Play Therapist
The Aylesbury Vale Academy, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0WS21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October 2024
Closing date
16 August 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,192.00 - £34,684.00 Annually (Actual) Salary shown is Full-Time Equivalent and not actual salary and will be pro rata'd for 16 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Play Therapist job summary
We are looking for someone to provide a professional and confidential support and counselling therapy service to the students at Aylesbury Vale Academy. Their overall responsibility will be to provide daily one to one support for students on a range of issues. Someone who can provide a high quality psychotherapy/play therapy service for individuals or groups of students aged 3 to 11 who require therapeutic welfare support covering a variety of emotional health issues.
We are a collaborative, supporting and welcoming team. We value everyone's contribution. We have a strong focus on staff wellbeing, for example, staff surveys and an active Staff Wellbeing Group. We firmly believe in developing our team and are committed to providing time and opportunities for ongoing CPD.
There are wide range of staff benefits that are available to all members of staff employed directly by Aylesbury Vale Academy. Some of the benefits include:-
- A workplace fully committed to the principles of the DfE Wellbeing Charter
- Priority admissions for school staff
- Bespoke CPD that is often self-directed
- Free employee assistance programme - 24/7 phone line for free emotional, bereavement and financial concerns
- Well-embedded systems that provide clear structures at the same time as allowing individuals to work with autonomy
- 10% discount on pre-school places
- 10% discount on Primary wraparound care
- 25% discount on the use of the Lettings facilities (sport pitches, sports hall, drama studios, community suite, part rooms)
- Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
Our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children will be reflected throughout the recruitment process and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and an online screening check. We also carry out enhanced DBS checks every five years.
Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children will be reflected throughout the recruitment process and the successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and an online screening check. We also carry out Enhanced DBS checks every five years.
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About The Aylesbury Vale Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 19
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1816 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Aylesbury Vale Academy website (opens in new tab)
Thank you for expressing your interest in the post of Teacher of IT. This is a school where we aim to go beyond the expected to ensure that students' life chances are enhanced.
We are proud of our non-selective, fully inclusive status and believe that children and young people, regardless of their background, ability or circumstances can thrive and succeed here. That is why we place respect, aspiration and resilience at the heart of everything we do.
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