Trainee and Voluntary Positions

TRAINEE & VOLUNTARY POSITIONS

Cruse Scotland Volunteer Opportunities :
Experienced Counsellors
Practice Placement opportunities
Children & Young People Supporters
Coming Soon:
Helpline Volunteers
Walk and Talk Volunteers Fife and Dundee

Aberdeen
Volunteer Administrators – Cairns Counselling, Aberdeen
Counsellors/ Play Therapists for Children and Young People – GREC-Grampian Regional Equality Council

Angus
Volunteer Counsellor – Hear Me 

Ayrshire
Committee Members – Relationships Scotland

Dundee
Experienced Counsellors – Cruse Scotland Bereavement Support

Dunfermline
Board Member – Safe Space
Group Work Volunteer – Safe Space

East Kilbride
Qualified Volunteer Counsellor – Kerith Counselling Service
(Any Modality), daytime Mon – Thurs (last session 5pm). 
We are a not for profit charity, based in the village East Kilbride with access to parking.
We offer a diverse range of clients if you are looking for hours for accreditation, newly qualified or simply want to give back by volunteering.  We can try to match any special interest in client work if you want experience.  Please contact Alison/David 013552 265826 or e mail CV to contact@kerith.org.uk and state it is for Qualified Volunteer Counsellor.  Visit our webpage on kerith.org.ukNEW

Edinburgh
Children & Young People and Adult Counsellor Volunteer Opportunity – Crossreach – Closing 27/4/25

Falkirk
Quiet WatersVarious Positions

  • Counselling (qualified counsellors and students needing a placement)*
  • Bereavement Listening Support (in Quiet Waters or HM Prisons)
  • Administration
  • Board Member
  • Gardening

Fife
DAPL – Student Placements, Fully Qualified Counsellors, Recovery Volunteers

Glasgow 
Childline Volunteer
Counsellor on Placement – Place2Be

Highland
Volunteer Counsellor – CrossReach – Closing 15/6/25

Inverness
Volunteer Counsellors – ACI Recovery Service 
Trainee Counsellors Placements – ACI Recovery Service 

Perth
Trainee Placement Counsellor – Trauma Healing Together

Renfrewshire
Counsellor on Placement – Place2Be 

Scottish Borders – Tweedbank, Kelso, Hawick
Placements and Training – Insight Youth Counselling and Psychotherapy 

Stirling
Lay Member of COSCA’s Ethics Committee to assist with ethical decision making in the field of counselling