About the School - Brighton College (Singapore):
Brighton College (Singapore) is an exciting place to work, and it is our staff who make our community a vibrant and stimulating environment.
The academic success of the Brighton College Family of Schools is due to excellent, innovative and well-planned teaching. Above all, therefore, we are looking for individuals who foster a passion for learning and who demonstrate an ability and genuine desire to develop pupils and staff to their fullest potential.
The school now has an exciting opportunity for an experienced School Counsellor to join our fantastic team.
About Cognita:
Cognita is a global leader in independent education. Founded in 2004, we are a growing community of 100+ schools in 21 countries - in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East - serving more than 100,000 students. Each of our schools are proudly unique, however our collective purpose is to create an environment where everyone can, Thrive in a rapidly evolving world.
At Cognita, we know every student is unique. We nurture their distinct personalities and strengths. We support them academically, socially, and emotionally, wherever they are in the world, wherever they're starting from. And each and every one of our schools is unique too.
We protect what's special about them, while offering them rich knowledge, opportunities, and best practices. And they get to be part of something bigger. We open their classrooms to the collective wisdom of over 100 schools in 21 countries, ensuring every child gets an education that's, quite literally, world class.
It's an individual approach that empowers every school, teacher and student to focus on what they do best and thrive.
About the Role:
Brighton College (Singapore) is seeking to recruit a compassionate, skilled, and forward-thinking School Counsellor who will play a central role in supporting the emotional, social, and psychological wellbeing of pupils across the Prep and Senior Schools to join our expanding school community from January 2026. The post-holder will provide high-quality 1:1 counselling, deliver targeted interventions, and contribute to the development of a proactive and embedded culture of wellbeing.
What you will be doing:
- Provides counselling to pupils aged 3-18 across the college.
- Establishes positive, safe, and trusting relationships with pupils, their families, and teachers.
- Works and liaises closely with pastoral and safeguarding leaders across the college to further develop and implement the counselling provision and support structures for the senior school and prep school.
- Serves as a case manager for pupils receiving support.
- Regularly assesses pupils social-emotional needs within the school environment.
- Manages a counselling caseload by maintaining accurate, confidential, and systematic records using our existing internal systems (ISAMS and CPOMS).
- Provides social and emotional interventions to individual pupils and groups by liaising with the pastoral leadership team.
- Contributes to the college's programme of wellbeing initiatives. Including collaborating with key stakeholders to share expertise to support the social and emotional development of the pupils.
- Provides a confidential avenue for identifying and responding to potential threats to child safety.
- Assumes a key role on school-wide crisis response teams.
- Documents communication and events surrounding child protection issues and coordinates with administration and external agencies as needed.
- Upholds the highest standards of safeguarding and child protection.
- Undertakes any other reasonable management requests in support of the school's mission, vision and values.
Who we are looking for:
- A degree in Counselling, Social Work, Psychology or related field.
- A recognised counselling qualification.
- Exemplifies the Brighton College (Singapore) values of Curiosity, Confidence and Kindness.
- Proficient in the use of technology to support and streamline efficient and accurate record keeping.
- Displays strong counselling skills, confidentiality and professional judgement.
- Able to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience working with children and/or young people.
- Fluency in Mandarin (preferred).
- Qualification or experience of offering professional supervision to colleagues.
- ASIST Suicide First Aid Training or similar qualification. (preferred)
- An international outlook and understanding of working in diverse environments.
Benefits at Cognita:
- Competitive salary depending upon qualifications and experience
- School holidays and public holidays
- Free parking on site (subject to availability)
- Professional Development
How to Apply:
Complete this application before the closing date. The Closing Date for Applications is: 7 December 2025 .
Cognita Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.
We believe having a diverse workforce makes us better, smarter and happier and so welcome applicants from all backgrounds, genders, and races. We have an unwavering commitment to being fair and equitable in our recruitment process.
Early applications are encouraged, we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to closing date for the right applicant.
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