Job Description

Role: Children's Mental Health Counsellor

Organisation: Rookie Rockstars, Counselling and Support

Location: Falkirk/Kirkintilloch

Start Date: August 2025

Employment Type: Part-time

Salary: 28,416.67 (pro rata)

Scotland's young people are facing a crisis in mental health. With 100 CAMHS referrals daily and waiting times stretching beyond a year for many children, counsellors are needed more than ever. Emotional distress, trauma, and unmet needs are showing up in classrooms every day -- yet fewer than one-third of schools have access to embedded therapeutic support.

Rookie Rockstars is a dynamic and creative mental health charity working to transform the lives of children and young people across Scotland. We are seeking passionate, qualified children's counsellors to join our counselling and support team in both a school setting and based in our therapy centre. Our approach is child-centred and creative--drawing on a range of modalities including play, art, music, sensory tools, and integrative methods that meet the diverse needs of each child.

Working days: Negotiable

Key Responsibilities:

Hold a caseload of clients delivering tailored 1:1 and/or small group therapeutic sessions. Engage meaningfully with families, teachers and other stakeholders to help create a wraparound support system for the client, while maintaining confidentiality. Ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are upheld, liaising with Designated Safeguarding Leads and participating in multi-agency meetings where requested. Contribute to assessment frameworks and outcome measures as required. Engage with supervision, reflective practice, and continuous professional development opportunities.
Essential Requirements:

Recognised counselling qualification at diploma level or higher. Membership with an appropriate counselling professional body (e.g. BACP, COSCA). Demonstrated experience working with children in school or community settings. Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and mental health frameworks relevant to children and young people.
Desirable Qualities:

Familiarity with trauma-informed practice and sensory-based approaches. Passionate about creative and innovative methods to support emotional health.
Further information: Early application recommended as this ad will be removed once adequate applications are received.

To apply please email our counselling and support team: counsellingandsupport@rookierockstars.org.uk

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Pay: 28,416.00 per year

Application question(s):

Are you a qualified counsellor (HND level or higher)?
Experience:

Working with children: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person