Job Description

Excelsior Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary: GBP £13,153.85 per year
Contract type: Part Time
Contract term: Permanent

Closing date: 11 Jan 2021
Start date: January 2021

School Counsellor
Excelsior Academy
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 6AF

£25,000 full time equivalent, £13,153.85 actual salary
Permanent
22.2 hours per week, term time only
Closing Date: 12 noon on Monday 11th January 2020

The Trustees are seeking to appoint a School Counsellor for Excelsior Academy with effect from January 2021.
Excelsior is part of the Laidlaw Schools Trust, created to give children from socially and economically challenged areas the best possible education and start in life. In September 2013, we became Newcastle’s first all-through Academy educating children from age 3 to 19 years old.

The successful candidate will be a qualified and experienced counsellor, BACP or BPC accredited, and /or UKCP registered. You will have knowledge and experience of working with young people of all ages, skilled in clinical assessment and understand the requirements and demands of a successful school counselling service.
Working at Excelsior will challenge you but the rewards are huge you will join a successful MAT where all Academies support each other to the benefit of our pupils and their families. Our Academies also enjoy strong support from an experienced LST central team, based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website http://laidlawschoolstrust.com/careers/.

Interested candidates are welcome to tour the school, please contact the Academy office on 0191 2288 400to arrange a visit.
If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Julie Foster, Operations Manager on 0191 2288400 or email exahr@excelsiornewcastle.org.uk

Closing Date: 12 noon on Monday 11th January 2020
Interviews will take place: TBC
Applications should be returned to: exahr@excelsiornewcastle.org.uk

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and a range of other recruitment checks. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding.

Please note that we do not accept CV’s.