School Counsellor
Salary: £20,585 (actual salary) | £40,000 (52wk FTE)
Permanent, Part Time, Term Time Only (39 weeks)
3 days / 24 hours per week
To start in September 2026
This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to help nurture and shape the lives of our learners at
Wilds Lodge School. We are currently looking to appoint an inspiring and dedicated Counsellor to
manage approximately 24 hours of clinical work per week with our learners for individual and group
counselling sessions.
Job role
Our therapy/Counselling service is widely used and available to all learners. The successful candidate
will provide therapeutic support to children/young people exhibiting emotional and/or behavioural
problems, or who are at risk of developing such problems. You will hold and manage a caseload of
learners for one to one counselling sessions and group work and will contribute to the promotion of
a therapeutic understanding within the wider community of the school amongst the whole staff
team.
Key responsibilities include:
- To provide both individual and group counselling sessions, supporting learners where there
are concerns about their emotional wellbeing.
- To manage your own case load of approximately 24 hours of clinical work per week, taking
referrals from the school SENCo and Multi Disciplinary Team.
- To be able to work with a diverse range of needs including bereavement and loss, eating
disorders and self-harm, suicidal ideation, depression, substance abuse, sexual issues, anger
management and erratic behaviour, abuse of any kind, anxiety (including that related to
exams) and fears.
- To assist in assessing learners needs and advise staff on strategies to support learners
experiencing difficulties as part of the universal, targeted and specialist offer.
Essential Requirements:
- Qualified to at least a Level 4 diploma or foundation degree in counselling (level 7 Scotland)
with evidence of additional CPD linked to working competently with children and young
people; or hold a Level 5 in a CYP counselling certificate
- HCPC, UKCP or BACP registration.
- Experience working with children with a high level of social, emotional and behavioural
About Wilds Lodge School
Wilds Lodge School is an independent 38 week specialist boarding and day provision for boys and
girls (girls are accepted as day learners only) for learners aged between 5 and 19 with social,
emotional and mental health difficulties, set in Empingham, Rutland. All the learners at the school
have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). It was established in 2007 and aims to place an
equal emphasis on the educational, social and psychological development of our learners. The key to
