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Witherslack Group; Windsor; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An inspiring opportunity awaits at a specialist school located near Windsor Castle, where you can make a significant impact on the lives of young people with complex needs. As a key member of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, you will provide therapeutic support, conduct mental health assessments, and develop personalized care plans. This role not only offers a competitive salary but also a comprehensive benefits package, including full school holidays, clinical development programs, and a supportive work environment. If you’re passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young adults, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Full school holidays including bank holidays

Clinical development program

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover for appointments

Beautiful working environments

Recommend a friend scheme with £2,000 bonus

Qualifications

• Qualified professional or accredited Counsellor eligible for BACP membership.
• Strong understanding of child development and ability to connect with youth.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues in providing therapeutic environments.
• Assess mental health and recommend personalized interventions for young people.

Skills

Counseling

Child Development

Empathy

Organizational Skills

Education

Qualified Professional in Counselling

Membership of BACP or similar

Additional Mental Health Qualifications

Job description

£41,983- £49,717 (includes paid school holidays) + excellent benefits

Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

Get out what you put in

This role is based at Queensmead House School, for a maternity cover post.

Queensmead House School is located on a historic site with views of Windsor Castle. This inspiring setting, with a rich heritage of education, is now home to a specialist learning environment recently rated Good by Ofsted.

QHS is an independent specialist day school, with both primary and secondary settings providing high quality education. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with complex educational needs, communication difficulties and challenging behaviours.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people. You'll also be assessing our young people's mental health and recommending appropriate interventions in a personalised care plan. Building rapport is key; by doing this you'll be able to deliver effective counselling and feedback on progress.

What we do for you

We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:

• Training: A full induction and on-the-job training

• Holiday: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays

• Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance

• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

• Medical cover: so you can claim back the cost of things like an optician's or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

• Beautiful working environments: with the very best facilities

• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £2,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments, you will be offered the support, resources and platform for you to do great things. You'll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way. Here's a few things we'll need from you:

• As a qualified professional (or accredited Counsellor), you'll be eligible for membership of BACP, or a similar professional body (additional mental health or therapeutic intervention qualifications would be desirable)

• You'll be well versed in child development and good at connecting with young people

• You're also highly organised and ready to take the initiative

• We genuinely care about our young people (and each other) so honesty and empathy is a must

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

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Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

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