Post: Outreach Counselling Support Assistant
Division: Inclusion, Learning & Achievement
Grade: Scale 5, starting point SCP 12
21 hours per week, term time only +2 weeks
We are seeking to recruit an efficient support officer to support the growth of our in-house counselling offer for schools. The role will involve providing 2 days administrative support to the counselling teams and 1 day to the restorative approaches (RA) teams within the Educational Psychology & Wellbeing Service (EP&WS).
The counselling service consists of British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) registered counsellors who offer a traded service to schools and post-16 settings, providing counselling support to children and young people (CYP), parents and school staff. Counsellors offer CYP a safe and supportive environment where, through talking and creative work, they are given the opportunity to be heard and to express their feelings without harm. It helps them to share any worries or problems they may have and to build their confidence, self-esteem and develop resilience.
The RA service offers support to schools in repairing the harm to relationships caused by conflict. Schools are able to buy-in a range of services, including accredited RA training, direct support for individuals following conflict, bespoke advice and guidance on how to use RA as a tool to develop and maintain healthy relationships within a school community and support to develop and implement anti-bullying initiatives.
We are looking for someone with excellent administrative skills who enjoys working in a busy and highly confidential working environment. The ideal postholder will be eager to learn, and driven and self-motivated to deliver high quality work for a truly unique and exciting London borough.
You will be based in The Woolwich Centre in the heart of the borough, with excellent transport links including the Elizabeth Line.
If you have the following skills and experience we would like to hear from you:
* Experience of working in a busy office in a business or educational environment, with complex and fast paced demands.
* Highly developed communication and organisational skills.
* Strong IT skills.
* Ability to work to strict deadlines
* Ability to work in a highly confidential setting.
* The ability to work flexibly as part of an established team or to work using your own initiative.
You should be prepared to travel to schools and other organisations within/outside the Borough.
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Sukwinder Jandu; Sukwinder.jandu@royalgreenwich.gov.uk 0208 921 8833
If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977
Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.
Standard DBS: This role requires a Standard DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).
Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.
Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.
How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.
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