School Counsellors
- Organisation: Headington School
- Location: Oxfordshire
- Tenure: Full-time / Part-time / Temporary / Fixed Term / Maternity
- Closing Date: Monday 27 March 2023
This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team of term time only counsellors within Headington School as we seek to build on and expand our counselling service.
Headington is a vibrant and welcoming school set in 23 acres of playing fields and grounds. In an environment where individuals come first, Headington is renowned for its commitment to academic excellence and an impressive range of sports, music and arts.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team of counsellors within Headington School as we seek to build on and expand our counselling service. Headington is proud of its pastoral care provision and our school counsellors work within a dedicated team of teaching and non-teaching staff who strive to deliver high quality pastoral care for our diverse mix of students.
We are looking for qualified individuals with experience of working therapeutically with children and young people to support their mental health, emotional, social and behavioural needs. This is a non-teaching pupil facing role. The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the developmental, emotional, social and educational issues affecting young people from diverse backgrounds, as well as having a passion for student wellbeing, safeguarding and pastoral care.
We will review applications as we receive them and reserve the right to invite candidates for interview earlier than the closing date shown.
Headington School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and DBS and barred lists checks. The School expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Headington School is an equal opportunities employer.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team of term time only counsellors within Headington School as we seek to build on and expand our counselling service.
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Headington is a vibrant and welcoming school set in 23 acres of playing fields and grounds. In an environment where individuals come first, Headington is renowned for its commitment to academic excellence and an impressive range of sports, music and arts.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team of counsellors within Headington School as we seek to build on and expand our counselling service. Headington is proud of its pastoral care provision and our school counsellors work within a dedicated team of teaching and non-teaching staff who strive to deliver high quality pastoral care for our diverse mix of students.
We are looking for qualified individuals with experience of working therapeutically with children and young people to support their mental health, emotional, social and behavioural needs. This is a non-teaching pupil facing role. The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the developmental, emotional, social and educational issues affecting young people from diverse backgrounds, as well as having a passion for student wellbeing, safeguarding and pastoral care.
We will review applications as we receive them and reserve the right to invite candidates for interview earlier than the closing date shown.
Headington School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and DBS and barred lists checks. The School expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Headington School is an equal opportunities employer.
