School Counsellor
What will the role look like?
The purpose of this role is to provide short term work, around 6-8 sessions of therapeutic support and will be dependent on assessment of presenting issues and engagement and in some instances, this may be extended. Referrals are made into this service via the cluster’s multi-agency Support and Guidance process.
The successful individual will provide Integrative evidence-based therapeutic interventions, where consent and motivation criteria are met for children in primary and secondary schools.
What we are looking for?
The successful candidate will produce work on time and to a consistently high standard, keep up to date with child protection issues, current policy and procedure, undertake project and practice evaluation as directed, monitoring your work and writing reports as required and work multi-professionally in the best interest of the client
This role would suit a counsellor who is comfortable and adept at adapting the way they work to engage with young people in creative ways where needed.
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A copy of our competency framework can be found here.
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Barca-Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It is the organisation’s policy to require the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check at a level appropriate to the role, before appointment is confirmed. The disclosure of a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude candidates from appointment.
Please note that although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this job role.
- Department
- Counselling and Wellbeing
- Role
- School Counsellor
- Locations
- Various locations in Leeds
- Salary
- £30,900 - £34,615 per annum (pro rata)
- Employment type
- Full-time, Fixed Term
- End of fixed term contract
- 31 August, 2026
- Working hours
- 37
- Closing date
- 14/11/2025
- Interview date
- 27 November, 2025
- Benefits
- 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, Monthly acts of kindness , Cycle to work scheme, Company sick pay scheme, Pension scheme, Eye Care