Student Counsellor
Hills Road Sixth Form College
Cambridgeshire
- New
- Salary:
- Pro-rata salary: £17,157 per annum
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 9 December 2024
Job overview
Hills Road is a high achieving state funded, non-selective, A level only Sixth Form College with 2800 students. The standard programme is 3 A levels, plus an Extended Project Qualification and Enrichment.
Recently rated ‘outstanding’ again, we continue to enjoy a strong national reputation for excellence in education. In part, this is because we continually review and refine our practice to enhance the experiences of our students and staff, for example, through our collaborative evidence-based approach to professional development. We also appreciate that academic success requires a happy, healthy and caring community, so our coaching culture ensures that the wellbeing of our students and staff is at the heart of all we do.
This is an exciting opportunity for a counsellor to contribute to the provision of outstanding pastoral care for all students. Working from within the Wellbeing and Counselling Service, the successful candidate will be available to provide a confidential and professional counselling service to students on a part-time basis during term-time only. They will be joining a core team of three part-time student counsellors, and will be able to professionally manage an occasionally complex and busy case load within the boundaries of a short-term 8 session counselling model.
The successful candidate will see a range of students with pre-booked counselling appointments scheduled during the college day. There are dedicated spaces for counselling sessions and the successful candidate will have a designated counselling room. The post holder will also hold responsibility for overseeing and coordinating trainee counsellors on placement within the counselling service.
The Student Counsellor must be appropriately qualified, insured and experienced with accreditation or imminent accreditation from a professional body, as per the person specification. The successful candidate will have relevant experience and be able to demonstrate competence in working with young people. The successful candidate will also have experience of working with trainee counsellors.
We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds who can bring different perspectives to the role including people from black, Asian and ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities, people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community, and men who remain under-represented in this part of the workforce.
We offer a wide range of competitive benefits including a generous pension scheme, free use of the College sporting facilities, free on-site parking, cycle to work scheme, as well as discounts on all our Adult Education courses.
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About Hills Road Sixth Form College
- Hills Road Sixth Form College
- Hills Road, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB2 8PE
- United Kingdom
The College operates on an attractive site just over a mile south of the centre of the historic city of Cambridge. Having responded to strong and sustained demand for places over a number of years we now have approaching 2,400 full-time 16-19 students for whom we provide a wide choice of A level subjects, together with the Extended Project qualification, an extensive and varied enrichment programme and responsive individual support and guidance. We also welcome around 4,000 part-time students on to our adult education programme in the evenings and at weekends. The College is a study centre for the Open University and has a thriving Sports and Tennis Centre that is open to the local community.
The commitment and excellence of our staff together with the breadth of the curriculum make the College an exciting and enjoyable place in which to learn. Students are encouraged to achieve the highest standards not only in the classroom but also in a range of extra-curricular activities which help them to develop new skills, think independently and exercise their responsibilities as global citizens. We encourage staff and students to contribute strongly to College life and to enjoy its many opportunities. There are good relationships and a real sense of partnership in learning between staff and students, and many visitors comment on the College’s happy and purposeful atmosphere.
We are proud of the College’s national reputation for excellence and in our last two Ofsted inspections we were rated outstanding in all graded areas. The College has had the highest score of any sixth form college in the country in the Government’s examination performance table for ‘points per examination entry’ since the tables’ inception in 1993. In recent years the tables have included the percentage of students achieving at least AAB at A level in at least two of the Russell Group's 'facilitating subjects' with the College recording the strongest sixth form college percentage in each year. Retention and success rates are high and over 90% of our students progress to higher education.
The College is a stimulating and rewarding place in which to work and study. Facilities are excellent with new and remodelled purpose built accommodation. Our staff are valued and enjoy working in a friendly and supportive environment and all of us place the student at the heart of what we do. Please visit our website for more information.
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