School Counsellor

Children, Education & Justice Services

School Counsellor
Citywide

Salary: £33,287 - £39,129 (pro rata for part-time)
Hours: 21 hours 36 minutes per week

We are seeking to appoint appropriately skilled individuals to the post of School Counsellor in Edinburgh Schools. We are undertaking recruitment for three part-time counsellor positions to fill our current vacancies.

These counselling posts are part of our exciting citywide initiative providing counselling as a key component of our mental health and wellbeing support within our high schools. Counsellors will also have a role offering counselling to pupils aged 10 years or over in the associated primary schools.

The successful candidate will work with the secondary school and the associated primary schools to oversee the effective delivery of counselling services to 10 to 18 year olds within the school learning community. The counsellor will be line managed by the school but will also regularly link with the Team Leader for the School Counselling Service to ensure appropriate levels of supervision are undertaken and to work within the citywide strategy for counsellors in schools.

School Counsellors are part of the wider pupil support team delivering wellbeing supports within the national GIRFEC framework. They are integrated into the whole school approach to emotional health and wellbeing and work in partnership with the wider school team and other key partners.

School Counsellors work with their schools and the Team Leader for the School Counselling Service to agree and provide appropriate levels of counsellor contact during school holidays.

Successful candidates will be fully qualified counsellors and registered with an appropriate organisation such as COSCA or the BACP.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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