Volunteer counsellor placements

Gosford Hill school offers placements to counsellors and psychotherapists in training undertaking Diploma or higher-level courses, who are interested in working in an education setting.

student placement (educational setting)
suitable for counsellors undertaking Diploma or higher-level courses or a or for fully qualified counsellors looking to gain experience working with young people in a school setting.
commitment of min 3 hours a week, term time only + fortnightly supervision

Gosford Hill school is a thriving secondary school with just over 800 students aged 11-18. The counselling service is accessible to all students, who might either self-refer or are referred by pastoral staff.

Work will include experience of both long- and short-term work.
The counselling service is part of a larger pastoral team, and part of your role may involve liaising with other pastoral staff, including heads of year, welfare manager, safeguarding leads and school nurse.
Counsellors on placement will report and are managed by the Counselling Lead. Supervision will be provided fortnightly in the form of both group and one-to-one supervision.
Placements are term time only and would usually run for at least one academic year.
You would need to be available for a minimum of three hours, one day per week either on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, offering one-to-one counselling. Fully qualified counsellors looking to gain experience working in a school setting will also be able to work on a Thursday or Friday.
Experience of working with or knowledge of young people is preferred.

To apply for this role use the Apply Now button. For further details please download the Job Description and Person Specification documents on this page. closing date for applications are 23rd January for February/March start or 3rd June for a September 2026 start.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR 'WHY?' is that children and young people 'only get one go' in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible 'go' for our pupils.

OUR 'HOW?' is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our " Working in RLT " guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

Gosford Hill School reserves the right to consider and interview candidate ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Angelique Camoenié, about the role, prior to application, then please email acamoenie@gosfordhillschool.org or telephone 01865 374971 .

The River Learning Trust and Gosford Hill School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

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