School Counsellor
Saint Joseph RC Primary School
Brent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale Point 3-4, £18,562 - £18,933 plus London Weighting £1,978 pro rata/per annum (negotiable depending on experience)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- To be arranged
- Apply by:
- 21 June 2021
Job overview
St Joseph’s is an outstanding Catholic primary school. We wish appoint a School Counsellor to provide a professional and confidential service to students, in order to promote emotional health and wellbeing, enabling them to overcome barriers to learning.
We are looking for applicants that hold a recognized post-graduate qualification in counselling / psychotherapy, preferably at Master’s level or a minimum requirement at Diploma level. Applicants should be accredited (or working towards accreditation), registered or a member of a professional body e.g. B.A.C.P./U.K.C.P. or an equivalent. Applicants should have an understanding of a range of therapeutic disciplines.
You will have:
• vision, be forward thinking and be able to work with conflicting demands;
• the ability to be flexible with working arrangements;
• the ability to work on your own initiative to plan and evaluate, managing a varied caseload
We offer:
• a strong commitment to your professional development and career management;
• an opportunity to be part of an enthusiastic and creative team;
• a working environment focused on Teaching and Learning and raising standards for all.
We are seeking suitably qualified candidates who can work well both individually and as part of a team to make a difference to the lives of children and help them deal with the difficulties they may face.
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post.
As this post involves working with children, vulnerable adults or dealing with sensitive information, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage, even if you indicate otherwise.
To apply for this post: In the first instance, please send your C.V. to: admin@stjo.brent.sch.uk or you can complete the support staff application forms, which are available to download from our school website www.stjosephsrc.co.uk
About Saint Joseph RC Primary School
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School is a mixed Roman Catholic voluntary aided school for children aged 3-11 in Brent, London. It has around 490 pupils, 90% of which are from ethnic minorities.
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School has excellent links with its parish church, The Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden, with the parish priest making weekly visits to the school as part of its pastoral programme. During the Early Years Foundation Stage, there is a strong emphasis on learning through play, both child initiated and planned play.
St Joseph’s is now a National Support School.
Headteacher
Dawn Titus
Values and vision
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School aims to provide a stimulating learning environment in which each child can fulfil his or her academic potential. Appropriate provision is made for the moral, emotional, physical intellectual and special needs of pupils at each stage in their development.
The school strives to create a climate where lessons are entirely focused on learning and believes that it achieves this by achieving outstanding behaviour in its pupils.. It seeks to offer every person the opportunity to be a unique and valued individual, sharing and developing belief in the teachings of Jesus through everyday relationships and mutual respect in dealings with one another.
Ofsted
“Teaching is outstanding. Pupils succeed because lessons are consistently good and outstanding. There is a wide range of very effective extra support for pupils. All staff have very high expectations.”
View St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School’s latest Ofsted report
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