School Counsellor

Wadham School, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7NT

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  13 May 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 5 Hours per week – Term Time Only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £3,095 - £3,488 PA
• Pay scale: Grade 12. Point 12 – 19

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seekingadedicated and experienced School Counsellor to join us at an exciting new chapter in the life of Wadham School. As part of an educational restructure in the local area, we have welcomed over 300 new students and 35 staff into our community and are now a secondary school of nearly 850 learners across Years 7-13.

This is a truly exceptional opportunity for a talented colleague.

We are looking for an outstanding individual who will relish the opportunity to:

• Support students and staff who are facing mental health and well-being issues, who would benefit from professional interventions with a qualified practitioner.
• Provide training and guidance to the Pastoral and Safeguarding team and attend all meetings.
• Promote positive mental health initiatives throughout the school and beyond.
• Manage a clinical caseload professionally, within the expected framework.
• Build and implement training and resources that will promote positive mental health.

You are likely to be someone who:

• Has exceptional experience working with young people and adults and is confident and self-assured whilst able to build professional relationships that foster support and assistance.
• Has experience of providing reports and evidence to support meetings and reviews, working to deadlines and sharing the school’s commitment to Data Protection.
• Is reliable and trustworthy and understands the safeguarding needs of our school community.

What the school offers its staff

Wadham School can offer you:

• The opportunity to work with exceptional colleagues and wonderful young people and their families in a highly supportive role.
• Part time hours to create a good work-life balance.
• The opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful areas of Southern England
• Fulfilment, in knowing that you matter, and the work you do makes a positive difference to the lives you touch.

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

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Apply for the job by following the link below

Visas cannot be sponsored.

About Wadham School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 816 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Wadham School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@wadhamschool.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wadham-school (opens in new tab)

Are you looking to work in a Good school (Ofsted, June 2019) with a community working together for the best possible outcomes for young people?

Wadham School is friendly, vibrant and forward looking. It is an exciting time at Wadham School. We strive to be a school which uses an evidence based approach to teaching and an ethos and drive for the school to be much more than just learning in lessons. A varied programme of extra-curricular activities and house competitions provides an exciting opportunity for staff to be involved in the wider school community. At our core is an aim, through everything that we do, to develop a sense of hope, a hope which will encourage and support students in becoming the best that they can be.

The school serves a beautiful area of South Somerset with excellent links to the wider South West, Bristol and Bath and direct train links to London from Crewkerne itself and Taunton.
If the above gives you a picture of a community that you would be excited to be part of then the students and staff at Wadham School invite your application and would love to meet you.

Arranging a visit to Wadham School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@wadhamschool.co.uk.

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