School Counsellor

King Henry School has a great opportunity to appoint a School Counsellor to join our growing pastoral team from January 2023. 

For this role, candidates need a membership to the BACP, UKCP registered, or BPC and hold a Postgraduate Diploma or a Masters in Counselling/Psychotherapy. You will have experience working with children and young people ideally in a school/college setting. You will be aware of national policies, codes of practice, and ethics and maintain relevant career professional development. You will also be willing to work as part of a committed team, working to the very high standards of the academy. In return, you will enjoy a rewarding role in which you can have a significant impact on the mental well-being of all pupils, especially those with additional needs, and staff.

Previous experience in an educational environment is essential as you will work in a secondary academy to offer one-to-one support and therapy sessions with pupils, and join a strong community of pupils and staff. Your role will also include providing mental well-being clubs, and intervention sessions to support pupils in developing their emotional resilience. An ability to provide a range of creative therapy sessions is desirable, in order to develop pupils’ emotional language and ability to express themselves. You will provide a high-quality counselling service to pupils experiencing a complex and wide range of emotional difficulties. You will also provide support, guidance, and advice to parents/carers and other staff members within the academy. You will contribute to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare and personal care of pupils.

The working basis of this role is 36 hours per week during Term Time plus 1 week inset.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ The starting salary offered is commensurate with experience on Bexley Scale 6, ranging between £21,947 - £23,046 per annum (£25,629 - £26,913 full time equivalent).

Note that Leigh Academies Trust is currently supporting King Henry School to recruit exceptional staff who can make an immediate positive impact on the school community and all of its students. Click here to read about the potential transition of King Henry to Leigh Academies Trust in early 2023. This is a hugely exciting time to join King Henry School and for our staff to work together under the remarkable leadership of John Dixon, Principal. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which are why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.