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Cluster Counselling Coordinator

Cluster Counselling Coordinator

The John Roan School

Greenwich

Salary:
'negotiable for the right candidate'
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
30 September 2022

Job overview

A main focus of the Counselling Service is to provide individual therapy sessions or group sessions for emotionally vulnerable young people who would otherwise not have easy access to psychological therapies. This work is carried out in close collaboration with school staff and other professionals from statutory services. The service aims to work with trainees and qualified practitioners working within the recommended practice guidelines of the professional bodies regulating counselling and psychotherapy in the UK (BACP, UKCP, BAAT, BAPT, HPC).


We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Cluster Counselling Coordinator with a Post Graduate Qualification in psychodynamic or integrative counselling/psychotherapy, systemic therapy, or art therapy. It is essential to have significant experience of delivering individual counselling to young people, preferably within an educational setting. The job requires high levels of professionalism and leadership and management skills.


The role

The role of the Cluster Counselling Coordinator is initially to set up a counselling service in two of the cluster academies, The John Roan School and Sedgehill Academy, although the service will be based out of Bacon’s College.  The role will work in close collaboration with the Counselling Coordinator of the established counselling service in Bacon’s College.  You will be responsible for coordinating and managing the service in the three academies responding to the social, emotional and educational concerns of our students.


As Cluster Counselling Coordinator of the three academies, once the counselling services are established, you will be responsible for organising and coordinating placements for trainee Counsellors/Art Therapists. You will provide group or individual supervision to placement counsellors as required.


You will be responsible for gathering, screening and assessing referrals, managing wait lists and allocating students with the appropriate counsellor/trainee. You will be providing case management and keeping accurate records of individual work, assessments, evaluations, telephone conversations and meetings.


About you

You will have substantial experience of providing support for mental health through a variety of mechanisms including time limited individual counselling, group support and proactive mental wellbeing activities. 


You will also be able to demonstrate a track record of working safely and effectively with high-risk students, and experience of networking, liaising and using referral processes, both internally and within the wider context of CAMHS services, social care and other statutory and voluntary agencies.  


The role requires enthusiasm, energy and drive to provide services which contribute to a high-quality student experience. You must also have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong positive and collaborative working relationships with parents, colleagues within the pastoral teams, and key staff across the academies.


You must also be able to demonstrate an understanding of, and empathy for the needs of an ethically and socially diverse student community. You will possess excellent communication skills, use language accessible to young people and adolescents and be comfortable liaising with school staff and parents/carers.  It is vital that you have awareness of how emotional distress expresses itself in children and adolescents and have the interpersonal skills to work sensitively with it.

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About The John Roan School

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