School Counsellor

Advert Description – School Counsellor

Pay: Highly Competitive

Start Date: September 2023.

Location: Hertfordshire, initially based at Roman Fields for a year in Hemel Hempstead before transferring to our new purpose built free school in Welwyn. If this post is of interest and you live in Welwyn, we will pay transport costs, for the academic year you are based in Hemel, prior to transferring to the permanent home.

Contract: Permanent

Would you love to work with pupils and families in a truly collaborative and supportive learning environment?

Are you a confident communicator, who is able to confidently share information with others?

Are you flexible managing your time efficiently? Do you work well in a team?

Do you believe that all pupils can become effective learners in the right setting?

Are you able to form the very best of relationships with all stakeholders?

Does your knowledge and experience give you the credibility to work with and support other professionals?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are Ofsted ‘outstanding’ and holders of the National Autistic Society’s ‘Excellence Award,’ presented to just one school/provision nationally; we also hold their ‘advanced’ specialist status. Our new free school will open on the site of Roman fields for this academic year whilst we await our brand new building in September 2024.

The immediate role would involve supporting pupils on our existing site, all of whom are in receipt of an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan, and with 95% being on the autistic spectrum. We need someone who has the highest of expectations for our pupils, believes in forming strong relationships and has a deep understanding of the challenges that pupils with additional needs face. Close working relationships with all external and internal professionals are essential in ensuring that pupils have the support they need to achieve personally, socially, emotionally and academically.

We are seeking a qualified school counsellor who has experience of working with autistic pupils with complex needs. The school counsellor will work within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT). This is a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with a range of professionals and to use therapeutic skills creatively to meet the special educational needs of pupils. It is desirable that you have experience of providing specialist support and we will need you to have a focus on service development/service improvement. You may at times be required to review education and health and care plans as part of a wide multi-disciplinary team, so it is useful if you have experience in doing so.

At times and when required you will lead and/or participate in training with key staff members. The successful candidate will have experience of supporting pupils using informal and formal methods as well as being able to feed back to relevant stakeholders.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and strongly motivated to join a multi-disciplinary team and has both an innovative and flexible working style. We need passion and commitment to providing high quality support for children of all abilities.

An application pack and further details are available from Ms. Mandy Crow, Head Teacher’s PA: 01442 256915 or email mandy.crow@romanfields.herts.sch.uk, or alternatively on our website www.romanfields.co.uk, where the application pack can be downloaded.

Closing date for applications is close of business on Monday 12th June. Prospective candidates are welcome to call and speak to the Head Teacher and/or arrange to visit the school site. Please use contact details above to make arrangements.

Please address your covering letter of interest and application to: mandy.crow@romanfields.herts.sch.uk

Applications Close: Monday 19th June at 10 am

Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 26th June 2023

For more information and to apply online: www.teachinherts.com