Well-being and Counselling Team Leader

Leeds City College is one of the UK’s largest FE establishments with around 1200 employees and over 35,000 students. Offering a diverse curriculum within a vibrant and multicultural learning environment, our goal is to deliver excellent and innovative education which supports and inspires every student to achieve their ambitions.

We are seeking to appoint a Well-being and Counselling Team Leader. This role requires someone who is highly motivated with excellent communication skills and extensive knowledge of mental health and well-being issues. We are looking for a qualified counselor with some experience of managing/supervising staff, along with providing counselling supervision.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on the well-being of our students by developing and implementing a cross college mental health strategy. The successful applicant will also coordinate mental health assessment activity, provide counselling support to a small caseload of students, supervision to staff members and plan, coordinate or deliver training on a range of well-being topics topics.

Employees of Leeds City College enjoy a wide range of benefits. To find out more about what we offer click on the following link: http://www.leedscitycollege.ac.uk/the-college/jobs-and-careers/benefits/

Leeds City College is committed to Equality of Opportunity (ensuring everyone is treated fairly) and safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check as well as mandatory pre-employment checks which may also include checking social media profiles. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.