College Counsellor
Landau Forte College, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2LF13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
27 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
14 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- Dependent upon experience plus daily meal allowance
Additional allowances
Dependent upon experience plus daily meal allowance
College Counsellor job summary
Our opportunity for you
We have a vacancy for a College Counsellor. Reporting directly to the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, the key role of the Student Counsellor is to provide high quality counselling service to students who may be experiencing a wide range of emotional problems. The Counsellor will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and the pastoral team to maintain the highest standards of welfare for allstudents.
Do you want to work with inquisitive students and collaborative staff? Do you value being at the heart of a vibrant city? Does this sound like your perfect job?
Then Landau Forte College Derby is the place for you.
Key informationContract: Full-time, term time only
Working hours: Monday - Thursday 8.15am - 4.30pm and Friday 8.15am - 3.30pm
Start date: ASAP
Salary: Dependent upon experience plus daily meal allowance
Closing Date: 27 September 2026
Person specification
The person we are looking for should be:
punctual, reliable, flexible and hardworking
able to work alone as well as part of a highly effective team
able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- committed to the broader education and support of young people
have excellent personal organisational skills
BACP registered and accredited (or working towards accreditation) to work with young people age 11-18
Job description
Duties of role will include being able:
To offer counselling and support to students for a range of issues including but not exclusive to academic barriers, difficulties with peers, behavioural challenges, emotional issues arising from parental separation and divorce, low mood, bereavement, relationships with parents, gender and sexuality, anxiety, self-harm, issue with body image or disordered eating and attendance problems.
To deliver therapeutic group sessions on issues such as conflict resolution, stress reduction, bereavement, anxiety, confidence building and other issues that are presented by groups of students in College.
To conduct student assessments using tools such as RCADs and Adolescent Wellbeing Scale to identify need.
To train student Peer Mentors and manage the allocation and supervision of peer mentors and mentees.
To appoint and manage volunteer counsellors who provide 1:1 therapeutic support to students aged 16 and over.
To oversee the caseload for the Creative Therapy sessions that are delivered by an external provider.
To liaise with the school’s Executive Team, Designated Safeguarding Lead and deputies, Heads of Year and their deputies, Attendance Manager, and Personal Tutors where necessary.
To liaise with parents/carers and other professionals, such as Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), COMPASS Changing Lives, Build Sound Minds (Action for Children), School Health, GPs, when necessary.
To maintain confidentiality (except in those circumstances, in line with BACP practice, where this should be breached).
To perform duties within the codes of practice and ethics recommended by the BACP / UKCP or equivalent organisation.
To work within an informed system of referral in order that students may access the services offered.
To keep suitable case records on each counselling/group session in a secure place, in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
To provide regular audit information such as numbers and profile of students accessing the service, types of issues facing the students and impact of accessing the service on the students to the Executive Team
To have a thorough and up to date knowledge of mental health provision locally and nationally.
To organise whole school activities and events such as World Mental Health Day to raise awareness about mental health and to promote emotional wellbeing.
Periodically to inform and promote the student support services in gatherings and by way of noticeboards/displays.
To attend multi-agency and/or professionals' meetings, putting in place any recommendation suggested and liaising with other members of the pastoral team.
To attend supervision with a suitably qualified supervisor, funded by LFCT.
All staff have a responsibility to ensure that the College’s Safeguarding Policy is adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with the policy.
To implement a robust system of tracking and measuring therapeutic outcomes and student wellbeing indicators, including but not limited to, attainment, attendance and progress.
Any other appropriate duties and responsibilities relevant to the post as directed by the Chief Executive Officer, Principal, Vice Principals, or Assistant Principals.
What we can offer you
A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment
The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students
Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust
A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health
Complimentary gym membership
About The Trust
Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care.
We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend.
Landau Forte College DerbyLandau Forte College Derby is a highly successful and heavily oversubscribed 11 - 19 school with a strong record of success across all aspects of its work. We are an inclusive and diverse school and we hold outstanding teaching and learning at the centre of everything we do. We aim to inspire, engage and challenge all our young people, regardless of background, to be the best that they can be. We have the highest expectations of all in a supportive, happy and welcoming environment. Our students are active, responsible citizens, ready to make a difference in the local, national and global community.
The local areaDerby is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great history. The College is located just a few minutes’ walk away from Derby city centre.
Derby provides great range of sports and leisure facilities and is the gateway to the Peak District. Within a 10 minutes’ drive of the city you will find yourself in the beautiful open Derbyshire countryside with unspoilt villages, historic houses and adventurous attractions.
Derby is 10 minutes away from M1 junction 25
London is 90 minutes away by train
East Midlands Airport is 20 minutes away
For your information
If this sounds like the ideal job opportunity for you, please download and read our Information for Applicants document before applying:
http://lfa.ac/LFCDJobsInfo
Apply for this job
1. Read the Guidance & Criteria document
http://lfa.ac/LFCTJobsInfo
2. Complete the application form online
3. Or send your application
You can email your completed application, along with a covering letter to recruitment@lfct.org.uk or you can post it to:
HR Officer
Landau Forte Charitable Trust
Ashby Road
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B79 8AH
All appointments made are subject to satisfactory references and a criminal background check. Landau Forte Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.
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 Landau Forte College
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1272 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Landau Forte College website
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The type of people we are looking for are likely to possess infectious enthusiasm, a reliable and highly organised individual, who can multi-task, with a professional and friendly disposition. They will be resilient, driven, determined, and ambitious.
This is an excellent opportunity to work in a leading educational organisation at the cutting edge of educational development.
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