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Welcome to ACIS Youth
Volunteer Youth Counsellor Training Programme
Counselling and information for young people aged between 12 to 18 years.
ACIS Youth will be running its first Youth Counsellor Volunteer Intake Training Programme from January 2011 to April 2011. The programme will be accessible to those who:
• hold a Postgraduate Degree in counselling.
• those working towards a degree in counselling.
• those who hold another relevant qualification.
Our training will comprise of 96 hours of ‘in house training’ with additional home reading materials prior to each training weekend – six weekends in total. The training will equip participants with the necessary skills to work with our young client group who often present with complex needs.
The training will be free to those who can commit to a minimum of 2 hours a week of their time as volunteers on completion of our training.
Application forms for those who wish to apply are available on request.
Please telephone (01224) 573892
Closing Date for Applications: 3rd December 2010
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ACIS Youth Counselling Service provides confidential therapeutic counselling for young people in the Aberdeen City area who are aged 12-18 years.
What young people can expect from this service:
- A chance to explore new ways of coping with conflict, distress or painful experiences
- A place to come and talk …… be heard …… and be yourself
- Help in coming to terms with loss or change in your life
- A place where you are not judged or told what to do
- Experienced counsellor who will help you make choices for yourself
- To be shown respect and be treated with dignity at all times
- Clear guidelines about confidentiality which are easy to understand
- A chance to better understand your emotions and experiences
- A chance to explore new choices
ACIS Youth offers counselling free of charge. The Service can be accessed directly by young people. Alternatively, confidential requests for counselling can be facilitated by others such as parents, social workers, youth services, teachers, GPs or any other agency, providing the young person has given their consent for others to do this on their behalf.
Contact telephone number: 01224 573892
iTEXT: 077 583 600 95
Arrange counselling or get information on issues that are worrying you.
iText Service operates Monday to Friday during normal working hours.
Send a text at any time, day or night. We aim to send a text reply back to your phone on weekdays within 24 hours.
Texts sent will be charged at your usual rate. You will not be charged for the reply.
ACIS Youth Counselling Service is confidential. This means that no information is passed on to anyone else without the young person's prior knowledge and agreement. The only exception to this would be if Child Protection Proceedings needed to be initiated and this would be done in accordance with the published NHS and Aberdeen City Council guidelines. This means we will keep what is said private unless someone is in real danger.
The Service promotes the rights of young people as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989.
If you are interested in volunteering for ACIS Youth, please see our Vacancies page for details of any available volunteering opportunities.