services for over 30 years. We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK’s largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

This is also recognised by current employees – our most recent Employee Survey results showed the top 5 reasons to work here as being:

• Supportive team and management

• Positive work environment

• Wellbeing and mental health support

• Trust and respect

• Autonomy and flexibility