School Counsellor (Maternity Fixed Term 1 year)
Stretford Grammar School
Trafford
- £34,834 - £37,336 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Maternity Cover for Fixed Term of 1 Year
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 1 July 2024
Job overview
Job Title: School Counsellor
Line Manager: AHT Student Development and Wellbeing
Salary Scale: Paris Band 7 Point 26-29 (£34,834 to £37,336 FTE)
Hours: Maternity Cover for Fixed Term of 1 Year, up to July 2025 (or until the substantive post holder returns) 35 hours per week term time only, plus Inset 5 days
Main Job Purpose
The role is primarily to provide one to one counselling to students as referred by the pastoral team or through self-referral. To maintain appropriate secure records and provide consultation to the DSL. The School Counsellor is expected to liaise with the pastoral team, including Progress Leaders, work in consultation with the School's child protection policies and network with external agencies as and when required.
Responsibilities
1. Collaborating with the Progress Leaders to evaluate the needs of referred students and determine the correct level of support that is required.
2. Managing a caseload of students who require confidential one to one counselling or therapeutic group work, ensuring that support is provided in a timely manner.
3. Identifying next steps for students who require further support.
4. Maintaining accurate and detailed records of work undertaken with each student and inputting this on to the school CPOMS system.
5. Building positive relationships with the parents of students who are receiving support.
6. To be a visible and known member of the school community
7. Support Progress Leaders in the preparation and delivery of assemblies that address issues related to wellbeing, emotional resilience and self-confidence, among other agreed topics.
8. Being a source of informal support and provide formalised training for teaching and support staff that are providing support to students.
9. Contributing to the pastoral daily operations by ensuring that all students that visit the team are dealt with professionally and are able to return to lessons, if appropriate, following an evaluation of their needs.
10. To support the school’s initiatives to promote the well-being, health, pastoral care and personal development of pupils.
11. To support the school’s initiatives to promote the wellbeing of staff, if required.
12. To Identify and report any safeguarding and child protection concerns following school policies and procedures
Health and Safety
All employees are responsible for:
- Compliance with safety rules and procedures as laid down in their area of activity. (i.e catering and hospitality, use of trays, trolley)
- Ensuring that they take reasonable care of their own health and safety and hence avoid injury to themselves and to others by act or omission whilst at work.
- Using protective clothing or equipment as may be provided.
- Reporting promptly all sickness, accidents, unsafe working conditions or practices and dangerous occurrences of which they are aware.
- Co-operating with the Headteacher in the fulfilment of the objectives of the school Health and Safety Policies.
- To report promptly to the Headteacher any issues which have/may lead to a breach of regulations
The school
· Ensure that all school policies are adhered to and consistently implemented
· Ensure all areas of the school are maintained to a very high standard
· To carry out duties as required by the School or Headteacher
· To attend and support at evening events where requested e.g. Open evening, Entrants evening, Awards evening
· To understand the importance of safeguarding and adhere to and upload our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
This job description is designed to outline the main duties and responsibilities associated with the post but are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties performed. It will be reviewed each year and may be subject to modification or amendment at any time after consultation with the post-holder, Headteacher/or his representative.
A DBS disclosure will be required for the successful applicant.
Further details and an application form are available from the school either by phone, e-mail or on our website. Completed application forms should be returned to the school by 12 noon on Monday 1st July 2024.
Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 1st July 2024
Attached documents
About Stretford Grammar School
Stretford Grammar School is a mixed selective foundation grammar school with a diverse ethnic, cultural and social intake. One of the strengths of the school is its harmonious atmosphere and positive multicultural environment. The School became a Foundation School on the 7th January 2008. Pupils qualify for entry to the school by achieving the required standard in the school’s selection tests. Academic standards in external examinations are well above national standards and performance at A Level (ALPs) places the school in the top 20% of sixth forms nationally.
The school gained Specialist Science Status in September 2005. As a result, three laboratories have been refurbished and a fourth has been updated. In addition, a new space has been built for Science and Maths staff. This follows other recent improvements to the school site including a new building for science (4 laboratories), an extension to the dining room as well as an extension and refurbishment of the staffroom. A completely new ICT network was installed in October 2007 with approximately 80% wireless coverage for staff and student networked laptops.
There are currently 746 students on roll, with 144 in the Sixth Form. Approximately half our students come from outside Trafford, mainly from Manchester, but also Eccles and Salford and even further afield.
The key aims of the School are:
• to develop the intellectual, creative, aesthetic, practical, spiritual and social potential of students within an orderly and compassionate environment
• to develop in students a sense of tolerance and service in order to enable them to make a positive contribution to the community
Stretford Grammar School underwent an Ofsted Inspection in February 2009 and as a result has been placed into the category of Special Measures. Following the judgement, the school has been actively supported by the LA and the Head and Deputy Head of a successful neighbouring Grammar school. With this support, and the commitment of its staff and governors, the school is emerging quickly and strongly from its current position.
Stretford Grammar has much to offer and indeed the Ofsted report points to a number of strong positive attributes. Pupil behaviour is sound and A* - C results in 2009 were 93% (92% A* - C including English and Maths). Students’ personal development and well being were judged as “Good” by Ofsted, with attendance figures confirming that students enjoy coming to school. Staff morale was judged to be high and there is a strong desire from all staff to move the school forward.
The work has begun in earnest in what is a new and exciting era for the school and we very much hope that a suitable applicant will decide to seek employment in a school which is undergoing positive change to secure improvement. At the first monitoring visit by Ofsted in June 2009, the school was deemed to be making satisfactory progress in all aspects identified in the main inspection - a judgement which the school believes reflects the hard work and dedication that all staff have shown over the recent months.
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