At a glance

Skills

Strategic development and planning
Legal
Volunteer management
Data protection / GDPR
Safeguarding

Where

Lutterworth, LE17 4HB

Mainly at home

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-3 hours / week The Committee meets four times per year. The Board meets four times a year. The total estimated workload is 20 days per year.

Deadline

30 Jun 2025

We are currently recruiting for a Chair of the Public Protection Committee that holds delegated responsibility for developing the BACP's public protection strategy.

What will you be doing?

Our Public Protection Committee is one of four committees responsible for supporting the development and ongoing delivery of BACP's strategy, providing the oversight that ensures our policies and processes are being applied consistently and effectively.By joining the Public Protection Committee as Chair, you'll have the opportunity to contribute directly to the way BACP operates.

The committee:

develops the BACP Register, which it delegates to the Register Advisory Board
develops our professional conduct function
provides quality assurance for professional conduct and register activities
takes and commissions reports on internal audits against policy and the development of register standards, and their alignment into membership standards

Becoming the Chair of the Public Protection Committee is extremely beneficial as you'll play a key role in promoting and developing the safe, ethical and competent practice in counselling and psychotherapy.

We're recruiting for a professional to become the Chair of our Public Protection Committee. The Chair of the Committee will be an externally appointed Lay Member who will also become a Trustee of the Association.

What are we looking for?

The Chair of the Public Protection Committee will have:

A good understanding of what is understood as ‘public protection’ and how this relates to a membership organisation
A good understanding of regulation in a legal and organisational context
A good understanding of professional conduct processes and how they apply in membership organisations
Strategic vision and experience in the development of strategy and monitoring performance
An understanding of audits and how they inform assurance
Experience of being a Chair and managing Committee members
A willingness to devote time and effort
Good, independent judgement and decision making
An ability to think creatively
An understanding of the responsibilities of their position
Good IT literacy

Knowledge and experience of the third sector advantageous but not essential.

What difference will you make?

BACP has just launched an ambitious new five year strategy which sets out a bold agenda for BACP. Increasing Our Reach, outlines the six objectives that will guide our work.

It aims to deliver even better for BACP members and to change the lives of many more people and communities.

It will build on our successes and strengths and work towards BACP becoming a positive force on the global stage for counselling, psychotherapy and coaching professionals.

The six strategy objectives are:

set the global gold standard for best practice in the counselling professions
support members with new and customised services throughout their professional journey
shape the future of the global counselling professions community
ensure financial and organisational sustainability
promote a diverse and inclusive profession and access to services
establish digital best practice and provide high quality digital services

BACP's committees are responsible for supporting the development and ongoing delivery of the strategy as well as providing the oversight that ensures our polices and processes are being applied consistently and effectively. As a member of one of our committees, you'll have the opportunity to contribute directly to the way BACP operates and have specific oversight of the public protection agenda.

Before you apply

Please send a copy of your CV and detailed supporting statement.

PPC - Committee Chair - Role Profile.docx

About Governance at British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Causes

Black, asian and minority ethnic groups

Children / families

Community safety / victim support / domestic violence

Learning disabilities / difficulties

Mental health

Physical disabilities

Young people

Organisation type:

Charity

To promote and provide education and training for counsellors and/or psychotherapists working in either professional or voluntary settings whether full or part time with a view to raising

Chair of the Public Protection Committee at BACP