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School Counsellor

School Counsellor

St George's, Edinburgh

Edinburgh, EH12 6BG

Salary:
Pro Rata
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
Spring Term
Apply by:
11 December 2019

Job overview

We have an excellent opportunity for a BACP and/or COSCA accredited Counsellor to join a successful, thriving independent girls’ school in Edinburgh and play a key role in the school’s pastoral team.  We encourage a solutions-focused approach from our School Counsellor for girls aged 10-18.  While we would welcome someone with previous experience of working in a school setting, along with a background in CBT, this is preferable but not essential. 

Salary is commensurate to qualifications and experience.  Working Pattern/hours can be one full day or two half days – see Job Particulars.

Further details, including an Application Form, Job Description and Job Particulars (containing a Person Specification) are available on our website at https://www.stge.org.uk/about/vacancies/ or from the school’s HR Manager, Olivia Lovely on otl@stge.org.uk or by phoning 0131 311 8126. 

To apply: Please submit a completed application form with a covering letter, no longer than 200 words, demonstrating prior experience of working with young people, and outlining your philosophy to counselling including how you would adapt this to both a school environment and working as part of a pastoral team. 

Applications should be sent for the attention of Mrs Alex Hems, Head, to either jobs@stge.org.uk or by post to St George’s School for Girls, Garscube Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 6BG.

St George’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, service providers and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo PVG Disclosure Scotland screening.


About St George's, Edinburgh

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+44 131 311 8000

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St George’s School for Girls is an independent, all-through school in Edinburgh. It caters for approximately 800 girls aged between two and eighteen.

Founded in 1888 by pioneers of women’s education, St George’s is the largest all-girls school in Scotland and the only all-through girls’ school in Edinburgh. The school was named the top Scottish Independent School for Advanced Higher results by the Best-Schools website in 2014 and 2013.

Vision and values

The main vision of St George’s School for Girls is to produce women of independent mind who are equipped with the academic and life skills to succeed. The ethos is based on four values: truth, honour, freedom and courtesy. Students and staff alike are encouraged to be respectful towards one another. Pupils learn in an environment free of gender stereotypes.

St George’s nursery curriculum is based on child-led activities, involving problem-solving, creativity and role play. For the older students, the curriculum is based on GCSE and Scottish Higher and Advanced Higher examinations in eight areas: languages, maths, social studies, sciences, health and well-being, religious and moral education, expressive arts and technologies. The school also emphasises the importance of outdoor learning and physical activity as a supplement to academic learning.

Education Scotland report

“The school’s systematic approaches to tracking and monitoring children’s and young people’s performance provides staff with very helpful information about each child’s progress and development. The headteacher has a strong and clear vision for the school as a place where children and young people receive the best education to develop their ambitions and fulfil their aspirations.”

View St George’s School for Girls’ latest ES report

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