37 hours per week

40 working weeks (46.2 paid weeks)

HEARTS Academy Trust is a family of six schools and an SEMH provision in South Essex, guided by the core values of Happiness, Equity, Achievement, Resilience, Truth and Spirituality.

We are seeking an experienced fulltime Trust Counsellor & Senior Mental Health Lead to deliver therapeutic support and lead our current sector leading mental health strategy, Trust-wide.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver Level 3 therapeutic interventions and crisis/trauma support with pupils and staff as required
• Liaise with governance including LAB Boards and Trustees, produce SEMH bulletins and support workload and wellbeing committees
• Deliver CPD via twilights and staff development sessions
• Provide EYFS, DSL and Atrium (SEMH provision) clinical supervision
• Lead Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Champions network meetings
• Facilitate national mental health awareness weeks in schools
• Manage trainee counsellors including recruitment, training, supervision and liaison with training providers

Experience and qualifications for this role:

• Level 4+ counselling/psychotherapy qualification
• Experience working with young people and families
• Experience supporting adult mental health, including in a workplace context
• Skilled in assessing needs and planning targeted interventions
• Crisis management, safeguarding and multi-agency experience
• Knowledge of SEMH national frameworks, policy and statutory expectations
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to demonstrate resilience, empathy, diligence, care and integrity
• Confident user of digital technologies including Microsoft 365

Please read the recruitment pack and job description for further details.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date, should we receive enough suitable applicants. 

HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form,  satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

To view the Trust policies relating to recruitment, data protection and child protection please click here

If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you. 

HEARTS Academy Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer.