School Counsellor

**Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more**

Talocher School is a specialist school for girls and boys aged 7 to 19 with social, emotional and mental health needs some also have an ASC diagnosis. The school provides a warm, welcoming and flexible environment for young people who are unable to attend mainstream education because of their additional learning needs.

This is a full-time position for a school counsellor, working with children who attend a secondary and primary SEMH and ASC specialist school provision. You should have at least 3 years post qualifying practice experience as a counsellor and have a sound range of knowledge around working with children/young people with complex needs, during term time.
- Contribute to the effective and ethical running of the counselling service
- Maintain a client caseload, record keeping, report writing and carry out assessments
- Communicate with the internal and external therapeutic services
- Support and uphold safeguarding policies and procedures
- Develop and build positive working relationships with children and young people
- Attend relevant meetings, which represent therapeutic needs for individuals
- Be resilient and work in collaboration as part of the education team
- Have a strong understanding of therapeutic ethical frameworks and good practice
- Engage and coordinate with visiting therapeutic professionals
- Translate reports and referrals and identify needs of individuals
- Attend monthly clinical supervision
- Contribute to staff training and workshops as required
- Liaise with therapy lead
- Hold a qualification in Counselling to level 5 or above
- Evidence a good level of CPD
- A registered or accredited member of BACP, UKCP or other affiliated body
- Have practice knowledge of different therapeutic models and styles of working
- Have 3 years or more post-qualification experience
- Experience of working in a busy school environment

As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

**Resilience** - We support some of the most vulnerable children in society who have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties so there will be times where your resilience is challenged.

**Communication** - Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Positive working relationships, good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.

**Committed **- will join a supportive and experienced team of dedicated support staff, committed to delivering the very best care.

**Caring** - Our young people require the best care we can offer. If you are a naturally caring and compassionate person, this is the role for you.

**_ If you want to progress your career, Aspris will help you get there._**

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.