Aspiring Child Counsellor

Aspiring Child Counsellor - CrawleyWest Sussex - Mental Health - SEMH - Counselling - Pastoral - Education and Training - Psychology - Criminology - Sociology - Graduate This Learning Support Assistant (LSA) / Aspiring Child Counsellor role in Crawley will give you experience working with vulnerable secondary aged students, helping to increase their engagement, attainment and life chances. These students face social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, who have carried a huge struggle in mainstream school environments due to them having the risk of permanament exlcusion, or have been permanently excluded.A common feature for many young people with SEMH needs is marginalisation and disadvantage, trauma, dysfunctional family relationships, low educational attainment and stigmatisation. Subsequently they face many barriers in life and are more ''at risk'' of negative outcomes. With this LSA / Aspiring Child Counsellor role in Crawley, you will be instrumental in providing consistency, and equipping children and young people with tools to ensure they feel safe, secure, empowered, and believe that they can succeed in life.This is a challenging LSA / Aspiring Child Counsellor role and any previous experience in a relevant field would be advantageous, but is not essential. Training, support and CPD is required in order for you to perform your duties and to ensure safeguarding of all students.Ideal for a Psychology, Sociology and Criminology graduates, this role in Crawley ..... full job details .....