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Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23656 - £24027 per annum
School Counsellor job summary
Salary: SCP 1-3 + well-being cash plan + WMPS + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 37 hours a week, 39 weeks per year
Contract type: Fixed term until the 19 July 2025 (initially)
Start date: ASAP
Your new school
Part of Lift Schools, Greenwood Academy is an ambitious secondary school led by a dedicated and approachable Associate Principal, Richard Johnson. Having been with the school since 2020 but part of Lift Schools since 2001, he has established a caring and welcoming culture across the school. Staff take time to get to know each pupil and leaders have created a strong community where staff and pupils look after each other and this extends beyond the school gates. Staff have built effective links with families and the wider community as recognised by the latest 'good' Ofsted. Due to an internal promotion we are now looking for a school counsellor to focus on supporting pupils with SEMH (social, emotion and meant health difficulties), this is initially a fixed term contract until July but we are hopeful it will become a permanent position.
Your new role
This is a pivotal role for providing student advice and guidance to support the welfare of all pupils across the academy. You'll provide an independent and confidential counselling service to pupils, through individual sessions and group sessions, responding to their personal, social, emotional or educational concerns. The role is also responsible for maintaining appropriate records and liaising regularly with the Principal, SLT, SENDCO and other professionals as necessary in relation to pupils' safeguarding and welfare.
What you'll need to succeed
You will have a proven record of building strong relationships with staff, pupils, parents and external agencies. You'll actively listen and understand pupils, ensuring effective and empathetic interactions and have the ability to de-escalate situations and deal calmly with pupils and other stakeholders.
We offer you:
* Comprehensive training: Access to some of the best developmental training to boost your career.
* Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
* Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.
Please don't wait until the closing date to apply as we will review applications as we receive them.
Closing date: Friday 7th February 2025
Interview date: Week commencing 10th February 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered. We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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
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Commitment to safeguarding
Lift Schools is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
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About Greenwood Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 942 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
Lift Greenwood is a vibrant, successful 11-18 school situated in the heart of Castle Vale. We moved into our £20 million new build in September 2017 with world class facilities. Coupled with this is a highly professional staff and students who are keen to learn. As a result of being oversubscribed, we are embarking on the next wave of recruitment for the highest calibre of staff who can help us to grow our school community.
So why work at Lift Greenwood?
1. Teaching and Learning
Quality first teaching is at the core of everything we do. To support this, our evidence-based Teaching and Learning vision incorporates Barack Rosenshine’s Principles of Direct Instruction. Literacy is a significant part of every lesson. Standard written and Spoken English is insisted upon and modelled by all teachers to ensure our students can achieve their potential.
Most importantly, we do not grade observations at Lift Greenwood, we believe that regular, developmental feedback creates a strong, supportive and vibrant culture.
2. Expectations
We have a firm and fair approach to behaviour, systematically supported by senior staff; all pupil detentions are centralised and run by senior staff every day. Teachers are therefore able to prioritise the planning and teaching of their subject.
3. Work-life balance
We are committed to reducing teacher workload and making sure that everything we do has a positive impact on pupil learning. This means we have a slimmed-down marking policy, a centralised knowledge focused homework policy, no parents evenings and a minimal assessment, reporting and data entry cycle.
Ofsted
We are judged to be a 'Good' school and we were last inspected in October 2021.
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