Gloucestershire Counselling Service (GCS) is a thriving charity providing training and counselling services to the communities of Gloucestershire. Our headquarters are in the centre of Stroud which has been home to GCS since our inception in 1978. We deliver counselling services both from our counselling rooms based around the county and remotely as well as training in counselling skills and counselling qualifications.

We are committed to empowering people to make positive changes in their lives and believe that counselling is how this can happen. We are looking for a new Chair to lead the charity through the next stage of our journey.

We have a longstanding legacy, being founded as a charity in 1984 and are Gloucestershire’s largest counselling charity that offers counselling services to adults & children. We have significantly grown as an over the last five years and have played a key role in the COVID response to the mental health crisis and continue to see demand for our services rise. We are committed to ensuring that we reach further into the communities of Gloucestershire and continue to provide the access to counselling services that we are extremely proud of.

As our Chair, you will help us shape the way we work and deliver on our vision. We want to harness your experience and insight as we drive forward on our mission. Together we can champion and action our belief that counselling plays a powerful role in enabling change.

We welcome all candidates with these attributes and with some experience of working in mental health services or related areas or a genuine interest in this sector.

A full recruitment pack will be being released in September 2024 – for any early expressions of interest please contact [email protected]