Aspiring Child Counsellor - Crawley
West Sussex - Mental Health - SEMH - Counselling - Pastoral - Education and Training - Psychology - Criminology - Sociology - Graduate
This Learning Support Assistant (LSA) / Aspiring Child Counsellor role in Crawley will give you experience working with vulnerable secondary aged students, helping to increase their engagement, attainment and life chances. These students face social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, who have carried a huge struggle in mainstream school environments due to them having the risk of permanament exlcusion, or have been permanently excluded.
A common feature for many young people with SEMH needs is marginalisation and disadvantage, trauma, dysfunctional family relationships, low educational attainment and stigmatisation. Subsequently they face many barriers in life and are more 'at risk' of negative outcomes. With this LSA / Aspiring Child Counsellor role in Crawley, you will be instrumental in providing consistency, and equipping children and young people with tools to ensure they feel safe, secure, empowered, and believe that they can succeed in life.
This is a challenging LSA / Aspiring Child Counsellor role and any previous experience in a relevant field would be advantageous, but is not essential. Training, support and CPD is required in order for you to perform your duties and to ensure safeguarding of all students.
Ideal for a Psychology, Sociology and Criminology graduates, this role in Crawley will give you excellent practical experience as a Learning Support Assistant/Aspiring Child Counsellor with SEMH students in a relevant field, before you take your next step.
Personal Qualities
- Passionate about helping children and young people achieve their full potential
- Able to build confidence and motivation
- Able to build robust and effective relationships with students
- Able to remain calm and resilient when placed in situations of stress or conflict
- Able to commute to Crawley
- Caring, compassionate, and a good listener
Start date September, trial days taking place to ensure the role and school is right for you
Excellent on-site training, support and CPD is provided
£102.96 per day, Mon-Fri, 08:30 to 15:30, PAYE, term time only
No previous experience is required
GCSE in English and Maths
If you have a Psychology / Criminology / Social Science degree, it's an excellent use of your degree
You MUST have right to work in the UK in order to apply - no Visa sponsorship
Apply now or contact Maddy Thatcher at Academics Ltd:
Candidates registering with Academics Ltd will need to have or apply for an Enhanced DBS and/or overseas police check where appropriate.
Salary range
- £102 - £103