School Counsellor

HARROW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL APPI, JAPAN

Located in the mountains of Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Harrow Appi is setting a new benchmark for British international full-boarding education in the East Asia region, offering a strong academic programme, close personal tutoring, values based holistic education and learning in nature due to unparalleled access to the Japanese mountains. 

Surrounded by the hills, high achieving students excel both inside and outside of the classroom. Our outstanding teachers support students towards exceptional academic outcomes and eventual access to the international universities of their choice. A unique co-curricular programme engages students in sport, creative arts, and service learning, whilst developing their values and behaviours. Our sports academies offer particular specialisms in alpine sports, swimming, tennis, golf, and mountain biking.

Having opened in August 2022 to Years 7-10, we are now recruiting high performing School Counsellor to join us in the coming academic year. Primarily, we are seeking colleagues who genuinely love working with young people using a holistic approach.

Successful candidates will relish the challenges of establishing a school and will thrive in a mountain-based lifestyle. They will embrace a high degree of integration between their personal and professional lives in term time. We welcome applicants with an understanding of the British independent and/or quality international education sectors and who have experience of boarding, though these are not prerequisites.

If you can imagine yourself working in a dynamic residential mountain-school environment, teaching in the day, supporting students in the boarding houses, running activities and golfing or enjoying the mountains in your spare time, we would welcome your interest.

Specifically, we require:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Post-graduate qualification in Counselling or Psychotherapy.
• Registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and/or the UK Council for Psychotherapy, or similar.
• At least two years’ experience, post qualification, working with students.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• An understanding of the developmental, emotional, social and educational issues faced by young people.
• An awareness of the range of needs of people from diverse ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.
• Knowledge in a variety of clinical interventions and therapy styles.

Safeguarding of our students is central to our work. Appointments are conditional on:

• Acceptable police checks (or equivalent) from the country of origin and from all countries in which you have worked.
• Appropriate references from your current and previous employer, corroborated by personal phone calls made to each referee (to be taken at short-list stage).

The Appi environment, and the nature of the school, suits energised professionals whose personal situation allows them to embrace life in rural, mountainous Japan. We seek resilient staff who see the challenges of mountain-living, whatever the season, as part of the adventure; the rewards being access to the beauty of the Japan’s natural environment in four seasons, and to extensive outdoor sports. 

Appointees are offered two-year renewable contracts with highly competitive terms of employment, outstanding working conditions and access to the Appi resort.

HOW TO APPLY

The Candidate Information Pack and Job Description give further details regarding timeline and process. Application is via our portal here.

Applications should be received by Saturday 7th December 2024 (midnight GMT). Early applications are encouraged; we reserve the right to hold early interviews and encourage application before the deadline.