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Legra Academy Trust provides high quality, high impact early years, primary and secondary education in Essex. Working together, we make a huge impact on the lives and education of both our young people and staff. We are committed to providing professional development for both our staff and governors, in order to achieve sustainable improvement.

In this role you will be assigned several students to work with on a one to one basis, supporting and guiding them in varying degrees, offering students strategies to manage their own wellbeing.

The sessions offered to students will be time limited and outcome measures are expected to be used to assess student progress. There may be an element of group work and staff training. You will need to work within the guidelines of confidentiality, safeguarding and the BACPs ethical framework. Confidential notes will need to be completed in a timely manner to adhere to the BACPs guidance.

You will be a fully certified/qualified Counsellor and conform to the standards required within the BACP requirements.

The Trust offers great opportunities for career development and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and therefore this post will require an enhanced disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau.

Applications and further details are available from our website or lindsey.corben@legratrust.org.uk

Information about the School

Belfairs is a vibrant Academy with 1400 students on roll from 11-18 yrs. We were graded a good school by Ofsted in 2013. We are a a highly successful and heavily oversubscribed academy in south east England with high quality and well-resourced facilities. Our staff enjoy excellent opportunities for career development and a childcare voucher and cycle purchase scheme through salary sacrifice.