School Counsellor and Mental Health Specialist

School Counsellor and Mental Health Specialist

(23 hours over 3 or 4 days per week / Term time only / Some flexibility with hours)

We have a vacancy for a School Counsellor and Mental Health Specialist who will provide a counselling service for students in Years 7-13, as part of our experienced counselling team. The post also includes time devoted to working closely with our collaborative, friendly and highly capable pastoral team, along with the wider school community, to use their expertise to promote mental and emotional health and well-being. This is therefore a fabulous role: varied, rewarding and very impactful. The successful candidate will be a team-player, an experienced counsellor, and be passionate about making a really positive difference in our school. They will need to perform duties within the codes of practice and ethics recommended by the BACP, UKCP or equivalent organisation.

Within the Challoner’s High community you will experience:

• A positive place to work with excellent facilities and IT resources and lots of purposeful and community-minded people around you (unlike working from home!)
• Use of staff gym; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants in Little Chalfont, local theatres discounts when available, two-week October half term
• Free flu jabs; some free food; Excellent train links to London (on the Metropolitan line)
• Membership of Local Government Pension Scheme
• Qualified daughters of staff are given priority in the schools over subscription criteria after 2 or more years’ service

Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests, a very strong sense of community, and a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023 and was rated as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners in the same year. 

The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students

Responsible to: Deputy Head (Pastoral)

Salary / Allowances applicable: Bucks Pay Range 7 £39,646.00 - £43,759.00

(£ 20616.33 - £22,755.13 actual for 23 hours per week 38 weeks per year).

Start Date: Late January/February 2025

Application Deadline: Noon, Monday 9th December

Interview Date: Wednesday 11th December

An information pack is available from the Vacancies section of the school website or from jo.barnes@challonershigh.com  

Informal visits to the school are welcome

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing. This is a regulated activity.

Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, Recruitment and Equalities

 Policies; all of our polices are available at www.challonershigh.com

The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.