Community Counsellor

Details of the job are provided below. Further information is available in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Job reference REQ
04935 Date posted 15/12/2025 Final date to receive applications 21/01/2026 Location Port Talbot Civic Centre Salary £40777 to £45091 per annum pro-rata Package Generous holiday entitlement, Employee Assistance Programme, Local Government Pension Scheme with 22.4% employer contributions, discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure and excellent development opportunities. Contractual hours 15 Basis Part time Job category/type Education and Schools Attachments Community Counsellor

Job Description and Person Specification.
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Location ofpost: Various schools and community-based locations across the authority.

You will be a community-based worker

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and innovative qualified Counsellor to work with CYP up to age of 25who may be at risk of disengaging from education, work or training. The role will involve working systemically with schools, parents and other agencies across NPT whilst also providing a confidential counselling service to children andyoung people.

You will join a friendly, lively and innovative School Based Counselling Team who are committed to assisting the LEA in the achievement of increased inclusion and raising educational standards. Committed to the concept of inclusive education, you will have an understanding of the challenges facing education in deprived areas and be a passionate supporter of high expectations and achievement for allpupils.

What current team members say about workingin NPT SBCS:

Neath Port Talbot School Based Counselling Service (NPT SBCS) is a multi-modality team of therapists comprised of School Based Counsellors, Community Counsellors,Play Therapists and a Drama Therapist. NPT SBCS is committed tohelping Children and Young People (CYP) address emotional andmental health issues so that they may rise through adversity,achieve their potential and lead fulfilling lives. This is achieved through the provision of counselling and child therapyto CYP across NPT.

Counsellors and Play Therapists provide targeted therapy to CYP in order to address a range of emotional and mental health issues. We support schools in this joint endeavour through consultation, support and high-quality in-house training which is available to head teachers, school Governors,teaching and non-teaching staff.

This post serves CYP up to the age of 25.The Community Counsellor is one of a number of services available for children, young people and families in Neath Port Talbot.

Additionally, the service is passionate about addressing school staff wellbeing due to the well documented link between staff wellbeing and pupil wellbeing,thorough initiatives such as the School Staff Supervision Service and School Staff Counselling Service.

As a Community Counsellor, In addition to providing direct counselling, you will have an important role in delivering group work where needed. You will also run workshops with groups of children and young people and deliver training when required. You will play an integral part in developing the School Based Counselling Service within the authority, including collaborative working with other staff within the Inclusion Service and taking part in multi-disciplinary consultations with schools.

Enhancing the skills of school-based staff will also bean important element of the post.

Your daily routine will include the offering of one counselling sessions, reaching out and arranging meetings with young people and parents, professional conversations with school staff members and liaising with external organisations.

We welcome applications from those who holda Professional Diploma in Counselling and are accredited/registered with the BACP or UKCP or equivalent.

You will have experience of working with children and young people.

An understanding of the education systemand the barriers or issues that contribute to children and young people disengaging from school.

Experience of working and liaising…