Counsellor Placement - Volunteer Position

Placements are available at Woman's Trust in East (Barking & Dagenham) and West London for students who are studying counselling or therapy. Intakes are scheduled about 2-3 times per year.

Our requirements are that counsellors need to be in personal therapy for 1 year minimum and their second year of a Diploma course and have one year of experience of working with clients (30-40 supervised client hours). Counsellors will need to work following the Person-Centred/Humanistic approach.

We are always interested in counsellors who have a commitment to this area of work. Woman's Trust has an application process for counsellors interested in placements - counsellors are able to work at different times including some evenings and weekends. Please note: because of the needs of women using our service the minimum commitment is 4 clients per week. Successful candidates will also need to attend the three day induction course.

Next course dates will be 9th,10th and 11th June 2010. 

Next deadline for applications will be Friday the 7th of May 2010

For an application pack please contact Maya Gagni on 020 7034 0303/0304 or you can e-mail her on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Volunteering in General
If you would like to volunteer your time and skills, please send us an e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Trustee vacancies, January 2010

Woman's Trust is a medium-sized women-only charity (turnover around £500,000 pa) providing high quality services accross London to enable women affected  by domestice violence to rebuild their lives. We are highly regarded by our users, and by other agencies working alongside us i the field.

Our vision:
A world where all women affected by domestic violence have ready access to adequate and appropriate support.

Our mission:
To provide women-only, client-led services supporting and empowering women affected by domestic violence and abuse

About Woman's Trust
Woman's Trust was formed in 1995 to address the substantial gap in domestic violence (DV) service provision. Acknowledging DV and mental health as interlocking issues, the charity focuses on these two topics. Ther charity offers practical and emotional support to up to 1,800 women per year. We support women via our integrated counselling, support and advocacy services, which are offered in a variety of languages. by workers with extensive DV counselling experience.
We have a dynamic, committed Board, and are now planing to enhance our effectiveness by recruiting enhusiastic new trustees. 

New trustees: essential qualities:

• Commitment to the Woman's Trust ethos and client-led approach;
• The ability to provide constructive and pragmatic advice and support, rooted in relevant experience;
• The ability to work as a part of team;
• Sufficient time avialable to attend Management Committee meetings twice a quarter, to engange in one subcommittee, and to comment in areas of own expertise (at leat 8 hours per month)
• Significant knowledge and experience of at least one of the following
  • Domestic violence issues, counselling/psychotherapy;
  • Fundraising
  • Legal, especially charity and/or employment law
  • Press/PR
  • Human Resources

For an application pack please call 020 7034 0303/0304 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ;
For a confidential discussion, please contact our Chair, Ruth Kaufman, on 07803 299 665