Counsellor West Midlands

Counsellor

Required:

West Bromwich West Midlands

Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation

12 months (potential to extend the role pending funding)

21 hours per week

Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation is a charity which provides a range of culturally responsive mental health services mainly but not exclusively for people of Black African & Caribbean heritage who are recovering from severe and enduring mental ill health, their families, carers and the wider community.

We are seeking to employ an experienced Counsellor.

You will line manage and support a trainee Counsellor. You will need to have as a minimum a Counselling Diploma and be accredited with BACP with a minimum of 150 hours of counselling practice.

Counselling sessions will be delivered primarily through face‑to‑face work at the Kuumba Centre.

However, virtual sessions may be offered where appropriate to meet the needs of the client. You will receive a contributory pension of 6%, Continued Professional Development, regular supervision and paid Clinical Supervision sessions.

Male Counsellors are currently underrepresented within this service, and applications from men are particularly welcomed.

* Please note:

This is an in‑person service and successful applicants will be required to work onsite at the centre*.

This post is subject to receipt of satisfactory DBS check and references.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is on this date by 5.00 pm:
Tuesday 20th January 2026

Interviews will be held on:
Wednesday 28th January 2026 CV’s will not be accepted.