College Counsellor
Rochdale Sixth Form College, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 6HY29 days remaining to apply
Closing date
5 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,399.00 - £35,405.00 Annually (Actual)
College Counsellor job summary
Key Responsibilities :
- To ensure all students have access to a trained counsellor for personal support and for advice in supporting others.
- To support the Student Performance and Development Leaders (SPDLs) (pastoral team) in providing appropriate mental health care.
- Offer to all students at need an individual counselling service, employing a variety of counselling techniques tailored to individual needs
- Use a model of counselling that enables students to work towards a state of independence.
- Work with a diverse range of issues including, but not limited to, bereavement and loss, eating disorders and self‐harm, depression and anxiety
What we are looking for :
- Qualified Counsellor with professional registration with BACP, UKCP or equivalent.
- Knowledge of local mental health services
- Experience supporting and advising students aged 16+
- Strong communication, empathy, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage safeguarding, interventions, and student data effectively
Why Join RSFC?
- Nationally recognised as an Outstanding college with a strong culture of excellence
- Opportunities for professional development and leadership growth
- A highly supportive, values-driven working environment focused on student achievement and well-being
To apply, please click 'APPLY NOW@ above.
For more information visit: www.rochdalesfc.ac.uk or www.altusep.com.
Applications should be returned to arrive no later than 12.00pm on Friday 5th June 2026.
Interviews will take place W/C 8th June 2026.
Altus Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. In accordance with the recommendations set out in KCSIE the Trust carries out online searches on shortlisted candidates.
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 Rochdale Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academies, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth form or college
- School size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Rochdale Sixth Form College website
Rochdale Sixth Form College (RSFC) opened in 2010 to address the significant underachievement in A Level performance in the borough. Since then, it has raised achievement in the area dramatically and is recognised nationally as a Centre of excellence. The college is Ofsted outstanding, and regularly one of the highest performing colleges in the country according to the DfE’s performance tables and national achievement rate tables.
The Altus Education Partnership was formed in April 2017. It is a multi-academy trust formed by the governing body of Rochdale Sixth Form College and dedicated to the improvement of education in the borough of Rochdale. The Trust’s mission arose from and built upon the successes and values of the sixth form college. In short, our mission is to create a family of academies from early years to 18 that enables students in the borough to progress to an aspirational career, a fulfilling life and to make a positive contribution to society.
To work at RSFC you must aspire to be an outstanding colleague. You must be willing to share and learn. You must be prepared to go the extra mile, be a leader not a follower. Above all else, you must like young people and aspire to make them outstanding citizens.
We wish to appoint someone who will help us to continue to make a positive difference to the lives of young people in the borough. In return we promise a supportive and enjoyable working environment, and the resources needed to carry out the role to the highest standards.
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