Student Counsellor Required: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
This is an exciting opportunity for a counsellor to contribute to the provision of outstanding pastoral care for all students.
Job details:
1. Hours: 21 hours across 4 days a week, term-time only.
2. Availability: Must include availability on a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
3. Pro-rata salary: £17,157 per annum.
4. Interviews: Monday, 16 December.
About the role:
Hills Road is a high achieving state funded, non-selective, A level only Sixth Form College with 2800 students. The standard programme is 3 A levels, plus an Extended Project Qualification and Enrichment.
Recently rated ‘outstanding’ again, we continue to enjoy a strong national reputation for excellence in education. In part, this is because we continually review and refine our practice to enhance the experiences of our students and staff. We appreciate that academic success requires a happy, healthy and caring community, so our coaching culture ensures that the wellbeing of our students and staff is at the heart of all we do.
The successful candidate will provide a confidential and professional counselling service to students on a part-time basis during term-time only. They will join a core team of three part-time student counsellors and will manage an occasionally complex and busy case load within the boundaries of a short-term 8 session counselling model.
The successful candidate will see a range of students with pre-booked counselling appointments scheduled during the college day. There are dedicated spaces for counselling sessions, and the successful candidate will have a designated counselling room. The post holder will also oversee and coordinate trainee counsellors on placement within the counselling service.
The Student Counsellor must be appropriately qualified, insured, and experienced with accreditation or imminent accreditation from a professional body. The successful candidate will have relevant experience and demonstrate competence in working with young people and trainee counsellors.
We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds who can bring different perspectives to the role, including people from black, Asian and ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities, people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community, and men who remain under-represented in this part of the workforce.
We offer a wide range of competitive benefits including a generous pension scheme, free use of the College sporting facilities, free on-site parking, a cycle to work scheme, and discounts on all our Adult Education courses.
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