Edinburgh RapeCrisis

We are recruiting for 5 Volunteer / Trainee Counsellors to join our team.

We are particularly looking for Volunteer / Trainee Counsellors who are available for at least 4.5 hours per week, plus monthly organisational supervision, with a commitment of 1 year, upon completion of mandatory training.

ERCC’s counselling service is under huge demand, so we’re looking for Volunteer / Trainee Counsellors to enable us to support more survivors of sexual violence.

As part of our commitment to making the professional world a more accessible and inclusive place, ERCC especially welcomes applications from women from underrepresented groups such as black and minority ethnic women.

If you have already completed 40 hours of counselling practice in another setting, feel passionate about supporting survivors of sexual violence, we’d love you to apply for this role.

We ask you to see 3 survivors per week and make a commitment of at least 12 months to the service, upon completion of the initial training programme. We will provide you with an initial training (approx. 1 day per week over 7 weeks), induction and on-going support and supervision in working with survivors of sexual violence and trauma.

To apply, you must be successfully progressing towards a second placement of a recognised counselling diploma programme leading to a professionally recognised qualification in counselling. This means, 40 hours of counselling practice should be successfully completed in another setting, before 1 February 2027.

Initial training of Volunteer / Trainee Counsellors will be mandatory and takes place on Tuesdays, starting 3 November 2026.

Counselling practice will commence after training and induction – February 2027 approximately.

We are looking for people who are empathetic, emotionally robust, open-minded, and good team players.

Please note: ERCC operates under a Schedule 9, Part 1 exemption of the Equality Act 2010, which means that all our roles require volunteers to fall within the legal definition of a woman.

Due to the nature of this role, references and a PVG check are required and there is an application process involving an interview.

Download a recruitment pack and apply here: www.ercc.scot/volunteer-trainee-counsellors-needed

For further information, please email [email protected]

The closing date for the current round of applications is 8 September 2026.

Interviews will be held on 22 and 23 September 2026.

At Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre, our mission is to ensure that all survivors of sexual violence, harassment and abuse in Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian receive the support, solidarity and healing they need, when they need it.

We're looking for the following 4 posts to support our Advocacy service, Adult service, and financial and administrative operations - to help us reach even more survivors who need support.

🔸 Counselling Support Practitioner – Learning Disabilities and Neurodiversity
🔹 Counselling Support Practitioner
🔸Advocacy Support Practitioner (National Advocacy Service)
🔹Financial Administrator

⌛Closing date 11 May. Find out more and apply at: https://goodmoves.org/organisation/001b000000SsxCZAAZ/edinburgh-r**e-crisis-centre

📣📣 Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre is seeking a principled and experienced Chief Executive Officer to lead ERCC’s skilled and dynamic team and work collaboratively with our Board of Directors to deliver the organisation’s strategic plan and objectives.

You will be an experienced senior manager with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and have a track record in strategic planning, people management, fundraising and charity finance management, and successful multi-agency partnership work.

You will have a clear understanding of and commitment to trauma-informed, feminist management and leadership.

🔗 Find out more and download an application pack here: https://goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP1000001bkMfIAI/chief-executive-officer

Closing date for applications: 20 April 2026, noon.

Interviews: week commencing 5 May 2026.

This International Women’s Day the theme is, ‘Give to Gain’.

At Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre, we see every day how powerful giving can be - giving space to be believed and heard, and giving resources to those rebuilding their lives. In return, we witness courage, solidarity and hope.

When we give to survivors, we all gain a safer and more equal future.

💜 Give your voice to challenge sexual violence, to gain change.
💜 Give your support to organisations working to end sexual violence.

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Today and every day, we stand with women, girls and all survivors.

Our Student and Young People’s (SYP) Service offers counselling support to students and young people who have experienced any kind of sexual harm - something that you didn’t want, didn’t feel okay or made you feel uncomfortable.

This could have happened in-person or online, recently or when you were a younger child.

We support young people of all genders, aged 12+ who live in Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian.

We can offer emotional and practical support sessions where you can use the time in any way you choose, this can be up to 18 sessions. These can be in person, online or over the phone.

Find out more and get in touch here: https://www.ercc.scot/support/studentandyp/ (link in bio).

We will listen to you, believe you, and support you💜

Our Prevention Team and Student and Young People’s Team had a great day at the 16 Days event at St David’s School during the 16 Days to End Violence Against Women.

They met lots of pupils from different years who participated in activities about sexual violence. See the photos for what pupils wrote down what they thought were Red Flags and Green Flags in relationships.

**ecrisis

📣✨We’re delighted to start off the new year sharing some wonderful news celebrating the outstanding contributions of our Art Therapists at Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre.

Congratulations to: our Art Therapists ⁠Lillian Shipton and Heather Dimarco, who were awarded the Inclusive and Anti-Oppressive Practice Award by the British Association of Art Therapists for their inclusive art therapy groups for survivors of sexual violence at Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre. ⁠
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Against a back-drop of financial instability for r**e crisis centres, Heather and Lillian have not only sustained their art therapy groups but also deepened their commitment to ensuring that no survivor is left without access to vital creative and ther**eutic support, regardless of their gender expression or identity.

Awards were given after a thorough review by a panel of esteemed judges, including MP Sonia Kumar. We’re grateful to all the judges, and everyone who made a nomination.

🔗 Read more: https://baat.org/insights-updates/cath-wakeman-obe-lillian-shipton-and-heather-dimarco-awarded-in-art-therapist-awards

Festive Opening Hours

Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre’s support service will be closed from 5pm on Friday 19 December 2025 and re-open on Monday 5 January 2026.

This time of year can be especially difficult for survivors. If you want to talk to someone, R**e Crisis Scotland’s helpline will be open every evening over the festive period between 5pm-midnight (closing at 11pm on Christmas Day and Hogmanay).

📞 08088 01 03 02
📲 07537 410 027
📧 support@r**ecrisisscotland.org.uk

This helpline is for survivors of any gender aged 13+, their family, friends and supporters.

📢 R**e Crisis is working with colleges and universities to make campuses safer and more supportive. **ecrisisscot’s survey is for students and recent graduates who have lived experience of gender-based violence at college or university.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to find out more or visit https://shorturl.at/P3CG7