Job title: Counsellor/Arts Therapist & Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead
Contract: part time maternity cover
Hours and days: Part time – 3 days a week, one of these days should be a Wednesday, 8.00am –
4.30pm. Post extends through school holidays (13 weeks holiday per year) when the therapist will
not be required onsite. Some non-client psychoeducational work may be required periodically.
Some days may require a variable start and/or finish due to supervision and whole staff meetings.
Holidays: Holiday dates run in line with school holidays with an additional week in November (13
weeks total p.a).
Location: Bromley Trust Academy, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EA. The school is a member of a
group of 10 SEMH and special Alternative Provision schools. The therapy provision is well
established across the Trust. The development of the therapy and well-being service within the
school is as a component of a Trust wide Therapy Team, with the Trust Therapy Team being
accredited as an area of excellence as part of Challenge Partners Network.
Accountability and reporting: The post holder is ultimately accountable to their individual Head of
School.
Start-date: September 2025
Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate: Due to the nature of the work this post will be subject to
an enhanced DBS check.
Accreditation: Therapists must be accredited with a relevant professional body that in turn is
accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register
Scheme.
Main duties:
The duties and responsibilities of the post will include:
1. Being involved with the delivery of the therapeutic service in the school and across the Trust,
working with colleagues to promote the service, liaising with and promoting it to school staff and
other stakeholders.
2. Building, maintaining and modelling good, effective working relationships with the Head Teacher,
management teams and staff in the schools. Participating in inter-departmental meetings, including
participating in SLT meetings and ensuring regular contact with Safeguarding and Behaviour Teams.
3. Holding responsibility for the therapeutic culture at the school; psychoeducation through regular
CPD training, modelling good practice and delivering a robust programme of wellbeing activities
and resources to support the whole staff team.
4. Carrying a caseload of young people (aged 13-18) and parents/carers at any one time and
organising the caseload of trainee therapists/counsellors and communicating this to staff.
5. Ability to form part of the assessment program for determining if short and medium term
evidence-based individual interventions are more suitable for clients as opposed to long term
therapeutic programs in various school settings. Duration of interventions are assessed regularly by
the therapist, dependent on any difficulties with engagement/relationship building and awareness
of other or multiple issues.
6. Delivery of group interventions where appropriate.
7. Working pro-actively across schools in the Trust to advance the targets of the Therapy Service to
create impact throughout the school system from senior management, policy and school
environment to clinical and practical approaches.
8. Attending/contributing to referral and planning meetings with school staff and other agencies as
necessary for pupils who pose management difficulties that are linked to mental health problems
and where these difficulties are not resolvable through normal school procedures.
9. Taking a pro-active approach to ensuring safeguarding concerns are raised appropriately, and
contributing to CAF/safeguarding processes and meetings.
10. Ensuring that all casework records are kept confidentially and in line with GDPR, professional
standards/guidelines and safeguarding procedures.
11. Working with other professionals to ensure that the therapeutic input is appropriate to the
needs of the client group, and that all therapeutic services follow the evidence base.
12. Joint management of the Therapy Team budget.
13. To help develop and promote good mental health and well-being across the Trust.
14. To lead delivery on Social Emotional Mental Health evaluation of all students each term utilising
a specific computer software. To promote SEMH as a component of school curriculum and support
management of teacher-based deadlines regarding these areas.
15. Oversee SEMH analytics for individuals and the whole school. Gather and present data on the
development of SEMH progress, and design interventions to support ongoing Therapy Strategy and
areas for growth.
16. Monitor the achievements of the Therapy Team according to the Trust-wide Therapy Strategy,
and identify ongoing needs for development.
17. To liaise with external services such as CAMHS as a component of good practice, and ensure
regular two-way communication, support and guidance.
18. To lead on and identify staff training needs where appropriate on Mental Health and Wellbeing
topics.
19. To undertake whole school staff team CPD as required.
20. To offer peer supervision on a roster.
21. Any other duties as required by the evolving nature of the therapy provision (primarily initiating
and leading the school in the evolving and expanding nature of the therapy and wellbeing service,
attending multi-professional team meetings and other forums).