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Sixth Form Counsellor

Tring School, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5JD

This job expired on 7 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16.10 - £17.29 Hourly

Sixth Form Counsellor job summary

We are seeking a counsellor to support our Sixth Form students for 1 day a week.

Main Areas of Responsibility:

• Responds to referrals and assess referrals individually for suitability of counselling intervention

• Provides age appropriate counselling designed to support learning for individuals and groups.

• Manages a caseload and maintains confidential client records and counselling information on students as appropriate.

• Maintains up to date skills through regularly assessing training and maintaining membership of appropriate professional bodies.

• Daily check in with Lead School Counsellor to discuss cases and wellbeing

• Assists students to explore and examine their own feelings, beliefs, values and behaviour to support their learning and interpersonal skills.

• Enhances students’ educational achievement through support and guidance

• Prepare counselling schedules on a weekly basis, keeping the overview up to date.

• Record no shows on the overview, email students to remind them of the 2 no show rule

• Email students/staff with details of their next appointment date and time

See Job Description/Person Specification for further details

The successful applicant will:

• Have a Diploma level qualification (Level 5+) Would consider L4 for the right candidate.

• Have counselling experience post qualification and accreditation or registration with an appropriate professional body.

• Be qualified to work with young adults age 16 and above

• Be familiar with Gillick competence and Fraser guidelines

• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with young people.

• Be able to manage confidentiality within the constraints of safeguarding guidelines and requirements.

• Have a positive regard for young people

• Have a flexible approach

• Be calm, patient and non judgemental

• Possess good organisational skills

• Have the ability to work under pressure

• Be able to work as part of a team

• Receive a minimum of 1.5 hours monthly 1:1 supervision (supervisors details required)

We will offer you a positive and innovative learning culture supported by students, staff, parents and governors. We have enthusiastic students who are willing to learn and behave well in and around the school, and a professional, hardworking and supportive team of staff with capacity and commitment to raise student achievement even further.

Tring School can offer the successful candidate:

• Training for school specific systems as required

• ‘State of the Art’ school facilities and equipment

• Children of staff have second priority admission after 2 years’ service or recruited to fill a post with a demonstrable skill shortage

• Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme

• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme

• Cycle to Work scheme and free on-site parking

• Free flu vaccinations

• Dedicated wellbeing team who are extremely passionate about ensuring our staff are well looked after

• Discounted membership to our onsite Sports Centre, offering swimming and exercise classes

Tring School is very popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England comprehensive school with over 1500 students on roll including 330 in the Sixth Form. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work. Ofsted Inspection November 2017 stated: ‘Pupils are highly motivated to learn.' ‘Teaching is good overall with outstanding features.’ Staff wellbeing is incredibly important to Tring School and we have a wellbeing team who organise events and surprises to support staff, as well as links to external support via our Employee Assistance Program. All staff receive high quality CPD opportunities provided to the whole school and within the department.

We are proud to be joined by two local Primary schools in our closely formed MAT, The Ridgeway Learning Partnership, where we create a seamless educational journey from ages 3-19.

We warmly welcome visits.

“The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.”Safer recruitment Policy , Child protection Policy KCSIE 2024

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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About Tring School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1568 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tring School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tring-school

Tring School is popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England all-ability school, 1500 on roll, over 300 Post-16. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work. Ofsted Inspection November 2017 stated: ‘Pupils are highly motivated to learn.' ‘Teaching is good overall with outstanding features.’

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