We both welcome and value being in touch with friends, colleagues, advocates and potential team members and would love to hear from you.

We are currently recruiting to expand our wonderful team of Teens and Toddlers facilitators. Please click on the facilitator link below for more information and an application form.

We are pleased to receive enquiries and CV's as described below.

• Facilitators
• Volunteer Counselling Placements
• Voluntary Work

I look forward to the opportunity of working with you in the future!

Diana Whitmore - Chief Executive

• In House Facilitator Application Form Nov11 - PDF
• In House Facilitator Application Form Nov11 - Word document
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Deadline for Applications - 11/01/12 Interviews From - 26/01/12 

Thank you, we appreciate very much the time and effort that you have put into this application process.

We have been inundated with applications for the post of Trainee Facilitator and had only 20 places to fill. The standard has been extremely high however, and we are unable to reply to everyone who contacted us; therefore only those applicants whose skills and experience most closely matching our requirements will be contacted to attend an interview.

If you haven't heard from us by now then we regret that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please do keep checking our website for updates and apply again at a later date. Meanwhile, wishing you the very best in your life and work.

Facilitators

We would love to hear from you if you have experience in supporting young people. We offer a training opportunity that will further develop your skills to work positively and effectively with vulnerable or challenging young people to develop their life skills, aspirations and goals.

Volunteer Counselling Placements

Many of the young people we work with have challenges both at home and school, and have often developed unhelpful, self-destructive coping strategies in response to their circumstances. Many identify as being 'problem kids' and their participation in Teens and Toddlers represents a new opportunity where they can begin to form a more positive experience of themselves.

Our Counselling Service offers volunteer placements to qualified counsellors, and to students of counselling and psychotherapy who are wishing to gain experience of working with young people. One counsellor is allocated to each project, joining a staff team of facilitator and assistant, responsible for 6-8 young people. The projects run for 18 weeks, meeting once a week from 1pm until 3.45pm. The counsellor is an integral part of the group, and offers two one to one counselling sessions each week.

These placements offer a unique opportunity to engage with young people both in a group and individual setting, providing insight into how they engage with each other, as well as during counselling sessions.

Fortnightly group supervision is provided throughout the project, with the aim of supporting counsellors in peer groups where everyone can learn from each other. There is also a weekly de-brief between facilitator, assistant and counsellor at the end of each Teens and Toddlers session. An initial training orientation is provided to examine the developmental issues teenager's face, the structure and logistics of Teens and Toddlers, and child protection issues.

Many counsellors go on to train as facilitators, eventually running their own Teens and Toddlers projects. We are a rapidly expanding charity and there are many opportunities for closer involvement in a variety of different roles. If you are a counsellor who is interested in finding out more about a placement with us, please contact Vivien Scott  on 020 7089 6180.

Voluntary Work

If you have a passion for charity work and have a few days spare we would be delighted to hear from you. we are particularly interested in volunteers with media and marketing experience.