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Student Psychotherapist or Counsellor - Term Time

Aylesford School, Aylesford

  • Ref:KCC886-5410-428S
  • Posted:04/11/2020
  • Pay:KR10
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:31/12/2020 at 12:00
  • Interviews:To be arranged

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SCHOOL PSYCHOTHERAPIST or COUNSELLOR

18 Hours Per Week 

Term Time Only  

Aylesford School are seeking to appoint a School Psychotherapist or Counsellor to work with our SEND and Safeguarding Teams to support students with emotional or behacioural difficulties.

As an adolescent psychotherapist or counsellor, you will need to:

  • carefully observe children and young people and respond to what they might be communicating through their behaviour and play
  • provide assessment and treatment of adolescents as individuals or in a group
  • tailor your approach to the individual child and work in an age-appropriate way.
  • provide short-term and long-term interventions with children, young people and/or parents, from a few sessions to regular appointments over time
  • work alongside other professionals in planning how best to help a child and the child's family, for example in schools, hospitals, children's services, child protection agencies and CAMHS
  • offer training, consultation and therapy/counselling to other colleagues at the school
  • keep up to date with developments in theory and research and undertake continuing professional development (CPD).

Experience

You will need substantial experience of working with children and adolescents in a social care, health or education setting.

As a child and adolescent psychotherapist (or counsellor), you will offer psychoanalytic treatment (or relevant counselling) to children and young people with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties, including:

  • depression
  • anxiety
  • development delay
  • phobias
  • aggression
  • gender dysphoria
  • consequences of child abuse
  • self-harming
  • learning difficulties and disabilities
  • ating disorders
  • psychosomatic disorders

    You may see a child individually, in a group with other children, or with parents or other family members. You may also see parents or carers without the child being present.

    You will need a minimum of two years' work with children of varying ages or families in a voluntary or professional capacity. Furthermore, you will need to be registered with a recognised professional body such as UKCP or BACP.

  • Skills

    You'll need to have:

  • sensitivity, empathy and a genuine interest in the emotional problems faced by children, adolescents and their families

  • excellent communications skills

  • the ability to cope with the extremes of human emotion, ambiguity and vulnerability
  • the ability to work on your own and as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • resilience, to withstand being overwhelmed or burdened by your clients' problems
  • the capacity to differentiate your personal feelings and emotions from those of the child or adolescent
  • confidence to help children and adolescents explore difficult and painful aspects of their life.

Information about the school

Aylesford School is an inclusive school where every child, regardless of ability and background can fulfil their dreams and aspirations. We achieved a Good Ofsted result, however, we are working on becoming an outstanding school going forward.

Aylesford School forms part of the Character Education Trust, currently a 2 Academy Trust that aims to provide students with high quality academic and ‘Character Education’. Our vision is to support and encourage the students within our Trust to develop good character; to be confident and kind; to have integrity; to respect difference and to make a positive contribution to the community around them. A link to our website for more information can be found here https://www.charactereducationtrust.org/

Our support staff play a vital role in enabling our teachers to deliver our high quality academia, therefore the post holder needs to be confident and enthusiastic in the want to help the school achieve success

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.