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School Counsellor, Bognor Regis, £34,470.00

Employment Type

Part Time, Permanent

Application Start Date

17-03-2026

Application End Date

12-04-2026

Location

Bognor Regis

State/County

West Sussex

Zip Code

PO22 3EL

Country

United Kingdom

Work Style

On-site

Description

7.5 hours per week – term-time only / permanent / working one day per week 8.30am-4.30pm - working day to be discussed at interview / £34,470 per annum, pro rata.

At YMCA DownsLink Group, our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, building life skills and self-confidence, and supporting emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Our Values - we do what’s right, we work with heart, and we build real connections - guide and shape how we show up for children and young people we support and for each other.

Established in 1996, Dialogue School Counselling is a BACP accredited school counselling service covering Sussex and Surrey.

We are recruiting for qualified counsellor or therapist to join our team and deliver our service at Felpham Community College in Felpham, Bognor Regis. You will be working with a range of clients within the Dialogue Thresholds and working to a 6-8 session model. You will be working alongside another experienced Dialogue School Counsellor and working closely with the Student Services Pastoral team at the college.

Key responsibilities

Run a suitable appointment system flexible to the needs of the school, offering students appropriate assessments and counselling appointments
Manage the tight time boundaries of the role and the often complex and varied workload
Liaise with school staff over referrals, waiting lists and appointments
Carry out initial clinical and risk assessments and establish appropriate referral pathways with other services where appropriate. Continually assess risk throughout each student’s counselling.
Follow YMCA Dialogue safeguarding procedures; to know who the School’s Designated Safeguarding Officer/s is and how to contact them when a safeguarding concern arises
Work at all times within the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions
Maintain individual membership of the BACP and to become a Registered Member (or other professional body such as HCPC)
You will establish good professional working relationships with key school staff

Qualifications, knowledge, and experience

You will have a Counselling or Psychotherapy qualification, minimum Level four and ideally level six, and two years’ post qualifying experience in individual counselling or therapy with young people. This will include working with risk issues
You will also have a sound understanding of child protection and vulnerable adult safeguarding issues, policies, and procedures
You will have proven experience in safeguarding children and young people, responding to, managing, and referring safeguarding issues
You will have a BACP Membership; BACP Registered or Accredited. Or other professional body e.g. HCPC
You will have a keen interest in working with children and will be familiar with using creative therapeutic approaches, along with experience of working in a school setting

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion about this post, please contact Jodie.Wallis@ymcadlg.org. Should you require any assistance with our application process, please email us at Recruitment@ymcadlg.org

CLOSING DATE: Sunday 12 April 2026 at midnight.

TO APPLY: Scroll down the page to the application form. Please also download the job profile (below), which includes the full role description and person specification.

Please note that we are unable to offer a work permit or visa sponsorship for this role; applicants must already have the right to live and work in the UK independently.

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