Student Counsellor

Newcastle upon Tyne
North Gosforth Academy
Dudley Lane
Seaton Burn
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE13 6EJ

Your Role

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to work 1 day per week at North Gosforth Academy, Great Park Academy, Gosforth Junior High Academy, and Inspire.

This post is central to supporting young people with mental health and well-being issues in a school setting with pupils ranging from age 10 - 16. The role offers a superb opportunity for an innovative, committed counsellor with excellent skills to develop further within a positive and supportive environment. You should have the skills necessary to work both independently and part of the wider pastoral team. Current counselling provision offers person centred talking therapy with relational and integrative approaches and the successful candidate is expected to complement this existing provision.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
  • A relevant professional counselling qualification, ideally with experience of working with young people
  • An outstanding practitioner
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • An ability to work effectively within a supportive team environment
  • Consistently high expectations of students and yourself
  • A commitment to fresh and exciting methods of delivering counselling
  • Excellent communication and ICT skills
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
  • A competitive salary - as an accredited Living Wage Employer, you’re guaranteed a wage that meets, and often exceeds, the real cost of living.
  • Benefits including; excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking
  • An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals
  • Enthusiastic and motivated students
  • An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development
  • A school with its community at heart
  • An exciting programme of staff well-being activities
  • Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group
If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, or you are unable to complete the online application form and require this in another format please contact us by email: [email protected] or telephone: 0191 429 9797, option 4.

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date.

The Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

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Posted 2026-03-25

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