21 hours across 4 days a week, term-time only. 

Working face-to-face on site. 

Hours to be discussed at interview but must include availability on a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 

Pro-rata salary: £17,157 per annum 

(Support Staff Pay Spine Point 21 £35,451 per annum FTE)

Closing date: Monday, 9 December at 9.00am

Interviews: Monday, 16 December

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, for example, through our collaborative evidence-based approach to professional development. We also 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a counsellor to contribute to the provision of outstanding pastoral care for all students. Working from within the Wellbeing and Counselling Service, the successful candidate will be available to provide a confidential and professional counselling service to students on a part-time basis during term-time only. They will be joining a core team of three part-time student counsellors, and will be able to professionally 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 hold responsibility for overseeing and coordinating 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, as per the person specification. The successful candidate will have relevant experience and be able to demonstrate competence in working with young people. The successful candidate will also have experience of working with 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, cycle to work scheme, as well as discounts on all our Adult Education courses.