Cabin Counsellor
Comberton Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7DU12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
18 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £41,771.00 - £45,091.00 Annually (FTE)
Cabin Counsellor job summary
CABIN COUNSELLOR
Salary: NJC Scale Level PO2A, Points 31 to 34 (£41,771 to £45,091 per annum FTE). Actual salary £31,046.01 per annum on point 31 (pay award pending).
Contract: Permanent. 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 08.30 to 15.30 with a 30 minute unpaid break. Term Time plus 2 training days in September and October (38.4 weeks per year)
Start date: As soon as possible
Place of work: Comberton Village College, Comberton, Cambridgeshire
Place of work:
We're looking for a compassionate and experienced Counsellor to join our dedicated Cabin team at Comberton Village College. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of neurodiverse young people by providing emotional and therapeutic support, helping students overcome challenges and thrive both academically and personally.
Based within our specialist Cabin provision, you will work closely with students, families, school staff and external agencies to deliver high-quality counselling and therapeutic interventions tailored to individual needs.
The successful candidate will be professionally accredited, or eligible for accreditation, with experience supporting young people with a range of complex needs including anxiety, bereavement, self-harm, eating disorders, depression, OCD and issues relating to transition and emotional regulation. You will play a key role in early intervention, safeguarding and staff development, helping to create a supportive and inclusive environment where every student can succeed.
If you are passionate about improving outcomes for young people and want to work as part of a collaborative and caring team, we would love to hear from you.
Our students are well motivated, staff morale is excellent and outcomes are strong across our comprehensive intake. The school has consistently been rated Outstanding by Ofsted, most recently in November 2024.
We are a highly successful, community mixed comprehensive school with Teaching School status in a pleasant rural setting just five miles from the centre of Cambridge. We have around 2,000 students aged 11-18, including a thriving sixth form.
If you are committed to helping young people thrive both personally and academically, we would love to hear from you.
For further details on our school please visit our website Welcome - Comberton Village College
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Comberton Village College
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1981 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Please note that listings under Comberton Village College may be for other schools within The Cam Academy Trust.
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