Why Work With Us?
At SCS, we genuinely value our people. We are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and rewarding environment where our employees and volunteers can thrive, develop, and make a meaningful difference.
A Supportive Place to Work
We are always reviewing and improving our employment offer to ensure SCS remains a welcoming, supportive, and progressive organisation where people feel valued and empowered.
What We Offer
We provide a comprehensive range of support, benefits, and development opportunities to help you succeed in your role:
A structured volunteer programme for trainee and qualified counsellors, including supervision, insurance, training, guidance, and carefully matched client work aligned with your skills and experience
Regular line management, with monthly one-to-one support for all staff
Clinical supervision tailored to your therapeutic modality
Effective case management, ensuring manageable and appropriate caseloads based on your individual circumstances
Ongoing professional development, with access to both in-house and external training relevant to your role
Support towards professional accreditation, including financial support for counsellor accreditation fees
Generous annual leave, with 30 days for full-time staff plus statutory bank holidays (pro rata for part-time employees)
Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave and pay
Pension scheme with salary sacrifice, helping your contributions go further
24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, available to you and members of your household aged 16+
Health support schemes, including help with dental and optical care
Cycle to Work scheme, supporting your physical wellbeing and sustainable travel
Join Us
If you are interested in becoming part of our team, please view our current vacancies below. If there are no suitable roles at the moment, we encourage you to check back regularly for new opportunities.
Consultancy
Contract Type: Fixed Term 3 months
Application deadline: 5:00 p.m. Friday 21st August 2026
Sunderland Counselling Service (SCS) is seeking to an independent consultant to proactively to test whether the organisation is set up appropriately for its current scale, complexity and future direction. Services, partnerships and supporting functions have developed over time, and SCS now wishes to assess whether its structure, governance and assurance arrangements remain fit for purpose and fit for the future.
The purpose of this commission is to support Sunderland Counselling Service to:
· ensure our ability to deliver our current services safely and effectively.
· ensure our ability to deliver on our contractual and grant obligations to our various commissioners, contractors and funders.
· improve our relationships, accountability to and influence with partners, commissioners and funders.
· ensure our ability to meet our obligations under HR and employment law to our staff teams.
· improve our organisational communication, culture and coherence.
· position us for future growth or development.
Further information can be found below.