Age UK Northamptonshire provides confidential, time-limited bereavement counselling to adults aged 18+ across Northamptonshire who have been bereaved in the previous 18 months. As experience grows, students may offer anticipatory grief counselling to adults with specialist palliative or end-of-life diagnoses in their last year of life, with support for family, carers and close friends where the service supports it.
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Who trainees work with: Unpaid counselling placement providing confidential, time-limited bereavement counselling to adults aged 18+ across Northamptonshire. Later experience may include anticipatory grief counselling for adults with specialist palliative or end-of-life diagnoses in their last year of life, and support for family, carers and close friends where supported by the service.
Format and location: Based at Waterside House, Irthlingborough. Sessions are face-to-face in clients’ homes or community settings, or remotely by online or telephone counselling, as supported by the source.
Training level: Diploma Level 4 or above; placement-stage requirements and Fitness to Practise certificate.
Supervision and commitment: Minimum four hours per week over a one-year placement, with at least three counselling sessions weekly; the placement works towards approximately 100 client hours. External supervision is required fortnightly or monthly according to the placement/source wording. Lead Counsellor oversight.
How to apply: Apply using the dedicated first-party placement page: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/northamptonshire/get-involved/volunteer/counselling-placement/ Applications reopen at 09:00 Friday 30 October 2026 and close at 10:00 Monday 16 November 2026. Interviews: 25–26 November 2026. Mandatory induction: 5 December 2026.
Requirements: Counselling students studying at Diploma Level 4 or above, who meet placement-stage requirements, hold a Fitness to Practise certificate, and meet the relevant professional-body requirements. The source also specifies student membership of a recognised counselling body, telephone/online counselling training, and adherence to its ethical framework.
Address: Waterside House, Station Road, Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, NN9 5QF, Northamptonshire
City: Irthlingborough
Region: Midlands
Format: Hybrid
Modalities: Person-Centred, Integrative
Client groups: Adults