Job Description

Aurora Beeches School

Dorset
47,736 - 65,270.40 per year

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Apply by:

31 July 2025

Job overview

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Overview and Responsibilities

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Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist - Aurora Beeches School

Location:

Cranborne, Dorset

Salary:

47,736.00 - 65,270.40

Hours

: 40 hours per week

Contract:

full time, permanent

About us:

Aurora Beeches School

is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, sitting in 16 acres of listed gardens and a wider 50 acre campus - it is a truly spectacular place to work. The staff pull together to achieve a common goal of empowering their young people through learning, they strive to exceed expectations wherever possible.


At Aurora Beeches School, we believe in giving young people the tools and opportunities to create the lives they want for themselves. With high-quality teaching, an excellent level of individual support and a range of expert-led, integrated therapy, we support students with a range of additional learning needs to create and meet their own goals.


With an established

MDT on site

, including Psychology, Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy and dedicated therapy spaces, we offer the opportunity for professional development, multidisciplinary and multi-agency working as well as to be part of an innovative service that values new ideas and strives to excel in clinical practice.

The main purpose of the role:

As a

Clinical Psychologist

, you'll play a key role in shaping the futures of young people by using evidence-based psychological approaches to support their emotional, cognitive, and behavioural development. Your work will directly contribute to preparing them for adulthood and independent living, empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.


You will be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team (MDT) and will act as both a clinician and a mentor, supporting young people directly through tailored assessments and interventions, while also guiding non-clinical staff to respond to challenging behaviours and communication needs in ways that promote independence rather than reliance.


Your responsibilities will include conducting psychological assessments using structured interviews and psychometric tools, designing, and delivering both group and individual therapeutic interventions, and contributing to the development of staff training programmes. You'll also work closely with external professionals, supervise Assistant Psychologists, and have the opportunity to innovate and make a lasting impact in a dynamic and supportive environment.


This really is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference, using your skills to help shape brighter, more independent futures for young people, and playing a key role in supporting their journey into adulthood.

Skills and Qualifications

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Successful candidate qualities:

Experience working with young people with autism and ages 11-16 Doctorate-level clinical qualification in Psychology. Registered and accredited with Health & Care Profession Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist Demonstrate knowledge and ability to promote the dignity and individuality of young people by encouraging effective communication, making choices and reducing support needs. Develop positive professional relationships with young people, parents, families and colleagues. Promote attitudes that value young people with Special Educational Needs as individuals with a right to be treated with respect.

Benefits and Additional Information

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What's on offer?

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

Life assurance Pension Perkbox - offering high street discounts Employee assistance programme Car lease scheme

Fully funded training and qualifications

Bike to work scheme Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.


If successful, you will have the opportunity to become the newest member of strong therapy team, who consistently bond together as a family and strive to support their young people in their development.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

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About

Aurora Beeches School

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Aurora Beeches School

The Beeches, Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 5RT
United Kingdom

+44 1725 551247

Welcome to our Special Needs Secondary School in Cranborne, Dorset

At Aurora Beeches, we believe in giving young people the tools and opportunities to create the lives they want for themselves. With high-quality teaching, an excellent level of individual support and a range of expert-led, integrated therapy, we support students with a range of additional learning needs to create and meet their own goals.



All our students are fully involved in choices around their own programmes, so that whatever their plans are - whether they want to pursue further education, training or employment - they are empowered and supported to create their own futures.

Our School

At Aurora Beeches, we support young people to make choices about their own futures.



We provide high levels of personalised support to help our students to make positive life decisions, work towards gaining qualifications and employability skills for their chosen careers and learn independent 'preparation for life' skills.



Our academic and vocational study programmes are designed to help every student access employment or further education, including at Aurora Boveridge College - the further education provider with whom we share our beautiful campus.

Our Facilities

Aurora Beeches is situated within the Aurora Boveridge College campus, a beautiful 50-acre site near the village of Cranborne in the Dorset countryside.



Our students enjoy access to modern, well-equipped classrooms, as well as vocational areas including a digital studio, science lab and art and design base.



Our extensive grounds include horticulture learning areas with large glasshouses, as well as motor vehicle workshops, an animal care unit and excellent sports facilities.

Our Curriculum

We offer a varied curriculum, including academic subjects such as English, maths, science, humanities, and art up to GCSE level, as well as vocational subjects including horticulture, animal care, motor vehicle engineering and digital IT.



We also offer a Forest School programme, delivered on-site in our extensive grounds.



During their time at Aurora Beeches, students have regular appointments with an independent careers advisor and plenty of opportunities to try different work options through our work-based learning programme.



Alongside working on the skills needed for employment or further study, our students also engage with our therapy team to support their long-term success and to develop essential independent living skills.

Our Outcomes

We are proud to list evidence of the progress and performance of our students (for the previous academic year) below -


100% of students who took A-level Chemistry achieved A


100% of students who took A-level Mathematics achieved A


100% of students who took GCSE Geography achieved grade 6

100% of students who took GCSE History achieved grade 5

67% of students who took GCSE English Language achieved grade 5 or higher

100% of students achieved Level 3 Practical Horticultural Skills

100% of students achieved Entry Level Science Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow

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