Student Counsellor
Prendergast Ladywell School
Lewisham
- £17,903 - £18,554 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- SO2 (point 27 – 29) £34,689 - £35,949 pro-rata
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2021
Job overview
We wish to appoint 2 Student Counsellors, each working 3 days a week, to increase the support on offer to our students. Working as part of our enthusiastic, collaborative and supportive Inclusion Team, you will provide students aged 11 – 16 with practical solution-focussed counselling on a time-limited basis. You will work with a wide range of issues including bereavement and loss, transition, eating disorders and self-harm, depression and anger management, abuse of any kind, anxiety and fears.
The successful candidate will have, or be working towards, BACP accreditation. You will be an excellent communicator, building effective relationships with staff, students and parents / carers and have the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
There is also the opportunity to increase to working 5 days a week across the Federation.
You will share our ethos that disadvantage need not be a barrier to academic achievement and success for all.
Hours: 21 hours a week, 39 weeks a year
Prendergast Ladywell School is part of the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools; we believe that all our students can achieve excellence and that they deserve the very best teachers and resources to reach their potential. Our caring environment values achievement and we insist on tolerance and mutual respect.
You will have the opportunity to work with a forward thinking school leadership team. We provide a comprehensive and supportive induction programme for all new members of staff. You will also have access to a rich and varied CPD programme within the school and across the Federation.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional with a background of working with children and young people.
To apply, please click here .
Closing Date: Monday 29 November 2021
Interviews: Friday 3 December 2021
Please note CVs are not accepted.
The Leathersellers’ Federation of schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all employees are required to have an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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About Prendergast Ladywell School
Prendergast Ladywell School is a coeducational 4-16 school where young people in our local community are provided with an excellent education that enables them to achieve outstanding outcomes in a safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environment. We are a school that CARES; where Community, Ambition, Resilience, Effort, and Success are valued. Our students are led by reflective and committed teachers and support staff.
We believe that all our students can Achieve Excellence; it is the motto written on the badge of every student in the school. Prendergast Ladywell School provides high-quality teaching and an enjoyable and challenging curriculum, complemented by a wide range of enrichment activities. Our reflective and kind students are encouraged to make positive contributions to our school and our community and to be healthy, happy, and engaged citizens.
Our school ethos is underpinned by the relationships that the members of our community have with each other. These relationships are built on the foundation of compassion, equity, and mutual respect, so that members of our community have a sense of belonging and are free to develop into the best versions of themselves.
We are Stronger Together; we contribute to and benefit from the collaboration and support of the Leathersellers' Federation Vision and Values
We look forward to working with you.
Niall Hand
Headteacher
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