College Counsellor

Our opportunity for you

We have a vacancy for a College Counsellor. Reporting directly to the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, the key role of the Student Counsellor is to provide high quality counselling service to students who may be experiencing a wide range of emotional problems. The Counsellor will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and the pastoral team to maintain the highest standards of welfare for all students.

Do you want to work with inquisitive students and collaborative staff? Do you value being at the heart of a vibrant city? Does this sound like your perfect job?

Then Landau Forte College Derby is the place for you.

Key information

Contract: Full-time, term time only

Working hours: Monday - Thursday 8.15am - 4.30pm and Friday 8.15am - 3.30pm

Start date: ASAP

Salary: Dependent upon experience plus daily meal allowance

Closing Date: 27 September 2026

Person specification

The person we are looking for should be:

punctual, reliable, flexible and hardworking

able to work alone as well as part of a highly effective team

able to demonstrate effective communication skills

• committed to the broader education and support of young people

have excellent personal organisational skills

BACP registered and accredited (or working towards accreditation) to work with young people age 11-18

Job description

Duties of role will include being able:

To offer counselling and support to students for a range of issues including but not exclusive to academic barriers, difficulties with peers, behavioural challenges, emotional issues arising from parental separation and divorce, low mood, bereavement, relationships with parents, gender and sexuality, anxiety, self-harm, issue with body image or disordered eating and attendance problems.

To deliver therapeutic group sessions on issues such as conflict resolution, stress reduction, bereavement, anxiety, confidence building and other issues that are presented by groups of students in College.

To conduct student assessments using tools such as RCADs and Adolescent Wellbeing Scale to identify need.

To train student Peer Mentors and manage the allocation and supervision of peer mentors and mentees.

To appoint and manage volunteer counsellors who provide 1:1 therapeutic support to students aged 16 and over.

To oversee the caseload for the Creative Therapy sessions that are delivered by an external provider.

To liaise with the school’s Executive Team, Designated Safeguarding Lead and deputies, Heads of Year and their deputies, Attendance Manager, and Personal Tutors where necessary.

To liaise with parents/carers and other professionals, such as Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), COMPASS Changing Lives, Build Sound Minds (Action for Children), School Health, GPs, when necessary.

To maintain confidentiality (except in those circumstances, in line with BACP practice, where this should be breached).

To perform duties within the codes of practice and ethics recommended by the BACP / UKCP or equivalent organisation.

To work within an informed system of referral in order that students may access the services offered.

To keep suitable case records on each counselling/group session in a secure place, in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

To provide regular audit information such as numbers and profile of students accessing the service, types of issues facing the students and impact of accessing the service on the students to the Executive Team

To have a thorough and up to date knowledge of mental health provision locally and nationally.

To organise whole school activities and events such as World Mental Health Day to raise awareness about mental health and to promote emotional wellbeing.

Periodically to inform and promote the student support services in gatherings and by way of noticeboards/displays.

To attend multi-agency and/or professionals' meetings, putting in place any recommendation suggested and liaising with other members of the pastoral team.

To attend supervision with a suitably qualified supervisor, funded by LFCT.

All staff have a responsibility to ensure that the College’s Safeguarding Policy is adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with the policy.

To implement a robust system of tracking and measuring therapeutic outcomes and student wellbeing indicators, including but not limited to, attainment, attendance and progress.

Any other appropriate duties and responsibilities relevant to the post as directed by the Chief Executive Officer, Principal, Vice Principals, or Assistant Principals.

What we can offer you

A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment

The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students

Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust

A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health

Complimentary gym membership

About The Trust

Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care.

We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend.

Landau Forte College Derby

Landau Forte College Derby is a highly successful and heavily oversubscribed 11 - 19 school with a strong record of success across all aspects of its work. We are an inclusive and diverse school and we hold outstanding teaching and learning at the centre of everything we do. We aim to inspire, engage and challenge all our young people, regardless of background, to be the best that they can be. We have the highest expectations of all in a supportive, happy and welcoming environment. Our students are active, responsive citizens, ready to make a difference in the local, national and global community.

The local area

Derby is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great history. The College is located just a few minutes’ walk away from Derby city centre.

Derby provides great range of sports and leisure facilities and is the gateway to the Peak District. Within a 10 minutes’ drive of the city you will find yourself in the beautiful open Derbyshire countryside with unspoilt villages, historic houses and adventurous attractions.

Derby is 10 minutes away from M1 junction 25

London is 90 minutes away by train

East Midlands Airport is 20 minutes away