Salary
Highly Competitive and Negotiable
Contractual hours
37.5
Basis
Full Time
Region
Nuneaton
Job category/type
Support Staff
Date posted
12/09/2025
Job reference
REQ
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the top schools for progress in the country. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, compassionate, and skilled School Counsellor with the ability to provide high-quality emotional and wellbeing support for our pupils as soon as possible.
George Eliot Academy is a rewarding and professionally stimulating place to work. We are a mixed secondary school where pupils feel a real sense of belonging and there is a culture of mutual respect. We are passionate about our vision to develop successful pupils who are independent, well-rounded, behave well and with integrity and live happy and fulfilled lives.
Our vision is \"We aim for excellence and improved pupils\' achievement, through an inclusive academic culture based on high aspirations and expectations. Our excellent daily practices embed our culture of kindness, gratitude and hard work; our STAR values and family ethos shape the character of our pupils.\"
If you share our vision and would like to work in our close knit and family-orientated school, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Our offer:
- You will be working in an academy that \"…. places kindness alongside ambition in the values it promotes\" (Ofsted 2021)
- You will be working within an experienced, ambitious, forward thinking and highly effective team
- You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other United Learning schools
- We will support your ongoing continuing professional development
- You will be fully supported by your colleagues within the school to ensure you have the tools to deliver success and reduce your workload
You will have:
- Ability to build positive, trusting relationships with children and young people
- Skills in listening, communicating, and supporting pupils with empathy and professionalism
- Experience in counselling, safeguarding, and supporting emotional wellbeing
- Organisational and time management skills to manage a caseload and maintain accurate records.
- A calm, resilient approach and a positive, can-do attitude
- Ability to work collaboratively with staff, parents, and external agencies, actively supporting the broader life of the school community
Benefits of working for United Learning:
- Access to a 24/7 confidential employee counselling and advice line
- Access to the Wisdom wellbeing app which can help you track your wellness, improve your mental health and includes workouts, podcasts and recipes
- Westfield Health cash plan – claim the cost back on health services such as physio, dental treatments, optical services and consultants (eligible after 6 months\' service)
- Westfield Rewards is a discounted shopping platform which offers access to an extensive range of discounts and cashback opportunities across a wide variety of well-known retailers and service providers (eligible after 6 months\' service)
- 1 day\'s paid personal day in each academic year (available to both teaching and support staff)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car lease scheme
- Free will writing service
- Teacher Pension Scheme / LGPS (approx. pension 23% contribution
How to apply- See Application pack
