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New Hall School requires, from September 2021 or earlier School Counsellor
(8.30am-5.30pm, Monday to Friday, term time only)
We are seeking a qualified Counsellor to join our dynamic and forward thinking school to provide emotional and therapeutic support to students, on a one-to-one basis.
The successful candidate will hold a relevant counselling qualification, be a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and have experience of working with young people.
The salary range for this post is between £19,871 per annum to £24,003 per annum depending on qualifications and experience (at September 2020 rates).
New Hall is a warm, welcoming and supportive environment, with a mixture of single-sex and co-educational teaching. With a supportive team and an investment in training, this is an exciting time to be joining the School. All candidates are expected to understand and support of the ethos of a Catholic boarding & day school.
Closing Date: Midday, Monday 22 February 2021
Interviews may take place on a rolling basis New Hall is committed to increasing representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds among staff across all roles and at all levels, to reflect our diverse student population. The School's Equal Opportunities Policy is available on the School's website.
JOB ID: NH0187
New Hall is committed to safeguarding pupils. There will be an enhanced DBS check prior to appointment.
For further details & an application form please visit: www.newhallschool.co.uk/job-opportunities
Alternatively, please contact the HR Department on 01245 467 588.
Information about the School
New Hall is a Catholic independent boarding & day school for girls and boys aged 1-18. New Hall School operates the highly successful 'diamond model', where students are educated in co-educational classes from ages 1 to 11 and at Sixth Form. However, from ages 11 to 16 they are taught in single-sex lessons. Click on one of the four diamonds below to find out more about our divisions.
The main benefits of the 'diamond model' and five years of single-sex teaching, derive from the ability to tailor pastoral and academic provision more sensitively and expertly to the needs of young people going through the physical, emotional and social upheaval of adolescence. Young teenagers are liberated from the negative peer pressure of having to perform in mixed classes. The gender stereotyping of subjects is also removed. Girls and boys follow an identical curriculum and do not learn to perceive subjects as being more suited to either girls or boys.
The Sixth Form experience at New Hall is about expanding students' horizons, both in their specialist areas of study and, more generally, in terms of their personal development.
From the moment New Hall students first travel up the mile-long, tree-lined avenue that leads to the grand façade of the former Tudor palace, they will be given individual opportunities to grow, learn, be challenged and to develop into confident young men and women. New Hall is set in an idyllic and convenient location, on the outskirts of the City of Chelmsford, Essex, just 30 minutes by train from London and within easy reach of all major London airports.
As a Catholic independent boarding & day school, at New Hall with every student we aim to educate the whole person: academically, creatively and socially, in a community which also nurtures the spiritual dimensions of human life.