Child counselling and placements
Child counselling and placements
We equip people with the skills and experience they need to support children and young people.
Our child counselling courses, qualifications and placements in schools are informed by almost 30 years’ experience delivering mental health services.
Our counselling training qualifications

Taster day
The starting point for all our child counselling courses. Experience what it is like to be a children's counsellor.

Level 2 Award
An introduction to the skills and theory you need to work therapeutically with children and young people.

Level 3 Certificate
Develop your skills and theory as a child counsellor. Once complete, you can apply for one of our child Counselling Placements.

Level 4 Diploma
This one-year intensive course will allow you to qualify as a counsellor in 12 months and includes placement experience in Place2Be partner schools.

Postgraduate Diploma
Gain the expertise and experience you need to become a qualified child counsellor.

Level 5 Certificate
This Certificate will build advanced counselling knowledge and play skills to work therapeutically with children and young people.

Level 6 Certificate
Designed for experienced counsellors, our Certificate enables clinicians to practice as clinical supervisors in line with ethical standards.
Pathways and placements

Become a child counsellor
Make a real difference to children's lives. See what your next step is, whether you're starting your child counselling training from scratch, partway through a course or making a transition from adult counselling.

Counselling Placements
We offer child Counselling Placements in schools for counsellors and therapists across the UK.