Student Counsellor - St Peter's School

The School seeks to appoint outstanding Student Counsellor wanting to join a supportive and committed team.

Grade F, Scale Point 16 - £14,109 annual salary, pay award pending

Term time only (39 weeks)

20 hours per week, Mon to Fri - 9am to 1pm (can be flexible)

To provide a professional, confidential, and evidence-based therapeutic counselling service to students. The successful candidate will help students overcome emotional, psychological, and social barriers to learning. They will also collaborate closely with the pastoral team to foster a whole-school culture of mental wellbeing.

Reporting direct to the Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion and through him/her to the School Business Manager, the Inclusion Room Lead is responsible for the following tasks:

• Provide 1:1 counselling sessions to students presenting with diverse issues including anxiety, low mood, self-harm, bereavement, and trauma.
• Conduct initial clinical assessments to evaluate student needs, identify psychological risks, and manage the internal referral system.
• Deliver brief, solution-focused interventions as well as longer-term therapeutic support where appropriate.
• Facilitate occasional group interventions or drop-in wellbeing sessions to meet student needs dynamically.

• Adhere strictly to child protection policies and escalate any safeguarding concerns immediately to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) in line with UK Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) regulations.
• Liaise with external healthcare providers such as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), social care, and local GPs when specialist onward referral is required.
• Work alongside school staff, including nurses, Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs), and teachers to support vulnerable pupils.

• Maintain secure, confidential case records on the school's digital safeguarding platform (MyConcern) complying with UK GDPR legislation.
• Attend regular clinical supervision in compliance with professional body requirements.
• Provide anonymous data summaries (e.g., referral trends, impact metrics) to senior leadership to guide the school’s mental health strategies.

• To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
• To contribute to overall ethos, work and mission statement of the school
• To undertake broadly similar duties commensurate with the level of the post as required by the Head teacher.

8.00am Monday 29th June 2026

Interview date to be confirmed.

Please be advised CV’s are not accepted as a form of application.