Key Role Information

Salary
£30,000 FTE to be paid pro-rata
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
10/03/2026 00:00
Interview
Asap
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
£30,000
Department
Pastoral
Key stage
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
Hours per week
30.00
Weeks per year
37.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Job Title: Wellbeing Therapist/Counsellor

Working Hours: 30 hours per week, 9am – 3pm,

Contract Type: Term time only, 37 weeks per year

Location: RBET Norfolk

Salary: £30,000 FTE to be paid pro-rata


Safeguarding Statement

Red Balloon Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be conditional of the satisfactory completion of safeguarding training and pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check. Please see the 'Safeguarding Information' section of this advert for further information.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (and its amendments), and applicants must declare all convictions, cautions, or reprimands, including those considered ‘spent'.


What we are looking for

We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Wellbeing Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team and deliver therapeutic support to learners aged 11–16. This is a rewarding role for someone who is passionate about empowering young people through personalised, trauma-informed wellbeing support.


Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

  • Minimum Level 4 clinical/therapeutic qualification (counselling, psychotherapy, psychology, social work, or family therapy).
  • Accredited or working towards accreditation (e.g., BACP, BPS, UKCP).
  • Experience working with young people and families.
  • Strong IT skills and confidence with Microsoft tools.

Desirable:

  • Degree-level education.
  • Training or experience specifically with adolescents.

How to Apply

In line with safer recruitment practices, we are only able to accept applications via our application forms, which can be accessed by following the application link on our recruitment portal available here: Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. You can save your application at any point and come back to it at a later stage. 


All applicants will be contacted to advise if they have been shortlisted for an interview


Equal Opportunities

Red Balloon Educational Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating a diverse workforce.

 

We'll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.


Eligibility for Employment

Thank you for your interest in Red Balloon.Please note at this time, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa, therefore, all potential employees must be eligible for employment in the United Kingdom.


Details regarding the right to work can be found here: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK


You can view a full job description and person specification below.

Qualifications

Counselling Skills qualificationessential
Degree or equivalent qualificationdesirable

Skills

CPD / Training

Professional qualifications, training or proven development in supporting young people regarding their wellbeing or education essential

Experience

Experience of working with young people and their familiesessential

Qualifications

Educated to degree level

Relevant Skills

Excellent IT skills and experience with using the Microsoft Suite.essential

About Us

RBET - Norfolk is a cohesive team of qualified teachers, wellbeing and therapy staff and everyone understands the ethos of our approach. We aim to restore our students’ sense of self-worth and faith in their peers, education staff and the education system as a whole. Our environment supports and encourages good role models so that students can develop relationships that are founded on active listening, speaking the truth, taking responsibility for their actions and acting with integrity. We treat all our young people according to their own unique and individual needs.


At Red Balloon, any adult working with our young people offers warm, non-judgmental support so that they feel accepted, valued, respected and appreciated for who they are. All children at our centre have had traumatic experiences, which means they will show their feelings in a range of ways. We understand that behaviour is an expression of feelings and we help them to express these appropriately, moving on to behaving in a respectful and considerate manner. Through our range of therapy and 1-1 mentoring, we encourage our young people to trust their own perception of what is happening, trust that they can manage their own behaviour and appropriately judge how to behave according to the situation presented.

Red Balloon Norfolk

RBET HR

hr@rbet.ac

76 Earlham Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 3DF
RBET HR
hr@rbet.ac

Safeguarding Information

Every learner has the right to flourish and be safe from harm and abuse. As a professional within Red Balloon Educational Trust; we all have a duty to keep our students safe and healthy.


Safeguarding is the action taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. It means:

  • protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
  • preventing harm to children's health or development
  • ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
  • taking action to enable all children and young people have the best outcomes


Red Balloon Educational Trust has policies and procedures to ensure that every single learner, regardless of their age, disability, gender, race, religion, or belief, sex or sexual orientation, has a right to equal protection from harm. It's so important that everyone at Red Balloon Educational Trust knows what to look out for and how to report any concerns.


Safeguarding policies may be available at Trust level or be held by each Centre individually. All Safeguarding related policies and procedures are available on our website. Every Centre will ensure all staff complete training to ensure we all understand good practice and how to safeguard our learners and ourselves.


Due to the role involving engaging in regulated activity with young people, it is an offence to apply for the role if the you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Safeguarding is Red Balloon Educational Trust's priority. No member of staff will have access to work with learners until all required training has been completed.