Mental Health, Wellbeing Officer and School Counsellor
Waingels
Wokingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale 6 (point 18 to 24)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 23 July 2019
Job overview
Mental Health, Wellbeing Officer and School Counsellor
Scale 6 (point 18 to 24)
Actual Salary £20,759 to £23,824
37 hours per week - term time only plus three additional days
We are committed to providing our students with an outstanding education. Improving opportunities and outcomes for our students is at the heart of all that we do. We believe that all young people deserve to leave education confident that they have developed the skills they need to achieve their ambitions, with meaningful education, work and life experiences to draw on.
The school’s vision of Independence, Communication, Wellbeing and Achievement for all is integral to our work. We work in partnership with parents and carers, and with the wider community, to prepare our students for their future lives.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic person who is suitably qualified in counselling to build on our outstanding provision. You will have a key role in meeting the emotional, mental health and wellbeing needs of our students. The nature of the role is flexible and might involve working 1:1, in small groups and / or with a class group.
Download an application pack from our website www.waingels.wokingham.sch.uk
Applications should be submitted as soon as possible.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews arranged accordingly
The college is committed to safeguarding, equal opportunities and to promoting the welfare of all staff and students.
Attached documents
About Waingels
Culture and Values
Waingels is a very successful 11 to 18 Comprehensive school serving its local community. Our successes and achievements can be attributed to our commitment to establish and grow a Better Never Stops culture, providing a safe, inclusive and rich learning environment where students feel safe and valued, founded on respectful relationships for all.
Learning at Waingels takes place in a climate of mutual RESPECT where diversity and difference are celebrated. Students strive for excellence in everything that they do and take PRIDE in their achievements, effort and conduct. We challenge our students to be independent, RESILIENT and responsible learners; to embrace challenge, to learn from disappointment and failure, and to accept the challenge that getting better never stops.
We are proud of our students’ progress and effort and set high standards and expectations. We value kindness and expect all members of our community to be KIND, courteous and considerate. We all belong to a community and work together as a team in a spirit of cooperation, collaboration and support.
Our values underpin our Waingels Ready expectations that we have for everyone within the Waingels community. These expectations form the basis of everything we do, and everything we believe in as a school and as a community.
I am prepared to learn.
I am proud of my achievements, efforts, and successes.
I am a positive member of the Waingels community.
I will respect myself, others, and our drive to learn and grow.
I will build resilience, remaining focused and on task.
I will be responsible for speaking and acting towards others in a kind way.
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