Your donations and assistance either as volunteers or fundraisers really do make a difference, helping us to provide free support to vulnerable young people when they need it most. Now more than ever we need your support to help us continue our work - can you donate to help us support a young person in need?
Ready to have some fun at your school, college or workplace to support a good cause? We've had amazing donations from supporters ready to go that extra mile... literally! ...from sensational skydives, Mufti Days and bake sales to sponsored cycle rides and shopping nights ... we're always delighted to hear the creative ways you have come up with to help continue our work. Have you got an idea to help us?
The Role of a Trustee Becoming a charity Trustee is one of the most important roles in the voluntary sector. Our Trustees help to give direction to the charity and are ultimately responsible for its activities. The Trustees' skills and experience are invaluable to the further development and growth of HYCS. To find general independent advice about the role of a charity Trustee, click here.
Recruiting Now Whether you're an experienced trustee or wanting to take your first step at board level, we want to hear from you. We’re looking for a new trustee who brings relevant skills and experience, in particular legal, IT or governance.
Read the Board Trustee vacancy details here (click image):
Link to the Board Trustee job description and person specification here (click image):
To register your interest or if you would like to find out about becoming a HYCS Trustee, please email us at ask@hycscounselling.co.uk for further information.
CURRENTLY RECRUITING - VOLUNTEER COUNSELLORS! HYCS periodically runs recruitment programmes and we are recruiting now.
The key forms are available to download here - please read and ensure that you are available for all required dates and that you meet the criteria before applying:
Information Session Booking: 27 Sept '24 or 4th October '24 If you are interested in applying to work with the Hounslow Youth Counselling Service as a volunteer counsellor, you MUST please book a place on ONE of our information sessions: - Friday 27th September 6.00pm – 7.30pm OR
-Friday 4th October 4.00pm – 5.30pm
Simply email recruitment@hycscounselling.co.uk to book your place.
About HYCS HYCS is a BACP-accredited service , committed to the highest professional standards. We periodically recruit volunteer, humanistic counsellors to offer midweek, daytime and evening counselling sessions at our Isleworth centre for 11-25 year old clients in the Hounslow Borough.
All of our volunteer counsellors are counselling professionals registered with the BACP, UKCP or similar. Before joining, our volunteers undergo a rigorous HYCS' selection programme and benefit from supervision and extensive, specialist training in working with young people through HYCS.
Application Criteria You can download the full recruitment pack and information using the links above. To apply for consideration, candidates must fit the following criteria:
❑ Have completed a minimum of one year humanistic counselling training (skills & theory) at certificate level. ❑ Are continuing their humanistic counsellor training on a Diploma or Degree level training course. - You will be registered with the BACP or UKCP and committed (if qualified) to working towards BACP or UKCP accreditation. ❑ Are interested in working with young people from age 11 to 25 years old ❑ Will be available to see clients for 3 sessions 6 - 9pm one evening a week (Mon, Tues, Wed or Thurs) ❑ Have the time and energy for supervision, training and periodic team and agency development meetings ❑ Will meet our selection criteria
For those counsellors who do join us we offer: ❑ Regular monthly clinical supervision with one of our experienced external supervisors – (HYCS pays for this) ❑ On going in-house training ❑ Managerial support ❑ Team support ❑ Experience of working in a voluntary sector agency ❑ The opportunity to develop skills and experience of working with young people in a supportive environment.
Our recruitment and selection process is designed to enable both the Service and the applicants to make an informed, realistic decision about whether our way of working matches. The process involves: ❑ Attendance at one of our information sessions ❑ Application form ❑ Interview ❑ Assessment weekend ❑ Core training ❑ Induction
Want to know more? If you meet the criteria above please download the recruitment pack or contact the HYCS office by email at recruitment@hycscounselling.co.uk to express interest in working with us.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Are you looking for an office-based volunteer post? If you would like to provide admin’ support for our work and might be interested in assisting with admin’ jobs such as data entry, filing, and general office duties, then please contact ask@hycscounselling.co.uk to see if we are currently looking for any help.
Please contact us to see how we might work together.
If you are 11-25 and enjoy using apps and would like to be one of our HYCS team of volunteer app testers in your spare time to use and then review mental health and wellbeing support apps, please contact us at ask@hycscounselling.co.uk.
Our team of testers pre-assess apps for safety, enjoyment and of course whether they are supportive, using a simple, standard form. Their work has been really helpful in identifying apps to suggest to our client base.
If you are aged 11-25, are enthusiastic and would like to represent the voice of young people within our organisation and help to shape our service, please contact us atask@hycscounselling.co.uk
• Apply for Youth Committee - please contact us to ask for an application form.
Your support makes a difference
Thanks to your support, last year HYCS supported 900+ young people in schools, youth offending services and at our centre, offering an incredible 5000+ counselling sessions.
