College Counsellor

Landau Forte College Derby

East Midlands

On-site

GBP 30,000 - 42,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Landau Forte Charitable Trust in Derby is seeking a College Counsellor to provide a high quality counselling service to students experiencing emotional problems. You will work with the Designated Safeguarding Lead and pastoral team to support welfare.

You will deliver individual counselling and therapeutic group sessions, assess needs, train peer mentors, and supervise volunteers, ensuring confidentiality and safeguarding in line with best practice.

Qualifications

Experience supporting 11–18-year-olds in education is essential.
Strong communication and listening skills.
Commitment to confidentiality and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality counselling to students facing emotional challenges.
Deliver therapeutic group sessions on stress, bereavement, and wellbeing.
Assess student needs using validated tools and maintain case notes.
Train and supervise peer mentors and manage volunteer counsellors.
Collaborate with Safeguarding Lead and pastoral team to support welfare.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Punctuality

Reliability

Education

BACP registered or working towards accreditation

Job description

We have a vacancy for a College Counsellor. Reporting directly to the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, the key role of the Student Counsellor is to provide high quality counselling service to students who may be experiencing a wide range of emotional problems. The Counsellor will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and the pastoral team to maintain the highest standards of welfare for all students.

Duties and Responsibilities

To offer counselling and support to students for a range of issues including but not exclusive to academic barriers, difficulties with peers, behavioural challenges, emotional issues arising from parental separation and divorce, low mood, bereavement, relationships with parents, gender and sexuality, anxiety, self-harm, issue with body image or disordered eating and attendance problems.
To deliver therapeutic group sessions on issues such as conflict resolution, stress reduction, bereavement, anxiety, confidence building and other issues that are presented by groups of students in College.
To conduct student assessments using tools such as RCADs and Adolescent Wellbeing Scale to identify need.
To train student Peer Mentors and manage the allocation and supervision of peer mentors and mentees.
To appoint and manage volunteer counsellors who provide 1:1 therapeutic support to students aged 16 and over.
To oversee the caseload for the Creative Therapy sessions that are delivered by an external provider.
To liaise with the school's Executive Team, Designated Safeguarding Lead and deputies, Heads of Year and their deputies, Attendance Manager, and Personal Tutors where necessary.
To liaise with parents/carers and other professionals, such as Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), COMPASS Changing Lives, Build Sound Minds (Action for Children), School Health, GPs, when necessary.
To maintain confidentiality (except in those circumstances, in line with BACP practice, where this should be breached).
To work within an informed system of referral in order that students may access the services offered.
To keep suitable case records on each counselling/group session in a secure place, in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
To provide regular audit information such as numbers and profile of students accessing the service, types of issues facing the students and impact of accessing the service on the students to the Executive Team.
To have a thorough and up to date knowledge of mental health provision locally and nationally.
To organise whole school activities and events such as World Mental Health Day to raise awareness about mental health and to promote emotional wellbeing.
Periodically to inform and promote the student support services in gatherings and by way of noticeboards/displays.
To attend multi-agency and/or professionals' meetings, putting in place any recommendation suggested and liaising with other members of the pastoral team.
To attend supervision with a suitably qualified supervisor, funded by LFCT.
All staff have a responsibility to ensure that the College's Safeguarding Policy is adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with the policy.
To implement a robust system of tracking and measuring therapeutic outcomes and student wellbeing indicators, including but not limited to, attainment, attendance and progress.
Any other appropriate duties and responsibilities relevant to the post as directed by the Chief Executive Officer, Principal, Vice Principals, or Assistant Principals.

Key Qualities

punctual, reliable, flexible and hardworking
able to work alone as well as part of a highly effective team
able to demonstrate effective communication skills
committed to the broader education and support of young people
have excellent personal organisational skills
BACP registered and accredited (or working towards accreditation) to work with young people age 11-18

Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care. We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend., Derby is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great history. The College is located just a few minutes' walk away from Derby city centre.

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