School Counsellor
St Michael’s Catholic School
School Counsellor
Pay Grade: Range 4
St Michael’s Catholic School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
- Immediate start
Posted 1 week ago, 26 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Today!
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Full Job Description
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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