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Welcome to Ratcliffe & Brown

We are a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to leaving a lasting legacy of improved mental health and wellbeing for our community.

We do this by focusing on three areas:

  • Developing the counsellors of tomorrow. We provide a unique and supportive environment for trainee counsellors to grow in a nurturing safe space. By enhancing their training experience, we ensure our community has a longer-lasting and more diverse professional mental health team.
  • The resilience of our frontline workers. For a community to have good mental health resources, we have to take care of our mental health workers. Ratcliffe & Brown proactively engage with frontline staff and their families to prevent burnout, stress, and compassion fatigue.
  • Building bridges within the patchwork of community resources. We partner with existing community resources to make lasting changes. Social prescribing has become an essential part of the support network available to our community, and an invaluable tool for providing free services to the more deprived areas of our community. Ratcliffe & Brown is proud to be an important provider of unique services fuelling the social prescribing model.

We are the change we wish to see. The lasting legacy starts today.

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Referrals

We accept referrals from all Social Prescribers. Fill in our simple form to get your patient support today.

Counselling Retreats

Our retreats are available to students and qualified counsellors interested in resilience building, networking and CPD Opportunities.

Placements

To apply for a Trainee Counsellor placement, visit our "Placement Opportunities" page to submit your application.

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Trainee Counsellor Placements 2024

Trainee Counsellor Placements 2024

Our next Volunteer Trainee Counsellor placement open date and details

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Thank You CCF

Thank You CCF

A huge thank you to CCF for their continuing support.

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Trainee Counsellor Placements

Trainee Counsellor Placements

Our next Volunteer Trainee Counsellor placement open date and details.

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Previous Customers We've Helped

So far I have been so impressed and in awe of the level of support and training that we as student counsellors have received. It feels the perfect balance of being held and also given the freedom and empowerment to manage clients as I would see appropriate.

- Placement trainee anonymous

I have felt very supported and looked after. It is refreshing that Ratcliffe & Brown understand the need to look after trainee counsellors and ensure that this part of my training is completed as safely as possible. I am confident that this will enable me to be the best that…

- Placement trainee anonymous

Amazing experience, beyond anything I expected. It helped me understand real life scenarios and also to learn a lot more about myself. Rachel is absolutely amazing and I am looking forward to working with you more.

- Placement trainee anonymous

I really enjoyed the training days. I thought the training was very well structured and professional. I have already recommended Ratcliffe and Brown to one of my peers!

- Placement trainee anonymous

Excellent training...I have not started my placement yet.

- Placement trainee anonymous