Primary School Counsellor
THE ROLE - Part-time (6 hours per week / term-time only) / Permanent / Job description and application pack (including details on our benefits) are available to download from our website
Dialogue School Counselling is a BACP accredited school counselling service covering Sussex and Surrey. We are recruiting for a qualified School Counsellor with experience of working with primary age children, to join our team and deliver a therapeutic service to the pupils of in Horley.
You will provide an ethical, professional counselling service and establish good professional working relationships with key school staff. This will include discussion of referrals, managing a session timetable within the school day and agreeing a process for students coming to and from sessions. You will be required to undertake assessments and counselling sessions, complete all associated admin and attend regular clinical supervision and line management meetings.
This role is based on site at the school for one day per week.
ABOUT YOU - We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself
You’ll have a keen interest in working with children and will be familiar with using creative therapeutic approaches. You’ll have a professional, flexible attitude with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to manage your time well. You’ll be confident in identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns and have experience of working in a school setting. You will have a Registration or Accreditation with BACP, or equivalent professional body such as HCPC, UKCP, and 2 years’ post qualifying experience in individual counselling or therapy with young people. This will include working with risk issues. You will also have a sound understanding of child protection and vulnerable adult safeguarding issues, policies and procedures.
If you would like any further information or an informal discussion about this post, please contact . Should you require any assistance with our application process, please email us at
CLOSING DATE - 30 November 2023 at midnight. We reserve the right to close this advert early if a successful candidate is found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Successful candidates will already have the right to live and work in the UK
An inclusive workplace - We are committed to policies and practices of equity, diversity, and inclusion and to supporting our people to make sure our culture is consistent with this commitment. We encourage applications from people from all sections of the communities that we serve. We particularly welcome applications from People of Colour and minoritised white communities, people who are LGBTQU+, and people with disabilities and neurodiversities because these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.
Accessibility - If you require assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact us. If you are local to our Head Office in Hove, we can provide you with a paper copy of the job advert and application form. If you are not local, we can post these to your preferred address. If you require these documents in another format, please let us know.
For more information on our efforts to build an inclusive workplace, and how we can support you with your application, please see the application pack.
YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure (including the Children’s barred list and the Adults’ barred list) via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
