Aspiring Child Counsellor

Aspiring Child Counsellor - Guildford

Guildford, Surrey - Mental Health - SEN - Counselling - Pastoral - Education and Training - Psychology - Criminology - Sociology - Graduate

Are you an Aspiring Child Counsellor local to Guildford? This LSA role will give you experience working with vulnerable students aged 4-19, increasing their engagement, attainment and life chances.

You will support students with special educational needs (SEN), and a range of associated social, emotional and mental health challenges and traumas. Some children / young people will have suffered adverse childhood experiences, and you will identify their risks and needs, escalating where necessary.

A common feature for many children and young people with special educational 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 ou...