Overview
Shaftesbury High School, Headstone Lane, Harrow, HA3 6LE
Tel: 0208 428 2482
Email:
School Counsellor/Psychotherapist 2 days per week, term time only
Hourly/daily rate
Shaftesbury High School supports 172 pupils aged 11 to 19 all with a wide range of complex special educational needs.
The school is looking to appoint a school counsellor/psychotherapist to begin as soon as possible.
Shaftesbury High School has a long history of high quality pastoral care. We offer a number of supportive and therapeutic services to our students, including drama therapy, attachment-based counselling and art therapy. The school has a strong commitment to the value of good mental health, which includes a robust sense of wellbeing and a well-developed emotional literacy.
About you
We are looking for a specialist school counsellor/psychotherapist. We want a suitably qualified, registered and experienced person, who understands how growing up with different sorts of special needs can affect young people and their families. The successful candidate will have a well-founded way of understanding and responding to the complex needs of such young people. You will understand the different challenges of working in a school setting. You will know how to work as part a team with those other professionals involved in a young person’s life, whilst holding to appropriate safe and confidential boundaries. You will understand the importance of your own support and be in frequent and regular clinical supervision. We offer you the opportunity to work in a school that has developed a strong culture of therapeutic support, creative teamwork and reflective learning.
How to apply
Shaftesbury High School is committed to safeguarding, inclusive practice and equal opportunities for all. All job offers will be subject to successful enhanced DBS checks and reference checks.
If you are interested in the position an application pack is available on our school website www.shaftesbury.harrow.sch.uk. Visits to the school are advised. Please book via the school office.
Closing Date: Friday 26th January
Interviews: Week of 29th January
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
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