School Counsellor​/Therapist

Oxford Spires Academy is looking to appoint a School Therapist with Autism Specialism to support the school's Counselling and Therapy Team in delivering high-quality psychological and wellbeing support to students. The post holder will play a key role in supporting students with neurodiverse needs, particularly those with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), ensuring therapeutic support is inclusive, responsive, and developmentally appropriate.

The role has a dual focus: supporting the Therapy Team through triaging counselling referrals, contributing to duty counselling provision, and assisting with associated administrative tasks; and providing targeted one-to-one therapeutic support to students with neurodiverse needs who are accessing counselling. The post holder will work collaboratively with therapists, pastoral staff, families, and external agencies to promote positive mental health, emotional wellbeing and safeguarding outcomes for children and young people.

Hours 08:30am to 12pm, Monday to Friday - term time only.

We are a highly sought after and well-established comprehensive in East Oxford with over 1350 students including 6th form. A strength of Oxford Spires is the warm, welcoming culture for students and staff alike and a huge sense of community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children's Barred List check and satisfactory references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a 'regulated activity'. The position advertised is a 'regulated activity'. Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.