Deputy Mental Health Lead / School Counsellor

Holyhead School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 0HN

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  3 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £33,699.00 - £36,363.00 Annually (FTE) NJC scale point 22 - 25 pro rata

Deputy Mental Health Lead / School Counsellor job summary

• Provide specialist, trauma-informed mental health support, including counselling and targeted interventions for students with complex needs

• Support the development and implementation of whole-school mental health strategy and policy

• Support students with SEND, including autism, ADHD and wider neurodiversity, to access appropriate provision

• Act as an operational lead for mental health systems and provision across the school, ensuring mental health provision is inclusive, accessible and well-coordinated

• Manage a counselling caseload within BACP (or equivalent) framework

• Coordinate internal and external support, including referrals to agencies and NHS services

• Coordinate internal and external provision, including timetabling and access.

• Maintain effective communication with families, staff and external partners

• Gather and respond to student voice to evaluate and improve provision

• Contribute to CPD, policy compliance and continuous professional development

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Holyhead School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1257 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Holyhead School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/holyhead-school-birmingham

What makes Holyhead special is our commitment to learning without limits. Students enter the school with attainment levels significantly below the national average (ISDR) but go on to achieve whatever they set their minds to. More students than you find at other schools, go on to employment, Higher Education and Apprenticeships. They attend Russell Group Universities and read the most competitive courses you can imagine. They become Engineers, Lawyers, Accountants, Entrepreneurs and Doctors etc, but they also become well-rounded individuals who understand how to keep safe, how to articulate themselves and how to respect diversity, equality and active citizenship.

We invest a lot in developing the strength of their character, making students independent and confident with vision and intellectual curiosity.

The focus on the development of character extends to staff. Whilst we have a strong commitment to staff wellbeing and CPD. We also expect staff to become role models for the school community. Our induction, staff incentive scheme and person specifications place an emphasis on Leadership, Organisation, Resilience, Initiative and Communication.

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