School Counsellor
The Grange School
Cheshire West and Chester
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £32,000 per annum, dependent on experience.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2024
Job overview
The post offered is that of School Counsellor, to work alongside the counselling team.
The successful candidate will provide a counselling service to the pupils of The Grange School and will report to the Head of the School Counselling Service.
Working hours are 32.5 hours per week during term time only.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be expected to fulfil the following duties:
- To offer pupils individual counselling and support
- To work with a diverse range of issues including bereavement and loss, transition, eating disorders and self-harm, depression, anger management and erratic behaviour, abuse of any kind, anxiety and fears
- To provide consultation to other pastoral staff
- To liaise with the Head of the School Counselling Service/Whole School SENCo
- To discuss with the Head of the School Counselling Service where there is a need to involve outside agencies
- |To keep suitable case records on the counselling in a secure place, as directed
- To attend regular supervision with a suitably qualified supervisor (a contribution to the costs will be made by the School)
- Working in consultation with the School child protection policies
- To discuss with the Head of the School Counselling Service/Whole School SENCo on a regular basis on numbers using the service and give a general overview of the types of problems with which the users of the service are presenting
- To perform duties within the codes of practice and ethics recommended by the BACP, UKCP or equivalent organisation
- Where time allows, work alongside the Head of the School Counselling Service/Whole School SENCo to further our wider mental health strategy
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About The Grange School
The Grange School has been one of the great success stories of independent education over the past forty years. The school was founded in 1933 as a Kindergarten and Preparatory School. In 1977, the Governors took the major step of developing secondary education and since 1978 the school has grown steadily and developed an outstanding academic reputation. Today, The Grange has a total enrolment of 1209 students with 411 in the Junior School (4-11 years) and 798 in the Senior School. It is consistently one of the best performing schools in Cheshire and undoubtedly among the very best independent co-educational day schools in the country.
Our academic results speak for themselves; we are consistently one of the highest ranking co-educational independent schools in the country. In 2024, 21% of GCSE entries were awarded grade 9. At A Level (in 2024), 26% of entries were awarded an A* grade. Thanks to these excellent results, 90% of our leavers went on to join their first-choice university.
More importantly we are a very happy school. The relationship between staff and students is exceptional; although very busy and, at times, pressurised, it is a pleasure to work and study in such a friendly environment. Expectations of teachers and pupils are high, but this serves both to stimulate achievement and provide reward.
We understand our chief purpose to be to help produce young people who truly flourish and find fulfilment as adults. We try to do this by helping them to identify and develop their unique combination of strengths, talents and passions, and to challenge them to find a purpose for their lives which such attributes can serve.
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