Lead Counsellor - Al Hamra Campus

Lead Counsellor – Al Hamra Campus – Required August 2026

Closing date of applications
8th February 2026
Start date
16th August 2026
Date Contract Ends
Unknown

• Subject – Whole school
• Role – Counsellor
• Level – Ages 4-18 / Whole School
• Curriculum – English National
• Positions available – 1
• Contract type – Permanent
• Vacancy type – Full Time
• Salary – TBC

• Deliver high‑quality counselling support to students while holding responsibility for counselling systems, ethical practice and quality assurance within the school’s Student Support Services framework.
• Work collaboratively with Safeguarding, Support for Learning (SEND), nursing and pastoral colleagues and with counsellor colleagues across the wider BISR group to share practice, supervision and professional dialogue.
• Contribute to proactive and preventative wellbeing work, advising and supporting teachers and tutors and supporting the development of whole‑school wellbeing and peer‑support initiatives such as buddy or mentoring programmes.
• Advise and support transition and onboarding processes for new students and families.

• Recognised professional qualification in counselling or psychotherapy appropriate for work with children and young people.
• Active and ongoing registration with an appropriate professional body e.g. BACP or equivalent.
• Significant experience delivering counselling to children and/or adolescents, ideally within a school or educational context.
• Strong working knowledge of safeguarding and child protection, including thresholds, escalation and information‑sharing.
• Experience managing complex cases and working within multidisciplinary teams.
• Sound professional judgement, ethical practice and reflective working.
• Commitment to ongoing clinical supervision and professional development.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with students, staff, parents and external stakeholders.

• Highly motivated and engaged students.
• A school with a strong sense of community and commitment to staff development.
• Supportive, multidisciplinary environment with opportunities for professional growth.
• Opportunity to lead and develop a whole‑school counselling service within a leading international school.

• Supporting statement of application required following the provided guidelines.
• BISR reserves the right to make an earlier appointment if a suitable candidate is identified before the closing date.

All staff, whatever their role in the school, will be required to undergo rigorous background checks before commencing employment.