School Counsellor
Hitchin Boys' School, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JBThis job expired on 11 July 2022
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
11 July 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 June 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week; 39 weeks per year (Term Time + 5 days)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £28,226 - £35,336
Actual salary
- £21,302 - £26,668
School Counsellor job summary
Join an OUTSTANDING school!
Hitchin Boys’ School (HBS) is a successful over-subscribed school with academy status. Following Ofsted's visit in September 2021, we were delighted to announce that we have once again received top marks by retaining the judgement of ‘Outstanding’.
We are seeking to appoint a School Counsellor to provide a high-quality counselling service to our students, responding to social, emotional or educational concerns. The role will work alongside our pastoral support teams aiding the outcome of excellent teaching and learning for all students.
Our ideal candidate will work collaboratively with relevant staff making them aware of problems experienced by students and will make recommendations as to how these may be managed/resolved, as appropriate. They will offer pupils, a comfortable, safe, non-judgemental and confidential space to voice and explore their thoughts, feelings and worries, along with complex experiences and personal concerns and difficulties.
For this role, experience in a similar role and qualifications are essential. Candidates must have a recognised professional post-graduate counselling or psychotherapeutic qualification to Degree or Masters level or equivalent. They will also be accredited by the BACP, or registered with UKCP, BPS or other professional registering body and have a further therapeutic training/qualification in working with children and young people. Experience of safeguarding is essential as is the ability to maintain confidentiality within the school’s safeguarding procedures.
If you think you have the potential to work as an outstanding school counsellor then we would be delighted to hear from you. We offer a secure, supportive environment, a full induction programme for all new staff and continuous professional development.
HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts. Further details and an application form are available on the school website. Completed applications should be emailed to Mrs Becky Rose, HR Assistant at brose@hitchinboys.co.uk.
Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 11th July*
Interviews: w/e 15th July
* We retain the right to close the deadline early if a suitable candidate is identified.
HBS welcomes applications from all applicants who meet the requirements for the position, however we are especially keen to receive applications from those in minority groups for which the School is currently underrepresented. We celebrate diversity and thrive on the benefits it brings.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hitchin Boys' School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1364 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Hitchin Boys' School website
- Email address
- brose@hitchinboys.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01462 432181
Overview
Hitchin Boys’ School is a high achieving, all-ability, single sex school with over 1,300 pupils (aged 11-18) on roll and a mixed sixth form, which forms part of the Hitchin Schools’ consortium.
We want all our pupils to leave Hitchin Boys' School having had a rich and fulfilling experience that enables them to enter an ever-changing world being Strong and True. We want them to leave as ambassadors for the future, embracing our core values to make a positive difference, leading and shaping the communities and world they encounter. We want them to have strength of character and a versatile and agile mind. Through this, they will flourish.
The school honours our history, but is also ambitious for our future, and strives for excellence by ensuring we have:
* A school where everyone matters; the whole community can be true to themselves and others
* High Expectations
* Aspirational outcomes
* First rate opportunities underpinned by high quality resources.
Teaching and learning remain at the heart of everything we do. Pupils are exposed to a broad and challenging curriculum, drawing on the very best practices and research. We review out provision ensuring every key stage provides academic rigour, breadth and depth, whilst promoting strong literacy and oracy skills. Through personalisation we will ensure all members of the school community can fully access and participate in the curriculum.
Arranging a visit to Hitchin Boys' School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email brose@hitchinboys.co.uk.
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