School Counsellor (with potential management responsibilities for the mental health team)
Katherine Warington School, Harpenden, AL5 5FH14 days remaining to apply
Closing date
3 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £34,072.00 - £41,182.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £25,430 to £30,738
School Counsellor (with potential management responsibilities for the mental health team) job summary
Main duties:
To provide an independent and confidential counselling service to our students through individual sessions, responding to their personal, social, emotional or educational concerns
To evaluate and make decisions about psychological intervention or referral to other external services via the relevant Head of Year e.g social services, CAMHS
To maintain appropriate records and ensure that these are kept in a secure location in line with school policy
To liaise, where appropriate and with the student’s consent and in accordance with the school’s policies, with other members of staff;
To be alert to trends and patterns of problems and be willing to identify causes and recommend corrective action to Pastoral team;
As and when requested, to devise, and where appropriate, deliver training/group works to students and/or staff or parents;
To play an active role in safeguarding the students by adhering to the relevant school policies including the school’s safeguarding policy.
To be part of the triage process for referrals with the team
To proactively attend team meetings
Person Specification
Holder of recognised counselling/psychotherapy qualification.
Professional accreditation by BACP or UKCP.
Experience of working with young people in an education setting.
Competency in the use of ICT for administration.
Good communication skills.
Understanding of safeguarding requirements and legislation in schools.
Other Professional Requirements:
To adhere to school policy on equity and diversity
To contribute to the overall ethos/aims of the school
Use behaviour management strategies, in line with the school’s policy and procedures.
To appreciate and support the roles of other professionals
To participate in training opportunities and professional development as required
To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school
Attend INSET training sessions and staff meetings and assist with Open Day as required
To undertake morning break and/or lunch duties, supervising students in and around the school premises
These key accountabilities outline the main areas of the role; they are not a comprehensive list of tasks to be undertaken.
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.
CVs are not accepted.
About Katherine Warington School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 923 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Katherine Warington School website (opens in new tab)
Katherine Warington School is a new comprehensive, co‐educational and non‐denominational academic secondary school (opened September 19) with 750 students currently (180 in each of years 7, 8, 9 and 10 – these year groups are already oversubscribed). The school will add a
further 180 students in each subsequent year and then open a 250 strong Sixth Form. By 2025 we will have grown to our capacity of 1,150 students. The school was established through the partnership of the Harpenden Secondary Schools Trust, which includes the three outstanding
schools in Harpenden: Roundwood Park, St George’s and Sir John Lawes and additional partners: the University of Hertfordshire and Rothamsted Research Centre (a world leading non‐profit agricultural science research centre).
Further details about the school, including our prospectus and virtual tour, can be found on our website: www.kwschool.co.uk
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