Counsellor

Rickmansworth School, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3AQ

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  6 July 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  30 June 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: M1 pt 34 - £45,091 plus £1,043 fringe allowance Pro-rata - Actual Salary: £10,689.25 pa incl. Fringe. We provide monthly paid supervision
• Additional allowances:

  M1 pt 34 - £45,091 plus £1,043 fringe allowance Pro-rata - Actual Salary: £10,689.25 pa incl. Fringe. We provide monthly paid supervision

Counsellor job summary

Counsellor

Rickmansworth School

About the role

Location: Croxley Green, Rickmansworth

Contract type: Term time only, Permanent

Hours: 10 hours per week: days/hours to be agreed

Salary: M1 pt 34 - £45,091 plus £1,043 fringe allowance

Pro-rata - Actual Salary: £10,689.25 pa incl. Fringe.

We provide monthly paid supervision

Start Date: September 2026

Rickmansworth School is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Counsellor to join our caring and committed pastoral team. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students, supporting their emotional wellbeing and personal development throughout their school journey.

As a Counsellor at our school, you will play a vital role in promoting positive mental health, offering one-to-one support and working closely with staff, students and families to create a safe and supportive environment. You will be a key part of our student support network, helping young people navigate challenges and reach their full potential.

If you are passionate about student welfare and have the skills to provide a listening ear, professional guidance and emotional support, we would love to hear from you. Join us in nurturing resilience, confidence, and wellbeing across our school community.

In return, we will offer you:

• Outstanding CPD opportunities to support your professional growth

• A school with exemplary student behaviour, where learning is valued

• A collaborative working environment where teamwork is at the heart of everything we do

• Highly skilled and supportive staff, working together to make a difference

• A comprehensive wellbeing programme to ensure you feel valued and supported

Rickmansworth School is an outstanding, heavily over-subscribed 11-18 co-educational academy, consistently achieving excellent academic results. We provide a nurturing and dynamic environment for our 1575 ambitious young people. Our strong academic track record at both GCSE and A-Level ensures that the vast majority of our students go on to their first-choice universities.

Further information is available from our website - https://www.rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk

We encourage potential candidates to contact Rickmansworth School for an informal discussion about the role or to arrange a visit to the School, please contact the School on 01923 773296 or email applications@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and are an equal opportunities employer who has a zero tolerance to bullying and all types of harassment. Applicants must declare any criminal convictions and submit to a check with the Disclosing and Barring Service as the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Applications Process

Deadline for applications: 08:00 Monday 06 July 2026

Interviews: TBC

Please apply as soon as possible as shortlisting/interviews will progress up until the closing date. Should a suitable candidate be appointed, we reserved the right to close the advert early.

Due to the volume of application we receive if you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume we will not be progressing your application further on this occasion.

Selection Process:

We are required for only shortlisted candidates to conduct online searches about an applicant as part of our shortlisting process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance 2025 in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. On signing the declaration on application you will be agreeing to the acknowledgement that such searches will be conducted as part of the shortlisting process.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to the school where there will be a number of related tasks, details of which will be discussed on the day. Interviews will be held with the Headteacher and possibly another member of SLT. There will also be a tour of the school estate and this may be conducted by other members of the school community.

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 Rickmansworth School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1550 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Rickmansworth School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rickmansworth-school-rickmansworth

Rickmansworth School is an 11-18 heavily oversubscribed co-educational partially (35%) selective academy with nearly 1455 students on roll, increasing to around 1575 students over the next five years. Academic results are strong at KS4 and KS5 with the vast majority of students securing their first choice university destinations.

The School is in a very strong, stable financial position with over £4M recently spent on school expansion including a new Sixth-form centre, performing arts theatres and an Innovation & Design Centre. The School is also supported extremely well by a fantastic PTA and Foundation. Our outstanding staff well-being programme includes fortnightly well-being periods, access to our fitness suite and swimming pool, flu vaccinations and complimentary eye tests. The School’s admissions criteria gives preference to staff members’ children.

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