School Counsellor

Job description

Job title and organisation: School Counsellor - GIPSIL
Salary: £26,917.10 (actual)
Hours: 33.5
Contract: Permanent
Location: Leeds
Closing Date and Time: Friday 8th May 2026 at 5pm

The Schools Counsellor / Therapist role is an exciting opportunity for a qualified and experienced therapist to be part of a creative and supportive team delivering therapeutic interventions for children within a predominantly secondary school setting (there may also be opportunity to work in primary schools).

The role involves providing short term, evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children referred for support through schools and clusters.

At GIPSIL our Counselling Team and Wellbeing Team work side by side under Community Health and Prevention, working together across schools and communities. The successful applicant will be one of 12 counsellors and will benefit from our inclusive team culture, supported by an experienced Counselling Manager and Senior Counsellor.

To support and promote team work, we offer a work space within our Community Health and Prevention Office. Here, we hold a library of resources to support your learning and development and have access to various rooms to enable the teams to come together for meetings, training and clinical supervisions regularly.

It's also really important to GIPSIL that we have a good working relationship with every school and you feel supported in your role, therefore we work closely with the clusters and individual schools to ensure you are embedded with the school team, everyone understands your role with school and that you have the appropriate space and technology within the school setting.

We cover BACP membership costs, provide regular training around specialist areas and offer additional benefits such as access to Simply Health providing a range of physical and mental health support from Counselling to Physiotherapy.

The Benefits

• Joining an established team of Counsellors/ Play therapists / Art Therapists
• You'll benefit from free training and CPD opportunities
• You'll receive regular Line Management supervision and access to clinical supervision
• We cover BACP membership costs
• Receive a new DBS through GIPSIL

How To Apply

To arrange an informal conversation about this role please contact Hannah Railton via email [email protected].

Click here to apply online and obtain a full job description and person specification. Please note that you will need to set up an account before you can apply.

Please note that GIPSIL will not accept CVs or agencies.

Closing Date: Friday 8 th May 2026 at 5:00pm

Shortlisting: Monday 11 th May 2026

Interviews: Friday 22 nd May 2026

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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