Pride Space CIC is home to PrideSpace Counselling Service, providing free and affordable therapeutic support to LGBTQ+ people in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and surrounding areas.

PrideSpace offers a number of year long volunteer student/trainee counsellor placements a year. We are looking for LGBTQ+ counsellors to work with our LGBTQ+ client base.

PrideSpace is staffed by a mixture of qualified, experienced counsellors and trainees registered with professional bodies, such as the BACP, UKCP and NCPS.

Trainee counsellors are welcome to complete their required clinical practice hours with us as part of their qualification. In return, we offer a year long placement with clinical in-house group supervision, administrative support, mentorship, training opportunities, and a place within a vibrant and supportive community.

If you’re interested in joining us for a placement or volunteering your time, please read on to learn more.

We are currently looking for trainees who are able to gain their hours through online work.

We welcome applications from students currently enrolled in a recognised counselling training programme who hold a valid ‘Fitness to Practice’ certificate, as well as from qualified counsellors seeking to gain hours toward accreditation, broaden their experience, or contribute their time as volunteers.

If you’re a qualified counsellor or supervisor wishing to volunteer with us, please click here.

Requirements for the application

  • You are able to provide written confirmation from your training agency that you have been sufficiently prepared for, and are ready for clinical practice (Readiness to practice), including a reference from your course leader and if necessary your supervisor,
  • Working in the following modalities, Person Centred, Psychodynamic, CBT, TA, IFS or other humanistic modality. We cannot offer placements to hypnotherapy,
  • An ability to manage a minimum of three clients per week (subject to tapering up to that number),
  • Ability to contract up to 100 hours with us or one year to our placement,
  • You are a member of an appropriate Governing Body e.g. BACP, UKCP,
  • You have a recent, up-to-date DBS check in place,
  • You have up-to-date insurance.
  • You are not a current or recent client of Pride Space CIC or have a dual relationship with any of our clients.

Apply here

Trainee and Client Safety

Below is our list of policies which forms part of our commitment to both client and trainee/placement safety. We take the safeguarding of both clients and counsellors extremely seriously.

Any issues with regards to this should be reported to our Service Management.