School Counsellor
The Billericay School, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9LH25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Monday 13 April
Closing date
23 February 2026 at 8am
Date listed
23 January 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
- £20,118.95 - £21,631.72 Annually (Actual) LGPS Scale 8 Point 25 -28, 24hpw, 38 weeks (term time only)
School Counsellor job summary
We are seeking a committed and experienced School Counsellor who will be responsible for providing a confidential counselling service to students in Years 7 to 13 through individual sessions. The ideal candidate will respond to students personal, social, emotional or educational concerns; and contribute to the whole school’s SEND provision as required. The ideal candidate will have at least their Level 4 Diploma in Counselling and be able to work individually as well as part of a large department within a busy secondary school.
Main responsibilities include:
- Offering a confidential counselling service for students who are referred via Head of Year, responding appropriately to their issues
- Promoting a caring and supportive environment where concerns can be explored
- Keeping clear and concise records of all sessions
- Managing initial assessment and consent paperwork
- Working within the codes of practice and ethics recommended by the BACP, UKCP or equivalent professional organisation
- Being aware of, and complying with, policies and procedures relating to safeguarding and child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The post is subject to satisfactory medical checks, enhanced DBS clearance and references.
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 The Billericay School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1702 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Billericay School website
The Billericay School is one of the largest schools in Essex with a roll of almost 1700 students, including 300 in the Sixth Form. The school site enjoys an enviable location; close to the town centre, yet situated in spacious grounds, the school is positioned on an elevated site with distant and sweeping views down towards the River Thames and beyond. In times past, a windmill stood nearby, a piece of local history still commemorated in the school badge.
Teaching takes place in five principal blocks.
The original structure, that dates from the school's foundation some sixty years ago includes an open air, furnished and planted quadrangle for lower school students to use during the summer months.
Other buildings include a modern Technology and Business Studies block, an Art, Food Technology and Textiles building and a Sixth Form Centre that provides a modern, attractive environment for our older students.
Other resources include a large assembly hall with television link, a drama studio, a music suite with recording studio, a media area with video editing suite and a large library/ resource based learning centre, which includes extensive ICT and study facilities as well as housing over 30,000 books.
The school's sporting facilities are exceptional, including a swimming pool, sports hall, gymnasium and fitness suite.
Our grounds include tennis and netball courts and football, rugby and cricket pitches. The school has recently achieved the national Sportsmark Award for its sporting excellence and work with the community.
The school also has a medical room, with the services of qualified staff throughout the school day.
It is also worthy of note that many of our staff have chosen to send their own children to the school. What greater sign of confidence could there be!
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