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LocationWest Midlands

	DepartmentLearning and Practice (L&amp;P)

	Advertising SalaryPro rata depending on hours - FTE of £28,822p.a

	Vacancy TypePermanent

	Careers Site Advertising End Date13 Jun 2025

	HoursHours Per Week:35

	Working PatternTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

	School Website URL<a href="http://www.smallheathleadershipacademy.com" target="_blank">www.smallheathleadershipacademy.com</a>
 
	 

 

 
		<h2>About The Role</h2>
	
		
			
At Place2Be, we believe that every young person should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. That’s why we create safe spaces in schools where young people can open up without pressure or stigma. Our highly skilled and diverse counsellors provide the compassionate, expert care that children, young people, and their families need.&nbsp;
We are looking for level 4 qualified, creative, and ambitious counsellors looking to make a real difference to the lives of young people. You’ll need to have experience of working in a secondary school supporting young people who may be facing complex challenges. You’ll be resilient, have high levels of emotional intelligence to be able to look after yourself as well as the young people you will be working with and be proficient in dealing with safeguarding issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;
We have multiple roles across seven secondary schools in Birmingham working with key stage 3,4 and 5 students, starting in September 2025. When you make your application,&nbsp;you’ll be asked to state your school preference along with preferred working hours and days.&nbsp;
<a href="https://arkvictoria.org/about/welcome/secondary" target="_blank">https://arkvictoria.org/about/welcome/secondary</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.keshacademy.com/" target="_blank">www.keshacademy.com</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.corecity.academy/" target="_blank">www.corecity.academy</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.corejewelleryquarter.academy/" target="_blank">www.corejewelleryquarter.academy</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.stacs.org/" target="_blank">www.stacs.org</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.solihull.graceacademy.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.solihull.graceacademy.org.uk</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.smallheathleadershipacademy.com/" target="_blank">www.smallheathleadershipacademy.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
Working at Place2Be means you become part of a huge nationwide community of professionals dedicated to children’s mental health. You’ll&nbsp;benefit from extensive training and development, ensuring you can grow your career with us.&nbsp;
Make a lasting difference—Together, we can change children’s lives.&nbsp;
Recruitment Process
 As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result.&nbsp;Your answers will be used in the shortlisting process.
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Closing date for applications:13/06/2025
Interview date: 20/06/2025&nbsp;
Our Benefits
When you work at Place2Be –whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising –every role can make the difference to a young person.
To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support. Here’s just a few things we have on offer:
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 <li>Annual Leave that increases with service</li>
 <li>Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career</li>
 <li>5% contributory pension scheme</li>
 <li>Life assurance of four times your annual salary</li>
 <li>A comprehensive employee assistance programme</li>
 <li>Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)</li>
 <li>Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time</li>
 <li>Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave</li>
</ul>
We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.&nbsp;We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organization.
Should you require any adjustments to help you complete an application then please contact the recruitment team on 020 7923 5050 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#701a1f120330001c1113154212155e1f02175e051b">[email&nbsp;protected]</a>
Please note if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please apply asap.
Safeguarding the young people we support is our top priority. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and we therefore apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure all candidates are appropriate for the roles they apply for and are appropriately screened prior to appointment which includes a DBS check.
		
	
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