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School Counsellor

Meopham School, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0AH

This job expired on 15 October 2021 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 November 2021

• Closing date

  15 October 2021 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 October 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 1 day a week, 7.5 hours.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,164 to £34,499 (SAT 9)
• Actual salary: £5124 to £5861 pro rata

School Counsellor job summary

Permanent position, Term Time only.

1 Day a week, 7.5 hours a week.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, skilled, individual to join our team as a School Counsellor.

The role of a School Counsellor is to provide an independent and confidential counselling service to students responding to their personal, social, emotional or education concerns.

Ideally the successful candidate will have:
● A recognised counselling qualification at Diploma level (level 4) or Advanced Diploma Level (Level 5).
● British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration (BACP) or UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
● Experience in managing a counselling caseload.
● Positive communication and listening skills.
● Empathy and a non-judgmental approach.
● Ability to maintain professional and confidential case records.

Meopham School is situated in a beautiful village location. Our staff love working in our warm, friendly, family environment. We are involved in extensive outreach work across schools in Kent, both within the Trust and beyond. This means we can offer you an invigorating professional environment in which to grow. The opportunities are genially endless. Meopham School is the highest performing non-selective school in Kent. We invite you to be a significant part of our success

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Recruitment Pack - School Counsellor.pdf - 764 KB (opens in new tab)

About Meopham School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 957 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Meopham School website
• Email address: susie.williams@swale.at
• Phone number: 01474 814646
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/meopham-school

We are an 11-18 school located in the beautiful village of Meopham, taking students from the surrounding villages and also from Gravesend, which is close by via public transport. We are very proud to be able to offer these young people a dynamic and forward-thinking school that embraces modernity, whilst also providing the tranquility and natural beauty of a traditional village setting. We believe that all young people - regardless of background - should be able to benefit from an education in such a setting.

As part of Swale Academies Trust, we benefit from a collaborative network of nine secondary schools in Kent and East Sussex, and as such, there are a range of professional development and further career progression opportunities available, including the full range of National Professional Qualifications.

We’re a supportive, friendly, approachable team who all work together because we all believe in the same thing: that our job, as educators, is to make the world - and its future - a better place. If you believe in the same thing too, then we warmly welcome you to come and take a look at what our school has to offer.

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