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Counsellors

Counsellors provide counselling services to clients with a wide variety of problems by means of assisting them to reach their own resolutions to the difficulties they face. Counsellors may specialise in a particular area or client group or address a wide range of issues.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£8,726
£21,171
£30,358

New workers start around £8,726. Normal pay is £21,171 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £30,358.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 18,747 vacancies for this type of job

4.98%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Keeps accurate and confidential records.

  • Refers to other appropriate sources of help.

  • Presents different perspectives to the problem areas identified.

  • Encourages clients to discuss their feelings in relation to their problems, aiming to ensure that an understanding of the issues is achieved.

  • Meets clients face-to-face, working either one-to-one or with couples or families, or by telephone or internet.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Mental Health

  • Psychology

  • Clinical Psychology

  • Clinical Supervision

  • Clinical Governance

  • Auditing

  • Risk Analysis

  • Service Development

  • Trauma Care

  • Psychological Evaluations

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Research

  • Teaching

  • Planning

  • Leadership

  • Presentations

  • Ethical Standards And Conduct

  • Teamwork

  • Resilience

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Counselling Practitioner

Bishop Grosseteste University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lincoln · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Counselling (Top Up)

Bath Spa University

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Bristol · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Counselling (Top-up)

UCEN Manchester

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Counselling Psychology

University of Chichester

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Chichester · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Counselling Psychology

University of Worcester

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Worcester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Counselling (Integrative)

West Suffolk College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bury St Edmunds · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Counselling Top-up

Activate Learning

BSc (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Guildford · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Counselling and Psychotherapy

University Centre Colchester at Colchester Institute

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Colchester · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Humanistic Counselling (Top-up)

University of Portsmouth

BSc (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Eastleigh · 12/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

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