Childline London Volunteer Counsellor

Childline

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Counselling,Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring

Basic IT skills - internet & email

• Childline offers a full 12 week online training programme to new volunteers. This consists of one 4 hour session per week, which is similar to the shift commitment we ask for post training. • During the training, you will meet other Volunteers in your cohort and have access to your 2 dedicated Childline Trainers. • As part of the training, you will also go in person to the London Base for observation and mentored shifts which give you a face to face insight into how the Counselling Room works. • You will also have access to a dedicated Volunteer Coordinator to give you a London Base tour (optional) and generally be on hand to answer any questions or queries you may have - big or small, if they matter to you they matter because you are giving your time to volunteer and Childline wants to offer you every level of support. • Once you pass through training and become a qualified Childline Volunteer Counsellor, the development opportunities do not stop there. You will have access to a multitude of mandatory and optional training courses that are accredited and 100% free to all Volunteers. • Childline London also organises regular talks with professionals and people with lived experience of many of the issues the Young People who use our service face. These are always well received by our Volunteers who generally have a keen thirst for further learning in their roles.

40 shifts per year. Each shift last 4hrs 15mns. Normally Volunteers will offer a shift per week for 40 weeks of the year. This allows for 12 weeks where other commitments happen – work, family, holidays etc. However there is some flexibility around this to work your 40 shifts in a way that fits around your commitments.

Further location details may be provided below.

Barry Laker

Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London

EC2A 3NH

We are based in Shoreditch, EC2A 3NH. The base is in Curtain Road approx. 5-8 minute walk from the following three stations: - Shoreditch High Street - Old Street - Liverpool Street

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We are a fully accessible base.