Counsellor, Permanent Part-Time

CGHS; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Role is permanent, term-time only, 30 hours per week, with start date 27 January 2027. A supportive team and school community will back your ongoing professional practice.

Qualifications

• Recognised tertiary counselling qualification and NZAC registration (full or provisional).
• Experience counselling adolescents in education or community youth mental health.
• High empathy, person-centred practice, sound clinical judgement and ethics.
• Reliable, conscientious with excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong administrative and digital capability, including Excel and school systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver confidential one-on-one counselling for ākonga.
• Manage student risk assessments, safety planning and crisis intervention.
• Collaborate with pastoral team, Deans and senior leadership.
• Liaise with whānau and external specialist support services.
• Maintain accurate clinical and administrative records per school processes.

Skills

Empathy

Verbal & written communication

Clinical judgement

Independence

Digital capability

Counselling

Education

NZAC registration or equivalent

Counselling qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are looking for a relational, dedicated and highlyprofessional Counsellor who can build trusting therapeutic relationships andbring a calm, thoughtful approach to supporting young people with a wide rangeof social, emotional, behavioural and wellbeing needs.

This role provides student-centred counselling andresponsive pastoral support, helping rangatahi navigate personal, social andemotional challenges within a culturally safe and restorative environment. Therole also involves liaising, where appropriate, with pastoral staff, whānau andexternal agencies.

Key responsibilities include:

• deliveringconfidential one-on-one counselling for ākonga;
• managingstudent risk assessments, safety planning and crisis intervention;
• collaboratingeffectively within our pastoral team, including Deans and seniorleadership;
• liaisingwith whānau and external specialist support services;
• maintainingaccurate and timely clinical and administrative records in accordance withschool processes and professional requirements.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• arecognised tertiary counselling qualification and current NZAC orequivalent registration (full or provisional);
• experiencein counselling adolescents in an education or community youth mentalhealth setting;
• highempathy, person-centred practice, sound clinical judgement and acommitment to professional ethics;
• areliable and conscientious work ethic, with excellent verbal and writtencommunication skills;
• goodadministrative, organisational and digital capability, includingconfidence using Excel and learning and working across bespoke softwaresystems;
• acommitment to working independently and proactively with rangatahi, whilealso collaborating effectively with key staff;
• ahigh level of personal accountability, reliability and initiative,particularly in identifying and responding to students' needs andmaintaining appropriate follow-through.

The successful candidate will understand that effectiveschool counselling is relational work that requires consistency, commitment andactive engagement. Thy will take pride in creating a positive, safe andpurposeful counselling experience for young people, while bringing theprofessional judgement, organisation and follow-through required to workeffectively within a busy school environment.

This is a permanent, term-time only position of 30 hours perweek.

The start date for this position is 27 January 2027.

School: Christchurch Girls' High School - 328