Past personal difficulties may even help. Experience Pre-entry experience is essential Rarely a first career. Experience of caring professions is valuable. Voluntary work experience is highly desirable, ideally with varied client groups such as bereaved, drug abusers, homeless teenagers. Special entry requirements You must be mature and non-judgemental.
Upper age limits on courses barely exist.
Young people would need to demonstrate life experience and lower limits on courses may apply eg 25. Competition More are being trained than there are jobs for. Many positions are part-time. May gain valuable experience from voluntary counselling work and then move to further training and paid work. Tips for entry Do voluntary work.