In order to ensure the quality of online counselling, it is important to us that our consultants have sufficient experience and the necessary expertise to answer incoming emergency emails reliably and competently. We therefore require at least a bachelor's degree in psychology, social work or a similar course of study. It is also possible that you have sufficient expertise, even with a different degree, through appropriate consulting experience and / or additional training. If you are interested in online counselling and you are not sure whether your previous education is sufficient, simply contact us and we will check on a case-by-case basis whether we can imagine working with you.
No, we are an online counselling centre that only provides advice via email or chat.
The best thing to do is to simply fill out the application form.
Using the application form, it is sufficient for you to send us your résumé, your letter of motivation and proof of qualification for your academic degree. If further documents are required after receiving your application, we will contact you.
After we have received your application, we will write you an email in the following days. If your profile suits us, we will invite you to one of our next online introductory workshops. You will then receive the contract, among other things. As soon as this has been signed and returned to us, you will receive a user name and access to our advice platform and you can start. Your first emails will be accompanied by a coaching process. We look forward to you!
The online workshop takes place in groups of up to nine participants over two half days. We would like to get to know you and introduce you to our consulting platform. Then we deal with the basics and the application of resource and solution-oriented email counselling and discuss ways in which an initial reply email can be written.
For your first consulting contacts, you will be provided with our specialist management by your side. You can always ask them for support in the following. In addition, various topic coaches are available to support you. There are also regular moderated intervision meetings and training courses that you can attend.
Quality assurance is carried out continuously by our QA team.
Training courses currently take place every one to two months (mostly online).
First of all, as described above, you apply to us as an online consultant. After the workshop and the initial coaching in email counselling, you can complete an additional module for individual chat counselling, which is offered approximately every two to three months. You can then - additionally or exclusively - support us with our chat counselling.
No, the work as an online consultant is on a voluntary basis.
Yes, we can certify that you are working as an online counsellor as an internship. We can offer support, but not close supervision - so please clarify the requirements for this with your university. However, like all our counsellors, you have some support options available (see FAQ questions 7-9).
For every email you write, you get 1 hour.
For each individual chat you get the duration of the chat taken into account. If you do two chats at the same time, you will be credited for the duration of the chats. For quality reasons, we cannot calculate more than two chats in parallel.
There are also other ways to collect lessons. If you are interested, please contact our specialist management.
Yes, we will be happy to issue you with a certificate once you have completed your voluntary work - simply contact our volunteer coordinator.