School Counsellor - London, United Kingdom - Spurgeons

Description

Spurgeons exists to bring hope to the lives of children, families and communities across the UK. We do this by providing qualified counselling for children and support, intervention and training for parents. Working holistically and in partnership, our aim is to transform this nation one child at a time.

We are looking for a counsellor to work in schools in South London.

If you are interested in becoming part of our dynamic team and you meet the following criteria then we'd love to hear from you.

Person Profile:

• Qualified to minimum Diploma level
• At least 200 hours experience of counselling children and adults
• Registered member of the BACP
• Proficient IT skills to maintain records, and good communication skills
• A demonstrable passion and heart for children and families

Benefits:

• Supervision paid for
• Your time at supervision is paid
• BACP fees paid for
• Up to 6 free CPD days per year

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Counselling

• To undertake onetoone counselling with children in schools, during termtime.
• To liaise with parents, carers and SENCO's regarding the counselling of their children.
• To maintain adequate records of work with clients on Spurgeons computer system, providing information to management and Head Office as appropriate/requested, as well as responsibility for the completion of Evaluation forms, permission slips and referral forms.
• To attend review meetings when requested, by the safeguarding team, school staff, social workers, etc.
• To attend supervision as required, in accordance with BACP guidelines. This may be provided by Spurgeons' supervisors, or by an independent external supervisor.
• To understand the role of safeguarding within Spurgeons, to attend Local Authority safeguarding training and to follow organisational policies and procedures when safeguarding issues arise.
• To work in conjunction with the Allocations Manager in coordinating your workload.
• To maintain confidentiality.

General

• To continually represent the work and ethos of Spurgeons in a professional and positive manner.
• To seek to be trained to a high standard by undertaking 30 hours annually of Continuing Professional Development.
• To attend meetings as required by your manager such as appraisals, team meetings etc.
• To liaise with, network and refer to other agencies such as the health service, education, social services, other voluntary agencies, etc.

Job Types:
Part-time, Permanent
12 hours per week


Salary:
£13.77 per hour plus £1.73 per hour holiday pay


Job Types:
Part-time, Permanent

Part-time hours: 12 per week


Salary:
£15.50 per hour


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location:
One location


Reference ID:

SPLON