School Counsellor at Sir John Lawes School and Samuel Ryder Academy

Scholars' Education Trust, St Albans, AL1 5AR

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  7 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,500.00 Annually (Actual)

School Counsellor at Sir John Lawes School and Samuel Ryder Academy job summary

Job Description

School Counsellor based at Sir John Lawes, Harpenden and Samuel Ryder Academy, St Albans

Actual Salary: £23,500

Hours: 26 hours per week, term time + INSET.

Reporting to: Headteachers

Job Purpose

The School Counsellor will provide a counselling service to the pupils and staff at Sir John Lawes School and Samuel Ryder Academy. The successful candidate will have a dedicated office.

Key Responsibilitieso offer Students individual counselling and support.

• To offer Students individual counselling and support
• To work with a diverse range of issues including bereavement and loss, transition, eating disorders and self-harm, depression, anger management and erratic behaviour, abuse of any kind, anxiety and fears.
• To liaise with the pastoral management team.
• To network with personnel from other agencies with a view to easing referrals and accessing specialist consultants.
• To keep suitable case records on the counselling in a secure place.
• To attend regular supervision with a suitably qualified supervisor
• Working in consultation with the Trust’s child protection and safeguarding policies.
• To provide information on the counselling service, the role of the counsellor and the boundaries of confidentiality to pupils, staff and parents.
• To report back on a regular basis on numbers using the service and give a general overview of the types of problems with which the users of the service are presenting together with the impact of the Counselling service.
• To perform duties within the codes of practice and ethics recommended by the BACP, UKCP or equivalent organisation.
• To review and evaluate the service.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Education/Qualifications

• Level 4/5 Counselling
• BACP Accreditation, UKCP registration or BPC
• Further therapeutic training or qualification in working with children and young people

Knowledge

• An understanding of the developmental, emotional, social and educational issues of children and young people
• An awareness of range of needs of people from diverse ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds
• Knowledge of local mental health and CAMHS Service
• Knowledge of the Children’s Act and legislation pertaining to children

Experience

• Minimum of 2 year’s post qualification experience
• Minimum of 1 years’ experience of working with children and young people
• Experience of facilitating groups
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Skills and Abilities

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently, manage own caseload and use initiative
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexibility to work with a developing organisation
• Positive communication and listening skills
• Patience, tolerance and sensitivity
• A mature and non-judgemental outlook
• Enthusiasm

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the accountabilities and responsibilities for this post, each individual task may not be identified.

This job description is current, but following consultation with you, may be changed by the Headteacher to reflect or anticipate changes in the post which are commensurate with the salary and job title.

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Scholars' Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/scholars-education-trust

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