School Wellbeing Practitioner
St Mary's Calne
Calne
- £28,000 - £33,000 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salaried position, contractual holiday and sick pay, EAP programme, free meals and parking on site
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 1 June 2022
Job overview
We are excited to be offering brand new opportunities to join us as Wellbeing Practitioners.
Working alongside the Admissions and Pastoral Teams, Wellbeing Practitioners will help manage the transition of pupils into the school and new boarding houses. This will include supporting the development of transition and induction programmes and support at school events such as interview evenings and welcome days.
The Wellbeing Practitioner will work with the Wellbeing and Pastoral Teams with the day-to-day pupil mental health and wellbeing concerns and help to develop a service for young people aged 11 to 18 years that offers a range of preventative and supportive opportunities accessible to all pupils alongside our School Counselling to support positive emotional wellbeing.
Other duties will include planning and delivering group sessions on agreed topics related to wellbeing and positive mental health, supporting pupils in managing an effective transfer into St Mary’s and support the reintegration of those who have been absent with mental health issues alongside the Safeguarding, Wellbeing and Pastoral Teams and the promotion healthy lifestyles and positive mental health and wellbeing.
Successful applicants will hold an approved certification in coaching, mentoring and counselling and will also have further therapeutic training/qualification in working with adolescents. BACP accreditation, UKCP registration or BPC in counselling or other therapy would be advantageous.
Key skills will include an understanding of the developmental, emotional, social and educational issues of young people and the ability to build rapport and trust with them as a respected champion and practitioner of positive wellbeing and mental health
Funding is available for these roles for around 50 hours per week. Because of this we are able to offer two employment options for applicants interested in these roles. Applicants will be able to request either set contracted hours or alternatively, for maximum flexibility, zero hours contracts. Posts are offered on a term time only basis (35 weeks per year).
The salary range for this position is £28,000 – £33,500 FTE, this equates to an hourly rate of £13.50 - £16.14 per hour plus holiday pay for the zero hours contracts.
For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact Sophie Toland, Deputy Head Pastoral via email at stoland@stmaryscalne.org
Closing date for applications: 9am on Wednesday 1st June 2022 however potential applicants should be aware that applications may be reviewed as they are received and therefore the vacancy may close early.
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About St Mary's Calne
St Mary’s Calne is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18, a happy, purposeful and flourishing community of around 360 pupils with a 80% to 20% boarding to day ratio.
Founded in 1873, the school has been providing an outstanding education for girls for 150 years, and our alumnae have prominent positions in every profession from the law, politics and medicine to the arts, drama and sport. There is a strong tradition of the core academic subjects and strength in science and mathematics, as well as modern languages, arts and humanities.
Our Sixth Form is flourishing and highly successful, with over 120 girls. The girls benefit from exceptional careers advice and work hard to achieve their goals. Their academic results are outstanding and the girls go on to study at top UK and American universities; the striking range of courses they embark upon shows the wealth of choice available to our pupils. Many of the Sixth Form also undertake extensive pieces of independent research in the form of the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), with 100% achieving A*s last year.
Located near the market town of Calne and amidst the natural beauty of the Wiltshire Downs, we are also within easy reach of the university towns of Bath, Bristol and Oxford and just over an hour by train from London. Our ideal location means that our girls benefit from a huge range of curriculum-enhancing opportunities as well as extra-curricular ones.
ISI May 2017: Under the new ISI framework in both quality of Pupil Achievement and Pupil Development St Mary’s was awarded the highest possible grade – Excellent. In addition, St Mary’s was found to be robustly compliant with all the ISI statutory standards in the Focused Compliance Inspection.
Our strategic plans for the next few years include the following:
- To build on and develop a high expectation and success culture amongst pupils and staff.
- To continue to develop and strengthen a fully integrated education for each girl which responds to her individual needs.
- To develop a cutting edge curriculum and extra-curriculum that anticipates and responds to the needs of the workplace and life in the 21st century and allows girls to develop their agility of mind, their independence in learning and their adaptability.
- To develop school structures, systems and facilities to support and enable our curriculum aims.
- To ensure the high profile of St Mary’s is recognised in the local, national and international community.
St Mary’s offers positions on its own pay scale based on experience and expertise. Benefits include pension scheme, reduced school fees for dependents (including girls and boys up to 11 at St Margaret’s Preparatory School), a nominal fee for on site Sport Club membership (including access to a wide range of fitness classes, swimming pool and gym) and excellent term time meals.
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