School Counsellor

School Counsellor

Cross Campus Role 8-4pm

Term time plus 2 weeks

To provide a high quality counselling service to students experiencing a wide range of social and emotional problems. To provide workshops to groups of students to promote wellbeing as required. Main Responsibilities

● To support academic achievement by helping students develop confidence, resilience and motivation to support academic attainment

● To help students develop emotionally so as to make a valuable contribution to society

● To provide support by building non-judgemental relationships of trust and respect with your clients ● To provide age appropriate counselling designed to the support learning and development of individual and groups

● To respond to referrals from staff, parents and students and assess suitability of clients for counselling interventions to support learning

● To evaluate all referrals for manageability within school and recommend referrals to outside agencies when appropriate

● To manage a caseload and maintain confidential client records and counselling information on students as appropriate

● Provide an annual Counselling report to your line manager.

● Maintains up to date skills through regularly assessing training and maintaining membership of appropriate professional bodies

● To play a significant part in contributing to the well-being of all students, not just those receiving counselling in one-to one sessions.

School Counsellor

● To promote positive mental health and a feeling of well-being within the School

● To respond proactively to identified mental health needs within the school.

● To contribute to the ethos and aims of the school

● To participate in the School’s appraisal system

● To take responsibility for personal Health and Safety ensuring that all accidents and near misses are reported

● To undertake other work of an appropriate nature and in the interests of the school as directed by the Line Manager

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