Job Title: Student Counsellor
Actual Annual Salary: £6,668 - £7,114 (Based on hours and working weeks)
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £38,419 - £40,989 (CLF Grade F). Based on 37 hours per week, all year round.
Contract Type: Fixed-Term
Contract Length: Fixed until 31/08/2026
Hours: Part-time 1 day (7.5 hours) per week
Additional role info: Working day to be mutually agreed
Start Date: September 2025
Your opportunity to help and support young people in Education.
Digitech Studio School are looking for someone to provide a professional and confidential, solutions focussed counselling service to students experiencing a wide range of psychological and emotional issues to:
- Promote emotional health and well‐being to enable young people to access academy life.
- Develop student resilience to support them to cope with any challenges they face.
- Assist colleagues to develop skills and strategies to support students.
About you:
You will
- Possesses a professional counselling qualification accredited by the British association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) or alternative professional organisation.
- Be a registered member of a professional membership body and have at least 200 hours of counselling hours.
- An understanding of effective ways to safeguard and support vulnerable students.
- Previous experience of working with a caseload of clients and ability to select appropriate approaches and strategies based on an assessment of their specific needs.
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
DIGITECH STUDIO SCHOOL
Digitech delivers a specialised curriculum for 14-19 year olds, where we offer progression into the creative digital and high-tech sectors. We are located in Warmley, on the outskirts of Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Studio schools are small by design, and we only take 90 students into each year group. This allows us to meet the needs of individual students in a personalised way.
Digitech Studio School has been on an enormous improvement journey over the last few years which has seen outcomes consistently improve year on year with all indicators. The academy is diverse in its intake and proud that we serve all of the families in our community. There is real pride from colleagues that they work at Digitech Studio School and contribute to a cause greater than themselves.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 35 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
Recruitment timeline:
• Closing Date: 8 June 2025 @11.59pm
• 12 June 2025
We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Skilled Worker visas cannot be sponsored through this role, as it does not meet the requirements set out by government.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
The Cabot Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will undergo a comprehensive pre-employment checking process, including an enhanced DBS check (including a further check against the appropriate barred list), references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, child disqualification, prohibition from teaching/management and online checks. You must also tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
