School Counsellor

Job overview

Haydon is a large, friendly and creative school in North West London. We have been judged as good by OFSTED. We are looking for a passionate School Counsellor to join our friendly school counselling team. We are an energetic and passionate department that is dedicated to cultivating a love of collaborative and inclusive working environment.

The Role:

• Counselling students.
• Supporting emotional needs of students.
• Performing a risk assessment of students during the first and last sessions to determine the severity of issues faced and progress made using core forms.
• Determining and applying different counselling strategies, theories, techniques and tools specific to the issues and needs of individual students
• Assisting students dealing with bereavement, bullying and other types of mental and physical abuse, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, eviction from home, self-esteem issues, eating disorders, sexuality, family break ups, peer pressure and exam stress.
• Applying tailored counselling approach to students with severe mental health issues (tier1, 2 and 3 CAHMS cases) until they are transferred to CAHMS.
• Provide counselling support to students after they finish their therapy at CAHMS.
• Supporting parents/carers where appropriate.
• Managing and prioritising the waiting list of students.
• Supporting Pupil Premium students through counselling.
• Assisting pupils on transfer to secondary school to integrate/adjust to their new environment.
• Ensuring students who are referred to the unit are supervised.

Reasons to work at Haydon school:    

• All teaching staff get a laptop;
• Two-week October half-term holiday;
• More generous upper pay scale;
• Automatic pay progression up the main teaching pay scale;
• High potential for career progression;
• Department offices;
• Only one directed meeting per week;
• Meeting free weeks spaced out throughout the year and an encouragement to leave work early;
• Flexible personalised CPD programme;
• Subsidies for appropriate academic studies;
• Discounted on site nursery places;
• Staff social events;
• Free on site flu vaccinations;
• Long service award -Enjoy a well deserved day off with full pay during term time;
• Free subscription to the Employee Assistance Programme for individual advice/counselling;
• Free access to the Education Support Partnership for advice on work and personal matters;
• Flexible working opportunities. Approx. 20% of teachers are part-time.
• Family friendly Leave of Absence policy;
• Balanced and well planned calendar - deadlines and parents evenings are well spaced out;
• Only three data drops per year group per year and no written reports;
• Email curfew (no evening, weekend and holiday emails);
• Wide variety of extracurricular activities;
• Opportunity to accompany students on trips in UK and abroad;
• Working area in staff room with computers and printers;
• Ample car parking on site;
• Free tea and coffee;
• Photocopiers in all subject areas;
• Use of apps to reduce workload and increase collaborative sharing e.g. Satchel, SAMpeople, Google Drive;
• Centralised data analysis department;
• Support with exams - the school will pay exam fees and allow the exam to be taken at the school;
• Receipt of personal deliveries to school;
• Wellbeing awareness days;
• Induction days for all teaching staff before starting work;
• ECTs all have a subject specialist mentor and a teacher buddy;
• Annual staff survey
• Sabbatical and career break leave policy;
• Staff garden;
• Access to a well-equipped gym;
• Non graded lesson observations;
• Discounted membership at nearby Gym and Leisure Centre;
• Opportunity to lead whole school projects;
• Governor afternoon tea events for staff feedback

We have a very large sixth form and encourage our staff to teach to A-level.

Probation periods apply for both Teaching and non-teaching staff.

Please click on the ‘apply’ button below to complete the application form for this role. Joining Haydon might just be the best decision you ever made.

We reserve the right to interview as and when applications are received. CV's will not be accepted

Application and covering letter should be sent to hr@haydonschool.com

If you would like to discuss the post or require further information please contact, Aruna Matik, amatik1@haydonschool.com

To find out why we’re so proud of Haydon School, visit our website now: www.haydonschool.com or check us out on twitter @HaydonSchool

Haydon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers must share this commitment.

To promote a safe environment for students, Haydon School employs a strict selection and recruitment policy which includes all statutory checks on staff and regular volunteers including Enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service) checks.