School Counsellor Required: Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire

WhereToTalk; Little Chalfont; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading selective state grammar school is seeking a School Counsellor to support students in Years 7-13. This key role involves providing counseling services to promote mental and emotional well-being. The successful candidate will be a strong communicator and a team player, working closely with the pastoral team. The position offers part-time hours across 2-3 days per week, along with a variety of perks including gym access, wellness classes, and discounts at local shops.

Benefits

Use of staff gym

Free staff yoga and fitness classes

Discounts at local shops and restaurants

Free flu jabs

Local theatres discounts

Qualifications

• Experience counseling students in a school setting.
• Knowledge of BACP, UKCP or equivalent ethical codes.
• Willingness to work term-time only with flexible hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide counseling services to students in Years 7-13.
• Support the mental and emotional health of students.
• Collaborate with the pastoral team.

Skills

Strong communicator

Team player

Passionate about mental health

Job description

School Counsellor Required: Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire

School Counsellor Required: Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire

Dr Challoner’s High School

for 13 hours per week 38 weeks per year

8-13 hours per week over 2-3 days/ Term time only

(To include after school availability until 4.45 pm one day/week).

The preferred days of work would be a Monday and Tuesday or a Wednesday morning

We have a vacancy for a School Counsellor who will provide a counselling service for students in Years 7-13, as part of our experienced counselling team.

You will not only counsel and support our wonderful students but will also be a key member of our friendly, collaborative and highly capable pastoral team, sharing your expertise to promote mental and emotional health and well-being at our school.

This is a varied, fascinating and very impactful role.

The successful candidate will be a team-player, a strong communicator and will be passionate about making really positive difference in our school.

They will need to perform duties within the codes of practice and ethics recommended by the BACP, UKCP or equivalent organisation.

Within the Challoner’s High community, you will experience:

• A positive place to work with excellent facilities and IT resources and lots of purposeful and community-minded people around you (unlike working from home!)
• Use of staff gym; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants in Little Chalfont, free flu jabs, some free food, local theatres discounts when available, two-week October half term
• Membership of Local Government Pension Scheme
• Qualified daughters of staff are given priority in the school’s over subscription criteria after 2 or more years’ service
• Excellent train links to London (on the Metropolitan line)

Dr Challoner’s High Schoolis a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future.

The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas.

The school is graded Outstanding by Ofsted and was rated as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners.

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