Student Counsellor

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL: Wellbeing Hub
JOB TITLE: Student Counsellor – on site.
SALARY & HOURS: Band 4 £27,069.60 | 0.8fte 28 hours per week | fixed-term 1-year
contract.

We are looking for an experienced, compassionate and professionally qualified Student
Counsellor to join our Wellbeing Hub team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality
counselling support to our students.

This is an important student-facing role within our wider wellbeing provision. You will provide
ethical, accessible and appropriate time-limited counselling to students experiencing a range
of emotional and mental health difficulties, helping them to manage challenges, engage
successfully with university life and achieve their academic potential.

Working closely with the Counselling Team Leader and colleagues across the University,
you will assess students’ needs, deliver individual therapeutic interventions and make
appropriate recommendations for further support or referral where required. You will manage
your own caseload and provide counselling both face-to-face at our Buckingham campus
and, where appropriate, through online platforms.

Safeguarding and effective risk management are integral to the role. You will be confident in
recognising and responding to students who may be at risk of harm to themselves or others,
following University safeguarding procedures and working collaboratively with colleagues
and external agencies where necessary.

Alongside individual counselling work, you will have opportunities to contribute to
psychoeducational workshops, mental health awareness initiatives and the continuing
development of our counselling and wellbeing provision. You will also work collaboratively
with colleagues across the University to promote positive mental health, resilience and early
intervention.

About you

You will be a skilled and empathetic practitioner who is comfortable working independently
while being an active member of a multidisciplinary team.

You will have a relevant counselling qualification with a preferred modality of person-centred
therapy to a minimum of Level 4 CPCAB or equivalent and will be a member or registered
member of a recognised professional counselling body, such as the BACP, NCPS or
equivalent.

You will also bring experience of supporting individuals with mental health difficulties and
managing a varied caseload, together with strong assessment, communication and activelistening
skills. Experience of working with people from a wide range of cultural and social
backgrounds is particularly important within our diverse University community.

You should be highly organised, able to maintain accurate and confidential case records,
and confident in balancing clinical judgement, professional boundaries and the needs of
individual students. An understanding of the Equality Act 2010 and of the particular
pressures and challenges experienced by students within higher education will also be
important.

You will be committed to continuing professional development, professional supervision and
maintaining high standards of ethical practice.

The closing date for applications is 15th of November and it is anticipated that interviews will
be held on the week commencing 23rd of November, with a contractual start date of the 1st
of January 2027.

Please note: if successful, any offer is subject to standard checks, including qualifications,
eligibility to work in the UK on a permanent basis and DBS (if applicable).

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website:
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/about/hr/