Counsellor

Loreto College, Manchester, M15 5PB

17 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  19 December 2025

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: £5,672.93 - £5,966.68 Annually (FTE) SFCA Support Staff pay spine points 23-25 (£41,019.00 to £43,143.00 per annum, £5,672.93 - £5,966.68 pro rata)

Counsellor job summary

SFCA Support Staff pay spine points 23-25 (£41,019.00 to £43,143.00 per annum, £5,672.93 - £5,966.68 pro rata)

Permanent, Term-time Only, 6 hours per week (0.1383 FTE)

Loreto Sixth Form College is looking to appoint an experienced Counsellor to provide students with weekly counselling sessions during their free periods and lunchtimes, and staff with counselling appointments as appropriate. The successful candidate will provide a weekly counselling drop-in service, giving staff and students the opportunity to meet briefly with a counsellor without an appointment, and operate a waiting system for counselling appointments as referrals increase as the academic year progresses.

The postholder will carefully balance confidentiality and safeguarding concerns and manage this skilfully and sensitively, consulting with the Designated Safeguarding Lead as necessary. You will ensure, upon assessment, that the necessary support is put in place for students in need, often signposting/referring on to external agencies or internally to other departments within the college structure.

About the College

Loreto Sixth Form College has been awarded a second consecutive outstanding rating in all areas under the latest framework in our December 2022 inspection. Ofsted noted "Leaders place a very high priority on staff mental health and wellbeing including workload. For example, staff can access counselling services, chaplaincy support, and the employee assistance programme". Loreto strives for excellence in staff and students alike, ensuring "Students benefit from an inclusive learning environment that celebrates their individual contributions to the college.”

Loreto Sixth Form College is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All candidates and post holders including volunteers are subject to appropriate vetting procedures as outlined in Part 3 of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025. This includes an online search for shortlisted candidates, as well as a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check with barred list information and any other relevant checks with statutory bodies for successful candidates.

Supporting Statement

In your supporting statement we ask you to outline why you are interested in the role and how you feel you are suited to it with reference to the criteria in the person specification. This is part of the application process and therefore will be assessed. You must tell us how you meet the criteria listed.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About Loreto College

• School type: College, Roman Catholic, ages 16 to 99
• Education phase: Sixth form or college
• School size: No information available
• Age range: 16 to 99
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Loreto College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/loreto-college

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