School Counsellor
Nonsuch High School for Girls
Sutton
- New
- Job type:
- Part Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- Monday, 4th November 2024
- Apply by:
- 5 September 2024
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic School Counsellor to join our team of experts in different aspects of pastoral care.
This post would suit someone who has at least a Level 4 counselling qualification and who relishes the opportunity to work in a high-performing all girls’ school.
Key responsibilities for the role include:
- To work as a team within the internal and external support services
- To support and supervise student-based Wellbeing Peer Mentors
- To promote emotional well-being to the wider school community
- To support the emotional needs of vulnerable students on a one-to-one basis
- To deliver a high-quality evidence-based mental health provision
- To jointly identify and provide the right services response to a young person’s mental health and wellbeing
The successful candidate will:
- hold at least a Level 4 Diploma in Counselling which allows you to register with the BACP
- have experience of working in a school setting or with young people in a counselling capacity
What we offer:
- A unique selling point as a school within an all girls’ schools trust
- An excellent working environment that prioritises the wellbeing of its staff and students
- A generous contributory pension scheme
- Eyecare vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free tea/coffee/squash available in the staff room
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential advice on a variety of matters
- Term time free access to the on-site David Lloyd Leisure Centre (during fixed times)
Key Application Dates:
- Closing Date: 9 a.m. on Thursday, 5th September 2024
- Shortlisting Date: 6th/9th September 2024
- Interview Date: Week commencing Monday, 16th September 2024
- Start Date: Monday, 4th November 2024
Our commitment:
The Girls’ Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. In order to meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
As well as verification of identity, we ask all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people and aim to employ a culturally diverse workforce, which reflects the nature of our communities.
Please see our Recruitment Pack for more details about our school, the job description and person specification.
Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
Sponsorship:
We are not able to offer sponsorship to non-settled individuals for a Skilled Worker Visa.
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About Nonsuch High School for Girls
Nonsuch is a popular and very successful girls’ selective school standing in 22 acres of beautiful grounds on the edge of Nonsuch Park. We aim to provide a caring, happy and stimulating environment in which students are encouraged to attain the highest levels of academic and personal achievement. Our community is richly diverse and multicultural, and we give every student, every opportunity, to achieve her best.
Our school is positive, supportive and a place where learning is a pleasure. Staff, governors and parents work in partnership with the common goal of developing students into independent, high-achieving young women. Students relish their opportunities for learning and benefit from an exciting curriculum and excellent facilities. The wide range of creative, spiritual, cultural and sporting activities within the school and our close links with the local and wider community provide a supportive and stimulating learning environment.
We have excellent facilities, including well-equipped ICT suites, a music suite, an astronomy dome, drama studios, a Sixth Form Centre and airy art studios. Students enjoy PE in the huge sports hall, and benefit from the all-weather floodlit hockey pitch, extensive playing fields, and tennis and netball courts; they also have access to the indoor heated swimming pool within the David Lloyd Health and Fitness Centre. Our site includes woodland, meadow and pond ecology areas.
Our school has Specialist Science and Language status. The Science Department has 11 modern laboratories with excellent resources to support the teaching of science. The Languages Department offers modern and classical languages at all Key Stages and benefits from a digital language laboratory and language assistants.
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