Academy Counsellor (Part Time 22.5hrs)
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy, Nottingham, NG5 6NZThis job expired on 20 February 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 February 2024 at 9am
Date listed
17 January 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 3 Days (22.5 hours)
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- NJC12 – NJC16 £13,795 - £14,767 (Actual Salary)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential
Experience with secondary phase students
Attained at least a Level 4 diploma in counselling, with either extensive experience of working with children and young people in other capacities or a qualification for counselling children and young people
Able to work in a team and work positively with a range of staff and students and be passionate about working in a school environment
Able to work effectively with diverse groups of people
Able to set high standards in line with Academy ethos
Ability to adapt to the ever-changing demands of the Academy community
To have skills essential in counselling: listening, reflecting, summarising, suggesting, communicating, empathising
Positive and caring approach to students
Able to organise time efficiently, be organised and work to deadlines
Excellent people skills
Competence in using common ICT applications
Able to communicate effectively using both the spoken and the written word
Desirable
Experience in counselling young people and in use of a range of appropriate techniques e.g. CBT
Registrant member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
Experience of working with colleagues in other teams or from other institutions
Experience in meeting the needs of vulnerable children
Evidence of continuing professional development
Evidence of a broad understanding of current educational issues
What the school offers its staff
Spencer Academies Trust is a
multi-academy trust with schools across the East Midlands, and with a strategic
focus on Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
A high performing regional MAT with a national reputation for excellence, Spencer Academies Trust schools include primary, secondary and sixth form provision. Our academies work across highly diverse city and rural communities, including a strong presence in Derby and Nottingham. Standards and expectations in trust schools are high – and the trust focus on rapid improvement on the journey to outstanding education delivery.
Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2200 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
- All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
- Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
- We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
Please submit your application by no later than 9am, 20 February 2024. Our application deadline can end earlier where we have received a positive response, so if you are keen to apply, please add your profile to this vacancy as soon as possible.
Interviews are scheduled to take place W/C 26 February 2024
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.
Further details about the role
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy are seeking to appoint a part time, Academy Counsellor to work with students and staff.
The Academy is looking for a driven and caring individual who has the relevant skill set to support students and staff with a range of needs. The post will involve giving positive support that enables students to engage fully with their learning and staff with their work. Critically, the work will involve supporting a range of individuals to address their difficulties with strategies to help them to cope and build resilience. Working in a team is vital as you will be working in close partnership with other Pastoral Leaders including Heads of Year and members of the safeguarding team. You will be joining a forward looking and dynamic team which is warm and friendly, but which has high expectations of everyone.
Commitment to safeguarding
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.
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About Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1556 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Arnold Hill Spencer Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ashley.brown@arnoldhillacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01159554804
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy is a special place to learn and work. Our students are impressive young people, whose behaviour and achievements are something to be proud of. Our aim is for all members of the community to “Be inspired and achieve together” and to provide opportunities for this on a daily basis.
We teach our students the value of respect, how to act responsibly and support them to become mature, independent young people. We very much believe in the potential of every student, enabling them to thrive in our caring environment.
We are a member of the Spencer Academies Trust and benefit from the support of an established trust. To find out more about The Spencer Academies Trust, please visit www.satrust.com
Arranging a visit to Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ashley.brown@arnoldhillacademy.co.uk.
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